Author: Zabadak

From where I’m sitting, with a time of 14.27, much the easiest of the week, unlikely to be eclipsed in that regard by the Friday. I didn’t get much of a start in the top … Read more “28102 Thursday, 7 October 2021 A fly and sail cruise”

My steady 30 minute solve has a typo, so doesn’t properly count, but indicates that I found some of this on the tricky side. By my reading, we have two clues which could have alternative … Read more “28090 Thursday, 23 September 2021 A whiter shade”

The first word in this crossword grid gives a hint of what is to come, a veritable cornucopia of reverses, backing, turning, upward motion and the like almost persuading me it would be advantageous to … Read more “28078 Thursday, 9 September 2021 Stuck in reverse”

Quite a gentle offering this one, which is just as well because I’m celebrating my (our) 48th wedding anniversary in a pleasant hotel in Wales with a thankfully robust internet connection. A certain quantity of … Read more “28066 Thursday, 26 August 2021 Spurred on”

I found this toughish, taking an age to get going and scrambling through in all but 28 minutes. But it’s also a good cut above the average, with some very fine clues in the mix. … Read more “28054 Thursday, 12 August 2021 In the library with a candlestick”

A pleasingly catholic mix of science and arts, history and politics where you can feel chuffed if you have the relevant breadth of knowledge, but apart from 4ac, perhaps, it doesn’t matter if the background … Read more “28042 Thursday, 29 July 2021 When Quince the Eskimo gets here…”

I liked this rather well, despite or perhaps because of its somewhat quirky nature and occasional oblique use of the crossword language. I don’t think there’s much in the vocab to frighten anyone though the … Read more “28030 Thursday, 15 July 2021 Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive”

Not my briskest of solves in close to 24 minutes, with the lower half more resistant than the upper. And the overall outcome was marred by yet another in my daily series of pink squares, … Read more “28018 Thursday, 1st July 2021 An interesting cocktail down the middle.”

Well that’s been exciting. My PC has made itself unobtainable, so I’m working on a not very powerful android tablet, fine for doing the crossword, as I seem to make fewer mistakes, but a bit … Read more “28006 Thursday, 17th June 2021 Keep taking the tablet.”

I prepared for this by doing the Club Monthly Special, which took a while. Sometimes I find the complexities and obscurities of that one dull the apprehension of the rather more straightforward daily fare, but … Read more “27994 Thursday, 3 June 2021 Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places”