Category: Mephisto

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”

I’m standing in for Peter, who is on holiday. This is yet another in a growing line of easier puzzles. There is really very little to say about it except I was grateful that the … Read more “Mephisto 2566 by Mike Laws”

I’m pleased to say that this puzzle was harder than its predecessor. Having said that, it wasn’t particularly difficult either (and neither is today’s). Three of the long 12 letter lights were very straightforward. 27A … Read more “Mephisto 2565 by Paul McKenna”

Easy Peasy Again I thought that Mephisto 2560 was easy but this was even simpler. The across clues in particular are mostly so obvious that the answers to many of the down clues are in … Read more “Mephisto 2564 Tim Moorey”

I usually find Mike Laws the most difficult of the Mephisto setting team, but there were not all that many unusual words, and some of the odder ones had some easy wordplay and generous checking … Read more “Mephisto 2563 – Mike Laws”