Category: Mephisto

The most challenging Mephisto for a while for me. I suspect there may be a couple of words here that are new to the 2011 edition of Chambers. I have access to both the new … Read more “Mephisto 2681 – Paul McKenna”

This I thought a reasonably difficult puzzle with a number of well crafted clues and a smaller than usual number of starter clues. I have one query at 1D where I suspect the clue “port … Read more “Mephisto 2680 by Tim Moorey”

The barred-grid beastie continues into 2012! I found this one kind of tough, got most of the right half out in a first solve, but needed some dictionaries (and eventually a bit of google to … Read more “Mephisto 2679 – Don Manley”

Happy New Year everyone! Glad I still have this, it’s been sitting in my pile a while (a rhyme to bring in 2011). This is the Mephisto from December 18 (many of you may remember … Read more “Mephisto 2677 – Tim Moorey”

This puzzle only appeared in electronic form and was published together with its solution. Thus it is blogged out of sequence. George will blog 2677 next week. Nice easy Christmas Day morning 30 minute stroll … Read more “Mephisto 2678 by Paul McKenna”

A straightforward puzzle that shouldn’t present any problems to seasoned campaigners whilst being a reasonable test for new solvers. I have one query at 13A. There are no minor sporting personalities, such as cricketer Marcus … Read more “Mephisto 2676 by Don Manley”

I remember getting about half of this out sitting in the sun sipping on coffee, my ususal position for starting to tackle the Sunday offerings. The left hand side went in almost immediately and I … Read more “Mephisto 2675 – Paul McKenna”

In all but one respect this is a straightforward Mephisto of no more than average difficulty. The one potential exception is the inclusion of the name of a sportsman who is I suspect little known … Read more “Mephisto 2674 by Tim Moorey”

Interesting puzzle, this one – I did it in one session, but there were a few that I did not get the wordplay on at all, and my first version of the grid had four … Read more “Mephisto 2673 – Don Manley”

With the first five across clues going straight in the top half was a breeze. The bottom was a bit harder, but not a lot, so overall a relatively easy solve. Across 1 PRESS,CHARGES – … Read more “Mephisto 2672 by Paul McKenna”