This could well pass for a TLS with all the arty stuff in it, together with a couple of rather lame cryptics. I’ve thrown in a few extra arty bits in the course of interpretation: … Read more “26398 Tie me Knagaroo down, sport.”
Author: Zabadak
TLS 1118 by Myrtilus : A birthday treat
Just as well I didn’t have to blog this on the day, what with it being Good Friday, a busy day in my calendar what with the debut performance of my script for the annual … Read more “TLS 1118 by Myrtilus : A birthday treat”
26386 Ecdysiasts in the 18th Century. Oiled chests, shapely legs, but no drawers.
Feeling a bit laboured, this one, with two that I couldn’t see until all the checkers were in, and even then it took a time, pushing me to 23.48. The short ones tuned out to … Read more “26386 Ecdysiasts in the 18th Century. Oiled chests, shapely legs, but no drawers.”
26374 If only I’d remembered who talked to the animals
There are, in my opinion, a couple of nasty little traps in this one, one of which I fell headlong into to continue a run of sub-600 scores. In the process of producing this report, … Read more “26374 If only I’d remembered who talked to the animals”
26362 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels….
A tough one, this, which took me past the 30 minute mark by 2.22, but hey, at least I was error free. At the time of writing, everyone else on a small sample has a … Read more “26362 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels….”
26350 And I believe that the devil is ready to repent! But..
I kept feeling there was some sort of message in this thing, what with two unlikely Presidents of the US of A (one past and strangely rather fondly remembered), and one yet to be. The … Read more “26350 And I believe that the devil is ready to repent! But..”
26338 Cutting through the red tape.
A respectable 18.11 derailed by a rather spectacular mondegreen (even if I do say so myself). Up to that point of discovery, on something like the third or fourth careful check, I rather enjoyed this … Read more “26338 Cutting through the red tape.”
26326 “No, it’s right I’m sure. It fits in with ‘delirium’ and ‘Baluchistan’.”
A bit of a Brief Encounter this one, at least in my terms, at 13.56. It’ll be interesting to see how rapid a fill it is for others, though my experience this week is that … Read more “26326 “No, it’s right I’m sure. It fits in with ‘delirium’ and ‘Baluchistan’.””
26314 I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
20.07, with quite a lot of time making sure the parsing was right in this tricky little number. Another grid with a bit of a TLS feel to it, what with vaguely defined stageworks and … Read more “26314 I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
26302 Good grief, Penfold, I think I know where he’s hiding!
18.17 got me home on this one, but that did include being a good scout and actually parsing everything. I also lost time looking for my lucky penny so that I could get 5 right … Read more “26302 Good grief, Penfold, I think I know where he’s hiding!”