Mephisto 2712 by Don Manley

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You wont get many easier Mephisto than this one. A good beginner’s puzzle.

Across
1 VISAGIST – VISA-GIST;
6 HEST – HE(I)ST; old word for command=HEST;
10 EATERY – E(AT)ERY; Admin Trainee=AT;
13 PIPELIGHT – P(I-PE)LIGHT; spill=taper for lighting candle, pipe, etc;
14 MILLE – MILLE(t);
15 ANAPHOR – AN-APH-OR; reference A P Herbert; I have a dream;
16 ADAW – A-DAW; old word for frighten;
17 UNKET – (j)UNKET; Japanese=J; when I was a lad junket was a kind of milk pudding;
18 DECASTYLE – DE-CAST(Y)LE; a portico;
20 KNEIDLACH – (ken a child)*; dumplings;
25 LANAI – LANA-I; wood=LANA; living area;
28 MIME – MIM-E: prim in Midlothian=MIM;
29 SHALOTS – SH(A-L)OTS; luminance=L;
30 SPLIT – SP(L)IT;
31 HETARISM – (irish team)*; the old Courts of Kings;
32 DOPIER – DO-PIER;
33 RARE – RA-RE; RA=Royal Artillery; RE=Royal Engineers;
34 SAUROPOD – SAD=heavy surrounds (our)*-PO; type of dinosaur;
 
Down
1 VERMAL – VE(RM)AL; room=RM; a worm;
2 STALAG – GALAS reversed around (stree)T; German POW camp – properly a stammlager;
3 GRIECED – sounds like “greased”;
4 SIENNA – ANNE-IS reversed;
5 TILAK – T-(KALI reversed); carpet=KALI; the red spot on the forehead of Hindu women;
7 EIGHTY – (w)EIGHTY;
8 SCHORLOMITE – (school term I)*;
9 TI,TREE – TIT-REE;
11 ACIDANTHERA – ACID-ANT-H-ERA;
12 RIPE – two meanings; RIPE-2=search in Sutherland;
19 SCISSOR – (cross)* surrounds IS;
20 KOSHER – KOS(s)-HE-R; koss=coss=1.75 miles;
21 ELATER – E(LATE)R;
22 LATRIA – legal procedure=a trial then move “L” to the front;
23 FILLIP – FILL-I-P;
24 RETARD – RE(TAR)D;
26 ALAY – A-LA(d)Y;
27 NOILS – N-OILS; bits of fibre;

One comment on “Mephisto 2712 by Don Manley”

  1. Certianly on the easy side of Mephistos – bottom half was complete very quickly, but had to look up a few words for the top half. PIPELIGHT and UNKET are rather nice words I’ll look for a chance to use.

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