Author: Zabadak

I can’t say I found this particularly difficult, and after trying to fill in the missing letters from M_R_H_S_A_ for a short eternity, finally completed in 15.37

An avoidable typo spoiled my taking possession of the early head of the leaderboard, but I’ll still say I got through this in 13.34, and would have been quicker if I hadn’t diligently and carefully … Read more “28270 Thursday, 21 April 2022 Hi ho, Silver!”

Lots to like about this one, keeping me going for 22 minutes and some. The Irish port town might not be familiar to everyone, but at least we are spared the Irish version, which is … Read more “28258 Thursday, 7 April 2022 I’m reviewing the situation”

I was through this in 21.25 with everything tidied away: as often seems to be the case these days almost bang on the current average time. By no means a straight through solve though, as … Read more “28246 Thursday, 24 March 2022 Simples?”

My usual blog night slightly slower pace saw nearly 26 minutes pass working out the wrinkles in this one. Some of the wordplay does indeed require more than the seasoned solvers’ knowing glance, and I … Read more “28234 Thursday, 10 March 2022 The chocolates with the less fattening centre”

Something of a breeze in just under 21 minutes (takes me that bit longer when I have half an eye on how I’m going to explain it all to my eager readers). But a sting … Read more “28222 Thursday, 24 February 2022 Apparently not my scene”

Land’s sakes, we have ourselves the entire alphabet, in a puzzle which achieves the impressive feat of not looking as if it’s trying too hard. I was hampered by a rash of typos throughout, pushing … Read more “28210 Thursday, 10 February 2022 Lovely Riita?”

Well, I found this tough, and it seems to be testing our high flyers. It’s be interesting to see where the SNITCH settles down to. The ones that pushed my time out from around 20 … Read more “28198 Thursday, 27 January 2022 Bienvenue encore!”

Mostly straightforward, and I breezed through in 15.44, with minimal delays on the sinking of ships, the variety entertainment and the office of officers. I came to write up the blog thinking I was going … Read more “28186 Thursday, 13 January 2022 An unencumbered ramble”

It’s quite difficult for me to avoid saying I found this very much on the straightforward side. I did, after all, spin through in 12.27 which for once puts me amongst the quicker solvers. With … Read more “28174 Thursday, 30 December 2021 Tall and tan and young and lovely?”