Category: Mephisto

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”

I’m standing in for Robert. This is a mainly straightforward puzzle with just a couple of queries. At 17A if the reference is to the Dimbleby brothers then “friend” seems a little weak to describe … Read more “Mephisto 2512 Mike Laws”

This was a nifty little puzzle. I didn’t get a lot out in the first sitting, but came back to it later and managed to make a big dent in it the second time around. … Read more “Mephisto 2511 – Paul McKenna”

Solving time: 66 minutes – Chambers used after getting the first two or three answers. As Jimbo said last week, this was a difficult puzzle. Although difficult, it included some answers that are quite familiar … Read more “Mephisto 2510 – Tim Moorey”

This is a relatively easy puzzle with both simple constructions and key clues that can be solved direct from the definition. This is true of 1A,10A and 11A, giving an excellent start to the NW … Read more “Mephisto 2509 Mike Laws”

In last week’s Mephisto blog, Peter suggested Mike Laws as the most difficult of Mephisto setters. I beg to differ, I find Tim Moorey with his mixture of particularly obscure words and forays into the … Read more “Mephisto 2507 – Tim Moorey”

Mephisto 2506 – Mike Laws Solving time 29:15, no books Mike Laws is maybe the hardest Mephisto setter, but sometimes writes quite easy puzzles, and this seemed to be one. I’ve only written about a … Read more “Mephisto 2506 – Mike Laws”

This is an excellent puzzle, difficult but always scrupulously fair. At times it reminded me of the Ximenes puzzles of the 1960s. 28D is for example a clue that I think X would have been … Read more “Mephisto 2505 Paul McKenna”