Time: 22 minutesMusic: Rossini Overtures, Szell/Cleveland Orchestra Nothing very difficult here. I got a little hung up on dipstick before I saw how it worked, but I aced the two bits of parliamentary knowledge required … Read more “Times 28087 – Easy Monday all round!”
Author: vinyl1
Times 28085 – I’m a substitute!
My boss at the first job I ever worked at told me this: if you are the boss, and no workers are available, it is your responsibility to do the work yourself. So here I … Read more “Times 28085 – I’m a substitute!”
Mephisto 3184 – Excuse me, Mr Blair…..
As I’ve said before, I always like a Don Manley puzzle. The clues are fair, and if you follow the rules you will be rewarded. In the case of this puzzle, I was able to … Read more “Mephisto 3184 – Excuse me, Mr Blair…..”
Times 28075 – A, B, C, D, F or G!
Music: Keith Jarrett, Fort YawulTime: 18 minutes We are back to easy Monday, but there are a couple of places where it would be easy to biff too readily and make a mistake. Good times … Read more “Times 28075 – A, B, C, D, F or G!”
Mephisto 3182 – No biffing, please!
This was not too terribly hard, and it was possible to look up a number of the answers with the starting letters. However, Q-Boat was rather difficult, and required a dictionary search, since E-Boat and … Read more “Mephisto 3182 – No biffing, please!”
Times 28063 – What every woman needs?
Time: 36 minutesMusic: Mahler, Symphony 5, Levine/Philadelphia I was a little off when doing this puzzle, and while I started quickly enough I had trouble finishing. I found the intersection of time-lapse and manometer very … Read more “Times 28063 – What every woman needs?”
Mephisto 3180 – Whoa!
I did solve this puzzle, but this involved a lot of not-very-inspired guessing. Sitting down to write the blog, it looks like explaining some of the answers will provide considerable difficulty. At least Paul’s pun … Read more “Mephisto 3180 – Whoa!”
Times 28051 – Well, just a little faster than that….
Time: 28 minutesMusic: Bach, Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (1982 re-recording) I had a bad headache while solving this one, and the letters of the clues swam before my eyes. Not ideal conditions for solving, by … Read more “Times 28051 – Well, just a little faster than that….”
Mephisto 3178 – Back to square one
I like Don Manley’s puzzles because they are so very precise. If something seems wrong, it probably is, so you should think again. I saw that curari was an alternate spelling of curare, and that … Read more “Mephisto 3178 – Back to square one”
Times 28039 – “Come on down to my boat….
Time: 19 minutesMusic: Prokofiev, Symphony 5, Karajan/BPO Well, another easy Monday, at least for me. I didn’t even get to side 2 of the symphony during my quick solve, but then I went on to … Read more “Times 28039 – “Come on down to my boat….”