I read somewhere that the most doodled word in the English language is HELP. My print-out of this puzzle has several masterpeices, all centred around that word! Since coming back from my holidays, I have … Read more “Mephisto 2,441 – Tim Moorey/ Help!!”
Category: Mephisto
At last the Mephisto 2438 show
Have now solved this puzzle which I might have done before my holidays if it had been on the Times club site in time. Solving time: say 2 hours, with Chamber used for the last … Read more “At last the Mephisto 2438 show”
Mephisto 2437
Solving time approx. 40 mins (without Chambers) I solved this at work last Monday actually, although I did check a couple of answers online (3dn, 12dn). Across 6 SI,ROC (“cor is” rev) – I didn’t … Read more “Mephisto 2437”
Mephisto 2436 / Chris Feetenby
Solving time: about 45 mins, with C used for 2D and a daft blind spot on 21A. One or two hazy areas below where others may be able to improve on my understanding. Across 9 … Read more “Mephisto 2436 / Chris Feetenby”
Mephisto 2435/give me a breek
Solving time: 2h Haven’t done one of these for a while – and I had to resort to Chambers fairly quickly. The usual smattering (flood?) of archaisms and Scots and a couple of murky wordplays. … Read more “Mephisto 2435/give me a breek”
Mephisto 2434 – Mike Laws
Solving time – 33 minutes, without Chambers Mephisto puzzles by Mike Laws can be tricky, but this one was fairly straightforward. One or two points of detail mentioned below where you may be able to … Read more “Mephisto 2434 – Mike Laws”
Mephisto 2433 – Chris Feetenby
Solving time: 27 mins without Chambers, but one mistake (20A) At least on the Times club site, this puzzle was spoiled by the truncation of four clues. Here they are in full, as the site … Read more “Mephisto 2433 – Chris Feetenby”
Mephisto 2432/Tim Moorey – just glad to get it finished!
This was the toughest Mephisto that I have had to blog – I’m not sure why. Sometimes I just seem to struggle for no apparent reason, and this was the case here. 70-80% of the … Read more “Mephisto 2432/Tim Moorey – just glad to get it finished!”
Mephisto 2431 – Mike Laws
Maphisto 2431 – Mike Laws Solving time: say 75 mins Had a disjointed experience of this. Solved about half to two-thirds on paper when visiting relatives last Sunday – between playing football with one nephew … Read more “Mephisto 2431 – Mike Laws”
Mephisto 2429 / Tim Moorey – Carnifex!
Solving time – about 32 minutes, with fairly extensive use of Chambers. One of the rules of crossword grid construction observed almost everywhere is “no duplicated entries”. This puzzle throws the rule in the bin … Read more “Mephisto 2429 / Tim Moorey – Carnifex!”