Mephisto

[mra1]

Have finished this in just over an hour - good going for one of Paul's but would like clarification on the wordplay of 11 down - Once together stop rowing about confining term for criticism - YSAME - I get the once together bit but not the rest of it - can anyone elucidate please!

[TheFrogman]

I don't do the Mephisto in 'McKenna weeks', but this is M ('term' ie last character of CRITICISM) in EASY (interjection meaning 'stop rowing') reversed ('about').

[mra1]

Thank you so much Frogman - at least I was right! I used to find Paul' offerings too abstruse to finish but I have managed the last two much to my surprise!