Mephisto 2773 – Tim Moorey

Not sure there’s a lot to say about this one – typical clear wordplay for unusual words, and with the eight long entries being pretty amenable, it was just filling in the fiddly bits in the middle. One of my faster Mephisto solves.

OK – I’m pretty psyched. Now this is written I’m grabbing coffee and heading into town to the Mountain Oasis festival to see the one and only Gary Numan in concert. Hope everyone else is having a fun weekend!

Away we go

Across
1 CONSTUPRATES: PUT(express) and S reversed in CON RATES (Tory values)
11 GEOPHAGIST: E(arth),OP,H(Henry – unit of measurement),AG in GIST
12 OTOCYST: anagram of TO,SCOT,Y
14 MERK(in)
15 SNOCAT: A,C in TONS reversed
16 ROPE’S END: (REP’S DONE)*
18 (cu)RARE
20 ADRENAL:(feve)R in A,DEN,A,L
22 DASHEKI: DASH(run) then IKE(Eisenhower) reversed
24 (v)ETCH
25 BESPOKEN: SPOKE in BEN
26 SHORAN: A in SHORN
29 TOSE: didn’t know this definition of CARD as “tease out”
30 FERULAS: (REFUSAL)*
31 ILANG-ILANG: 1 in I(ego) LANG LANG – I did not know of the pianist but he could be the first Mephisto component who is on Instagram
32 PHRASEMONGER: H(wyl) and (A,G,SERMON)* in PER(a)
 
Down
2 OSTEOPATHS: POETS reversed in OATHS
3 SECKEL: C(oo)K in SEEL
4 TOYS: anagram of STORY missing R
5 UPS,PEAK
6 RAINDROP: well I know the prelude but now it’s in front of me I can’t see the wordplay here
7 A,GI(r)O
8 T,INCAN,S
9 STATELINESS: LINES in STATES
10 COMRADESHIP: anagram of HOPE, RACISM, (Bradfor)D
13 GARAGE SALE: A,RAGES in GALE
17 SHEBANGS: or SHE BANGS
19 ESC(ape),O,LAR
21 DISH,ELM
23 JOTUNN: J then UN in (NOT)*
27 RANA: hidden reversed
28 URAO: U then OAR reversed

One comment on “Mephisto 2773 – Tim Moorey”

  1. Hi George. 6D is an anagram of (s)AD PRIOR(y) surrounding N=number.

    Agreed, a high quality but relatively easy puzzle. I’ve come across LANG LANG before.

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