Author: Zabadak

By a couple of minutes, my quickest of the week, possibly because our setter give us the chance to practice the sort of clue where two words which make one sort of sense merge into … Read more “Times Cryptic 26470 – July 21, 2016: Satis factory inter rim combi nations.”

Not too tricky, this one, though I slowed down after the port side was completed for no terribly obvious reason. There is one weird and unlikely-looking word, but the wordplay is pretty well unambiguous, so … Read more “Times Cryptic 26458 – July 7, 2016 Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.”

A relatively benign brew which resulted in a time of 19.17.  As I write, the seasonal thunder is rolling around the North Weald, ominously presaging the upheavals  of the day ahead, and clearly our setter … Read more “Times Cryptic 26446 – June 23, 2016 You find that there comes a time for making your mind up”

Not particularly difficult this one, but I stretched it out to nearly 29 minutes by allowing concentration to drift at the end of a busy day. It’s pretty stolid, workmanlike stuff, with a couple of … Read more “Times Cryptic 26434 – June 9, 2016: Mostly harmless”

I’d venture todays setter is more than usually generous providing extra bits of information to make sure we abbreviate where necessary and avoid spelling mistakes. It helped me to a respectable (from a certain point … Read more “Times 26422 A kindness of setters”

My 17’ 22” demonstrates the care with which I approached this pleasant little number, checking every clue for proper and satisfactory wordplay and checking for typos at the end. It’s not every day I outpace … Read more “26410 Caesar adsum iam forte: Latin for speakers of other languages.”

Aren’t I lucky? I get Myrtilus again to unravel, and as before there are plenty of delights along the way and no errors either in arty facts or artefacts to complain about. There are more … Read more “TLS Crossword 1121 by Myrtilus, April 15, 2016 Can you ‘&lit?”