Category: Mephisto

When the first three across clues went straight in I thought we were in for another 35 minute jog but it was not to be. For the first time in quite a while this puzzle … Read more “Mephisto 2576 Tim Moorey”

Sorry that I’m a day or two late in getting this report up, I underestimated the amount of time I’d have left yesterday after flying back home from some shows in Chicago. I did most … Read more “Mephisto 2575 – Mike Laws”

Lost sight of my turn to blog this, and started it late last night but got stuck with much of the NE corner blank. Report later today after another look and cheating if necessary. Solving … Read more “Mephisto 2574 – Paul McKenna”

Happy New Year to all solvers and setters. This is the Christmas puzzle that appeared 20th December and from the unclued letters, the message is: HAVE A GOOD ONE Sentiments that I’m sure we would … Read more “Christmas Mephisto 2573 by Tim Moorey”

Whilst not in the too easy category this is not particularly difficult and is in my opinion ideal for new solvers of grid puzzles. There are a number of well placed clues to get one … Read more “Mephisto 2572 Mike Laws”

This was a mixture of pretty easy and blisteringly difficult – there were a lot of answers where I’d guess at some wordplay and head to Chambers to hope that I’d hit on some actual … Read more “Mephisto 2571 – Paul McKenna”

Quite a tricky puzzle this – 80-odd minutes with Chambers used from roughly halfway – though 10 minutes or so of this came from a mistaken answer for 32, without which I’d have guessed 9D … Read more “Mephisto 2570 – Tim Moorey”

Like today’s 2570 I felt this was a better puzzle than some of late with a normal sprinkling of starter clues and a number of reasonably difficult ones. Interesting to see PALFRENIER appear so soon … Read more “Mephisto 2569 by Mike Laws”

If you have an opinion on the current level of difficulty and/or recent overall quality of Mephisto puzzles please take a moment to record it on this blog. This puzzle ranks with 2560 and 2564 … Read more “Mephisto 2568 by Paul McKenna”

Sorry it took me a while to get some uninterrupted time to write up a blog , been travelling for work. But back home now, and two blogs to catch up on. Since I was … Read more “Mephisto 2567: Tim Moorey”