Author: Zabadak

  It is possible that my view of this one is coloured by the discovery that I’m never going to win a spelling bee, the apparent disability nullifying what may yet prove to be a … Read more “29086 You don’t have to say you love me.”

Rather like the one I blogged six weeks ago, this one has a largely old-fashioned feel to it, not least with its evocation of a memorable Cleese, Barker and Corbett sketch  from The Frost Report … Read more “29074 Will you walk a little faster?”

  I thought I was doing well to get in just under 20 minutes, though I started in rather desultory fashion and spent too long dithering over the emperor, or possibly antique dominion at 5d. … Read more “29062 Not Cole’s law then.”

  At the time of writing, I am within a few ticks of my clockwork timing device of the average time for solving this at 12.25, and I rather suspect this will produce some PBs. … Read more “29050 Hello wonderful!”

  What I will say about this is that I breezed through in 12.48, at the same time feeling like I was being particularly clever with the words and wordplay, with some of them being … Read more “29038 The Skirmish of the River Plate”

  I’ll content myself this time with simply mentioning that it took me 22 minutes on the dot, rather than trying to hazard a difficulty level. I submitted with a certain amount of trepidation, because … Read more “29026 Nothing to grouse about.”

  Something of a Quickie feel to this, and indeed about halfway through I checked to make sure I was doing the right crossword. Only the orchid stands out as an odd, esoteric word, though … Read more “29014 Nothing to get stuck on”

  A rather cheerful and friendly number which occupied me for 17.44, with no real hold-ups along the way. Perhaps a feature of this setter’s quirkiness is the rather high number of instances where capitals … Read more “29002 Well, I felt lucky…”

  Happily completed in a steady 17.28, with no particular hesitations except the American city, which I have now added to my list of hazily remembered places should I ever need it again. While there … Read more “28990 Blackbird, learn to fly.”