@SJohnRoss@chgowiz I have been trying to stay away from spoilers for Zork since I first tested in in the 1980-ies. Sometimes I take a stab at it again, but never get far.
It's generally how I attempt those kind of games, I drop it for a while when I get to a puzzle I can not crack. A year or five later I try it again, having forgotten how I got as far as I did the last time.