Category: Mephisto

Not too difficult – finished in 43:25, with Chambers used for about the last dozen answers, which I think were – 1A, 21, 10, 14, 6, 29, 23, 22, 27, 24, 32 (correcting the last … Read more “Mephisto 2562 – Paul McKenna”

Back to average standard after last week’s puzzle. Old hands will have had an advantage because we know all the common abbreviations such as ‘ll=will – and there seemed to be a lot of them … Read more “Mephisto 2561 by Tim Moorey”

A short while ago we had a brief discussion about whether Mephisto is being dumbed down. If we had seen this puzzle at that time we might have reached a different conclusion. This is indeed … Read more “Mephisto 2560 Mike Laws”

Funny coincidence that it’s my turn to blog this week, since Paul McKenna sent me this crossword a few months ago to test solve. I don’t have the original email but I have the “before” … Read more “Mephisto 2559 – Paul McKenna”

The first thing I noticed about this puzzle is the 13×11 grid rather than the 12×12 we are used to. During the week we learned that there are new grids for the Times daily so … Read more “Mephisto 2557 by Tim Moorey”

A couple of weeks ago an anonymous blogger asked if we thought Mephisto was being dumbed down. We said we didn’t think so but to try to get a feel for the situation I timed … Read more “Mephisto 2556 Paul McKenna”

I found the left hand side of this an absolute beast! I got kind of caught, being out of town for a while I was only doing the online puzzles and missed that it was … Read more “Mephisto 2555 – Tim Moorey”

A pretty easy Mephisto, taking me about 35 minutes, but with an added bit of fun – the COUNTDOWN answer to 1A is an introduction to the theme – all the numbers from ten down … Read more “Mephisto 2554 – Mike Laws”

I found this relatively easy. For the second week running I wrote 1A straight in and followed it immediately with 6A and 1D. With both 3D and 16A easy to solve the top half was … Read more “Mephisto 2553 Paul McKenna”

Overall, a slightly harder than usual puzzle that was always fair (if you turn a blind eye to the padding at 34A) and maintained interest. When writing the blog more than doing the puzzle I … Read more “Mephisto 2552 Tim Moorey”