Category: Mephisto

It appears the_od is having problems with his network so I’ll jump in with a blog for the Mephisto. Net well soon, the_od! I don’t habitually keep solving times for Mephisto, I enjoy the puzzles … Read more “Mephisto 2464”

Solving time 27:25 with no books, then a few minutes with Chambers to clear up mistakes at 6 and 15. A fairly easy puzzle this, with not too much diffucult vocabulary in the answers. Across … Read more “Mephisto 2463 (‘2462’ in online version) – Chris Feetenby”

Solving time: 34:52 Tim Moorey presents his usual high standards of cluing, and there are some good examples of & lits. here.  Combined with a fair sprinkling of wit and ingenuity – what more could … Read more “Mephisto 2462/Tim Moorey”

Solving time: about 90 mins I guess one of the advantages of egg-head crosswords is that because there are fewer solvers to shock, you can get away with some fairly ripe language. This puzzle takes … Read more “Mephisto 2459 – Tim Moorey”

Solving time: 39:27 I find Mike the hardest of the Mephisto trio, and as I was feeling lazy I used Chambers from the start for a change.  The usual smattering of straightforward clues to get … Read more “Mephisto 2458/Mike Laws”

Solving time: 42 minutes Half of this time was spent strolling through what seemed a very easy puzzle, with at least a dozen clues that wouldn’t be out of place in a daily puzzle. The … Read more “Mephisto 2455, Mike Laws – a puzzle of two halves”

Solving time: 35:16 Finally got to solve the correct puzzle!  PB tried to shoulder the blame, but I am sure that it was me misreading the puzzle number on our Google calendar.  So apologies for … Read more “Mephisto 2454/Chris Feetenby”

Sorry for the delay in posting this – no other excuse other than a “senior moment”. This was actually a very easy puzzle by Mephisto standards, although the wordplay for a couple of the clues … Read more “Mephisto 2453 – Tim Moorey”

Straightforward enough, although I can’t quite see the wordplay in 1ac, and 11ac doesn’t appear in Chambers. Some excellent clues, especially 16ac, 27ac and 13dn. My only criticism, and it is very minor, is that … Read more “Mephisto 2451 – Chris Feetenby – an extra H?”

Solving time: say 80 minutes, no books As presented on the Times club website, this puzzle had a grid with two diagonal sequences of squares shaded, but no preamble. There may have been some instructions … Read more “Mephisto 2450 / Tim Moorey – in the shade”