Category: Mephisto

…… 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”

After last week’s stroll in the park this puzzle was back to normal service and perhaps even a little harder than usual with several good clues. I particularly liked INTERNUNCIO and AVANT-PROPOS. The design of … Read more “Mephisto 2525 Tim Moorey”

I’m standing in for Robert. I don’t time myself solving Mephisto. However, as luck would have it as I downloaded this puzzle the clock struck 9am. As I went to make myself a coffee after … Read more “Mephisto 2524 Mike Laws”

I found this one an intriguing and challenging crossword – I solved most of it on a plane on Tuesday with no access to dictionaries or aids, at the end of that I had everything … Read more “Mephisto 2523 – Paul McKenna”