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Category: Mephisto

Mephisto 3340 – By a setter who prefers to remain anonymous!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 8th September 2024 at 1:33 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I didn’t have much difficulty with this puzzle, and finished in one sitting.   I had heard of many of the answers, but as usual the setter likes to use obscure meanings of common words.

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Mephisto 3339 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 1st September 2024 at 1:29 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3380 – “Oh, come aw ye tramps and hawkin’ lads…..

Author   vinyl1Posted on 25th August 2024 at 3:29 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I didn’t find this Mephisto very difficult, and finished in one sitting.   I did not parse all of the answers while solving, so now I’ll have to figure a few out.

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Mephisto 3337 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 18th August 2024 at 12:04 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

  Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3336 – Thanks, Paul!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 11th August 2024 at 1:52 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I always do well with Paul McKenna puzzles, and this was no exception.  Although I didn’t finish it in one sitting, when I came back the next morning it was pretty to finish off. 

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Mephisto 3335 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 4th August 2024 at 12:21 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans!

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Mephisto 3334 – Well within my Ken!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 28th July 2024 at 2:21 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I found this one challenging enough, but still manged to finish in one sitting – not that it wasn’t pretty late into Saturday evening, but I finished.  

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Mephisto 3333 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 21st July 2024 at 1:59 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred grid fans for the all 3’s edition of Mephisto

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Mephisto 3332 – Be careful what you wish for!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 14th July 2024 at 2:25 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Yeah, I’m the dummy who said last week’s Mephisto was too easy – sorry about that.   This one had me hunting up and down in Chambers all week, and I still had a few to do earlier today, so I had to sit down and grind them out.

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Mephisto 3331 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 7th July 2024 at 12:23 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans!

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