Author: Zabadak

  27.24 I freely acknowledge that I was slow through this one, missing the artfully disguised definitions wherever possible and, of course, diligently working out the ways and means of reaching the answers rather than … Read more “28918 Not the sharpest Tool in the box.”

I thought I was on for a very quick time as the top half went in at Quickie pace, but part two appropriately glowed with the red of 15 acrosses, and the pace slowed. I … Read more “28906 From the Chargé des Choses”

  I managed this in exactly 18 minutes, on a par with the rest of the week so far, but I suspect some of the esoterica within will slow some solvers down. I was thrown, … Read more “28894 Cum On Feel the Noize”

  11.26, so I kept counting the squares to make sure I wasn’t doing the Quickie by mistake because for me (always make the remark with caution ’cause it may be just me) this was … Read more “28882 A (very) late message?”

  I got through this in just under 20 minutes, quick for a blogging night when I’m more particular. There are some definitions which are stretchy but always fair, and a particularly aesthetic anagram/indicator combination. … Read more “28870 We have solved the Times at midnight”

Ford Prefect’s 15 year stay on Earth expanded the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy entry on the Blue Dot from “harmless” to “mostly harmless” which adequately describes this puzzle which I more or less scampered … Read more “28858 Après Mao.”

  My 23 minutes is in retrospect a disappointing time for what looked suspiciously like a big Quickie until I got into the nether regions and just blanked on clues which were still, with one … Read more “Times 28846 The chief of the Ways of God”

  Do you know, I thought this was relatively easy, at least until I submitted when I found I had entered a plausible but wrong answer, misunscrambling an anagram. 14 minutes is quick for me, … Read more “28834 Probably would puzzle a monkey.”

  Continuing my series of slow solves this week, I devoted 32.25 to this challenging offering, which as it happens caused many a reminisce along the way, including my acquaintance as a Cadet Bombardier with … Read more “28822 Curriculum Vitae”

  I have absolutely know idea why this took me 25.23, as there’s only one word I didn’t know, the cheese, and everything else is pretty straightforward, if occasionally requiring rather more elaborate construction work. … Read more “28810 Spot the X”