Category: Mephisto

I wondered if puzzle number 2,600 would give rise to something a little out of the ordinary and sure enough four clues contain an unclued letter in the cryptic part of the clue but with … Read more “Mephisto 2,600 by Tim Moorey”

Well it looks like both the online and Paper Times had a pretty decent bungle. Printed this off and thought it was still last weeks when I saw “by Paul McKenna”. Looked at the clues, … Read more “Mephisto 2599: Not Paul McKenna, nor Pual McKenna but Mike Laws”

There’s not a lot to say about this puzzle. It’s of average difficulty with a straightforward, completely fair, set of clues. I solved top to bottom, left to right, in just under the hour. Across … Read more “Mephisto 2598 Paul McKenna”

This took me about two and a half hours – I made a meal of the top half, wanting Derby in 1A to be a race or hat, and not seeing P,((c)ORRECT) for ages, even … Read more “Mephisto 2597 – Tim Moorey”

I found this the easiest Mephisto for some time, the down clues in particular with all but 5D of 1d to 9D read and written straight in.The AZED on the same day was even easier. … Read more “Mephisto 2596 Mike Laws”

Well last weekend was a little bit of a Paul McKenna overload, with a new Auctor Listener puzzle, he also sent me an upcoming Mephisto to test-solve and this one. Head-spinning time. I found this … Read more “Mephisto 2592: Paul McKenna”

Off to a good start with this one with a definition based solve at 1A CHEONGSAM which led to several of the linked down clues and the second definition solve at 11A NAYPIC. That in … Read more “Mephisto 2594 by Tim Moorey”

A pretty straightforward puzzle this one, taking about 32 minutes, with C used at the end to make sure of right answers to 20, 18 and 32 – or so say my notes – I’m … Read more “Mephisto 2593 – Mike Laws”

On a cold and miserable bank holiday weekend when the AZED competition puzzle was very straightforward I gratefully found this quite difficult. I have one query at 11A where I can’t see the full parsing. … Read more “Mephisto 2592 – Paul McKenna”

I don’t recall that much about the solving of this one, I think I did it first thing in the morning last Sunday, I definitely had Chambers and Bradfords at hand and I think it … Read more “Mephisto 2391 – Tim Moorey”