Author: Zabadak

Not a lot of problems with this one, with a high proportion of crossword standards and a promising, if brief, collection of US states. You are to be congratulated for dedication to duty if you … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26878, 9/11/17 Playing for keeps”

I crave your indulgence, having arrived as recently as Monday on the red eye from Jo’burg and having endured this very day appalling traffic (though travelling by coach) and the even more appalling wheelchair access … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26872 2nd Nov 2017 Quark? That’s cheese, isn’t it?”

George has kindly agreed to swop with me for the next three weeks while I and Mrs Z sample the delights of South Africa. Sometime in November we’ll get back into the routine, including one … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26848 Thursday, 05 October 2017 The poetic Simpson?”

A very fast left half ground crashingly to a crawl in the right half to push my time up to 28.26, with the last few in the bottom right corner creating most mayhem. But there … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26842 28/09/17 Steppe inside, luv”

A crossword full of random people, presumably to annoy people who don’t appreciate random people in crosswords. There’s a random note as well. There are pairs of sailors, plants, trees and insects, the latter being … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26830, Thursday, 14 September 2017 Make mine several doubles.”

On Thursday blogging days I do the puzzle in the Times edition version, because that turns up a few minutes after midnight, and the club version some hour or so later, so don’t expect to … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26818, 31st August 2017. Up across and down.”

As happened last time I blogged, the club version didn’t turn up until I had completed the online paper version, which is eerily similar until it disturbingly vanishes after you tap in the last letter. … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26806 Thursday, 17 August 2017 It can’t be effed.”

Right, now. Clearly a lot of today’s discussion will revolve around the pros and cons of the new site, like not working at midnight, so I solved on the newspaper site, which the new site … Read more “Times Cryptic 26794 3rd August 2017. Somewhere, a crossword!”