Category: Mephisto

This puzzle was published on the same day that AZED celebrated 40 years of setting (congratulations Jonathan). I don’t know if Don deliberately made it easy so that we could all concentrate on the AZED … Read more “Mephisto 2688 by Don Manley”

I have a usual Sunday routine which is to stagger to the nearest coffee place with the Mephisto and Azed and try to get as much solved while caffeinating. There’s a few outside tables, which … Read more “Mephisto 2687 – Paul McKenna”

With so much comment flying around concerning the Saturday and Sunday ordinary cryptics, this turned out to be a middle of the road puzzle that was simply fun to solve and none the worse for … Read more “Mephisto 2686 by Tim Moorey”

Got a really good jump on this one, and had most of it done before the coffee cooled. The unfamiliar words had rather generous wordplay for a Mephisto, I thought. Still a little unsure about … Read more “Mephisto 2685 – Don Manley”

Standard Mephisto fare of reasonable level of difficulty. A “once in 50 years” event is recorded at 31A. The worrying news is occurring off the pitch with Rupert Murdoch once again obliged to jet into … Read more “Mephisto 2684 by Paul McKenna”

I really enjoyed this puzzle which I felt was of a good level of difficulty with some nicely constructed clues. No queries or problems. Across 1 NARK – (s)NARK; reference Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of … Read more “Mephisto 2682 by Don Manley”

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”