Category: Mephisto

Solving time: c. 45 mins, with Chambers used for the last half hour or so. Fresh from the top of the Crossword best-seller lists, Time gives us quite a tough wiorkout with our copies of … Read more “Mephisto 2522 – Tim Moorey”

This is a very easy puzzle, more suited perhaps to the Sunday after the festivities than the one before. With 1A, 1D through 8D and 31A all very easy and a number of giveaways inbetween … Read more “Mephisto 2521 Mike Laws”

I’m standing in for Robert. Once again this puzzle was not avaialable on the Times crossword site on Sunday and I had to get it by Googling “Times Mephisto 2520”. The fact that it then … Read more “Mephisto 2520 Paul McKenna”

This was a rare single-sitting solve for me for a Mephisto – most of the lower half went in without too much effort, and there was some hunt-and-pecking for the correct words for the top … Read more “Mephisto 2519 – Tim Moorey”

I’m standing in for Peter This is an easy puzzle, ideal for new solvers. Unusually for a Mephisto I solved it top to bottom, left to right, with no gaps left for subsequent investigation. I … Read more “Mephisto 2518 Mike Laws”

All Greek to Me A puzzle of average difficulty with a leaning towards Greek fairy stories. Years of doing crosswords meant that luckily I knew all the references. A smattering of nice clues and one, … Read more “Mephisto 2517 Paul McKenna”

I’m standing in for Robert. Whilst not in the very top league of difficulty this is not an easy puzzle. The liberal number of starter clues is offset by a need to make extensive use … Read more “Mephisto 2516 Tim Moorey”

I don’t recall all of the solving process but I think it was two long sessions and one short one to fill in the details. Not too many out-there words this time around. Across 1 … Read more “Mephisto 2515: Mike Laws”

Solving time: c. 2.5 hours IN theory I should wait another 115 minutes to post this, but on such a filthy night I’ll trust you not to rush out to a late-collection postbox. I found … Read more “Mephisto 2514 – Paul McKenna”

A good Mephisto of average difficulty with a handful of nice clues. I particularly liked 1D and 4D. Following the discussion that followed the inclusion of a “misleading” capital letter in a daily cryptic recently … Read more “Mephisto 2513 Tim Moorey”