Category: Mephisto

I found this one a real stinker, most of it was in areas that I wasn’t familiar with, and after my customary ripping through about a third of the grid, to get the last ten … Read more “Mephisto 2535 – Paul McKenna”

This is an interesting crossword, I did a lot of this on a plane with no access to dictionaries (believe it or not, I don’t take Chambers travelling, though I’ve been known to slip Bradfords … Read more “Mephisto 2534 – Tim Moorey”

Following on from two consecutive difficult puzzles this one was quite easy. Apart from being three words rather that two, the key clue 1A was simple as were 9D,10D and 31A both in terms of … Read more “Mephisto 2533 Mike Laws”

…… ein schwer aber gut Kreuzwortratsel….. I didn’t find this particularly easy and seemed to spend a good deal of time chasing down meanings in Chambers. I saw the anagram at 2A immediately but for … Read more “Mephisto 2532 Paul McKenna”

This comes from me, as I’d mistakenly thought it was my turn and wrote up a report yesterday. When I saw George mention in a comment his need to finish this puzzle to blog it, … Read more “Mephisto 2531 – Tim Moorey”

A moderately difficult one this – about an hour to solve, though with a fair amount of looking up. A few less words than usual – 16 each of across and down rather than the … Read more “Mephisto 2530 – Mike Laws”

I thought this a reasonably difficult puzzle. I needed Chambers a lot to hunt down obscure meanings and find answers. There are the usual crop of ten starter clues but only three in the top … Read more “Mephisto 2529 Paul McKenna”

A puzzle of average difficulty with the top half made easier by the clues for the first three across lights. I thought immediately of MARCHESA and verified that with MACS at 1D. My drugs training … Read more “Mephisto 2528 Tim Moorey”

I usually find Mike the most difficult of the Mephisto setters, but I managed to knock this one out in one sitting, rare for me with Mephisto. Enjoyable crossword with some nice words, maybe a … Read more “Mephisto 2527 – Mike Laws”

Solving time: about 80 minutes, with Chambers use for about the last two-thirds of the clues. A good tough challenge with lots of new words for me. Across 3 SKATE,B.O.,(h)ARD – with “go on deck” … Read more “Mephisto 2526 – Paul McKenna”