It may be because I printed it close to the deadline, but the online Mephisto didn’t have the usual competition details. On the other hand, this meant it printed on one page. This is Don … Read more “Mephisto 2661 – Don Manley”
Category: Mephisto
Mephisto 2660 by Paul McKenna
Not too difficult as these things go without great recourse to Chambers. I don’t understand 33A which I solved by looking at the checking letters,T?ARS reading the first three words of the clue “rush special … Read more “Mephisto 2660 by Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2659 – Tim Moorey
Hmmm, the interface for LiveJournal appears to have changed (I’ve just updated Firefox so that might be it too), so I hope this will work without too many headaches. Well after a run of a … Read more “Mephisto 2659 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2658 by Don Manley
A puzzle by Don Manley, the first by anybody other than Paul McKenna and Tim Moorey since Mike Laws died. I don’t know if this is a permanent arrangement or simply a guest appearance. In … Read more “Mephisto 2658 by Don Manley”
Mephisto 2657 – Paul McKenna (and a message for John Halpern)
Funny thing about this one was that I solved it on the plane on my way to the UK, and then got an email asking if I’d found the hidden message. Well since I left … Read more “Mephisto 2657 – Paul McKenna (and a message for John Halpern)”
Mephisto 2656 by Tim Moorey
Once again a good standard puzzle of around average difficulty. The clue at 7A is of brilliant construction but unfortunately the description is so accurate one can write in the answer by treating it as … Read more “Mephisto 2656 by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2655 – Paul McKenna
Well I managed most of these on a plane without a dictionary so I’m thinking this is on the slightly easier end of the Mephisto spectrum. There was just a little bit of dictionary-trawling to … Read more “Mephisto 2655 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2653 – Paul McKenna
I had a hard time with the last few here, and there are two where wordplay is still escaping me as I get set to write this. Bottom half of the grid considerably easier than … Read more “Mephisto 2653 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2652 by Tim Moorey
Another good Mephisto of around average difficulty but with two excellent clues. At 10A the use of Casement and the other wording to evoke thoughts of the 1916 Dublin uprising during WW1 is very clever. … Read more “Mephisto 2652 by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2651 – Paul McKenna
I found this one very tricky, and it took a while to convince myself of several of the answers before putting them in, which very well means I could be wrong! Oh well, I’m sure … Read more “Mephisto 2651 – Paul McKenna”