Category: Mephisto

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”

Most of this puzzle fell into place, but it would have helped if I could have worked out the wordplay for 1ac, as I originally had CANNABIS in and that held up my progress on … Read more “Mephisto 2499-Mike Laws”

Sorry, late again. Solving time: 19:05 without C, one mistake – 22D, where I didn’t understand the wordplay and the floor is open. After really struggling with my last blogged Mephisto, this was much easier … Read more “Mephisto 2448 – Chris Feetenby”

Solving time: about 2 hours with C used from the start This will teach me to leave Mephistos unstarted on the Sunday! It turned out to be very tough, with lots of stuff that was … Read more “Mephisto 2446”

Did this a week ago, but have only now gotten round to writing the blog – don’t remember there being anything contentious or overly difficult in this puzzle, but as I write this, I may … Read more “Mephisto 2,445 – Chris Feetenby”

Not terribly difficult by Mephisto standards, I solved most of this within 40 minutes without resorting to dictionaries. After Chambers was called on, the rest fell into place, although the wordplay has me beat on … Read more “Mephisto 2443 – Mike Laws – who he?”

(don’t comment on this – it’s just a pointer that will be deleted in a day or two).

I read somewhere that the most doodled word in the English language is HELP. My print-out of this puzzle has several masterpeices, all centred around that word! Since coming back from my holidays, I have … Read more “Mephisto 2,441 – Tim Moorey/ Help!!”