Category: Mephisto

This puzzle was a little easier than some of late and I would have had a very quick solve but for 1A which took me an age – indeed I didn’t understand the cryptic part … Read more “Mephisto 2590 Mike Laws”

Solving time: about 100 minutes in 4 sessions I decided to give up bookless solving fairly early on with this one, being pretty much stuck with about 10 answers written in. Sadly, my first entry … Read more “At last the Mephisto 2589 show – Paul McKenna”

After some reasonable standard puzzles last week’s (2587) was a little easier but any concern was misplaced. This puzzle was back in the groove. It appeared on the same day as the AZED monthly competition … Read more “Mephisto 2588 by Tim Moorey”

I missed doing the last two Mephistos since I have been on the road, and it sounds like I missed some real tough ones. I found this mostly straightforward, I managed about three quarters of … Read more “Mephisto 2587 – Mike Laws”

Regular readers will know that a while back a number of us were criticising The Times for dumbing down this puzzle. Happily over recent weeks we have seen a return to normal standards. The Times, … Read more “Mephisto 2586 by Paul McKenna (the ESP puzzle)”

If you would like the clues for this puzzle, to go with the grid which is all the club site currently provides, send me a LiveJournal message or e-mail (address available on my “Crossword Corner” … Read more “Mephisto 2586”

Solving time: 4 hours? I found this the toughest Mephisto for a long while and took three sessions to solve it, with a bit of mild cheating at the end, using a Chambers CD-Rom wildcard … Read more “Mephisto 2585 – Tim Moorey”

An easier puzzle than of late mainly distinguished by its inclusion of two rather obscure UK locations. I knew of Herne Bay because my aunt once took me there when I was about 10. I … Read more “Mephisto 2584 by Mike Laws”

This was the toughest Mephisto for me in a long time, and I thought it was going to be a doddle, usually I’m on the same wavelength as Paul McKenna (helps that I’ve talked to … Read more “Mephisto 2583 – Paul McKenna”

A very enjoyable puzzle, considerably harder than the AZED published on the same day. It would hopefully appear that this puzzle has now returned to an appropriate level of difficulty. I made steady but quite … Read more “Mephisto 2582 Tim Moorey”