Category: Mephisto

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”

If you read the half-post, that was weird, I had a pop-up attack while I was writing the blog up, sorry there was only half a post originally. I’m afraid I didn’t give this the … Read more “Mephisito 2671 – Tim Moorey”

With 1A and 1D going straight in and the first nine down clues putting up very little resistance, this was a quick 40 minute solve. Across 1 SPADESMAN – SPA-DESMAN; water-circulator=SPA; insect-eater=DESMAN; 10 TALI – … Read more “Mephisto 2670 by Don Manley”

The difficulty appears to have been ramped up a little here – I got most of the bottom half out without needing to resort to aids, but the top half was full of unfamiliar territory! … Read more “Mephisto 2669 – Paul McKenna”

A rather easy Mephisto a great deal of which requires no reference to Chambers Across 1 AGNAME – A-G-NAME; Gabon=G; advanced=A; state=NAME; handle=(slang) name; 5 TUSCAN – corporation=TU(m) then substitute SCAN=survey for m=piece of m(ockery); … Read more “Mephisto 2668 by Tim Moorey”