Category: Mephisto

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)”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

An easy puzzle, with the opening across clues going in straight away. About 40 minutes to solve. Across 1 RISORGIMENTO – (rome riotings)*; 19th Century Italian unification movement – nice clue; 9 ORPHARION – OR-(P-HAR(d))-ION; … Read more “Mephisto 2650 by Tim Moorey”

If you’re a follower of the Mephisto series, you will have known of the recent passing of Mike Laws. I understand there was a substantial obituary in the Times, but I no longer have access … Read more “Mephisto 2649, Tim Moorey and Paul McKenna”

This is the second Mike Laws Memorial Puzzle that appeared in the paper last Sunday 5th June. It originally appeared as puzzle number 1909. Whereas I didn’t remember the 1894 puzzle I do recall this … Read more “Mike Laws Memorial Mephisto 1909”

This is the first Mike Laws Memorial Puzzle that appeared in the paper last Sunday 5th June. It originally appeared as puzzle number 1894. I do hope that those of you who have solved Mike’s … Read more “Mike Laws Memorial Mephisto 1894”