Time: Not takenMusic: Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherezade, Kondrashin/LSO Yes, I forgot to note my starting time, so no time tonight. I put the record on and sat down to solve, and flipped it about 2/3 of the … Read more “Times 27919 – Not for another two years!”
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Mephisto 3156 – Persistence? Determination? Resolve?
I found this one a bit on the tough side. It’s not that there were no easy clues, but they seemed to all be located on the right side of the grid. This made for … Read more “Mephisto 3156 – Persistence? Determination? Resolve?”
Times 27907 – Wilco (The Album)
Time: 16 minutesMusic: Bax, Tintagel, Boult/LPO Another easy Monday, but I biffed so many I’m going to be spending a lot of time figuring out the cryptics as I write the blog. There are also … Read more “Times 27907 – Wilco (The Album)”
Mephisto 3154 – I would have said Jeff…
This was a really classic Don Manley puzzle, with the wordplay from words you know yielding answers that you probably don’t know. This, for me, is the chief pleasure in solving these things, although as … Read more “Mephisto 3154 – I would have said Jeff…”
Times 27895 – Around here, we do study there…so to speak.
Time: 19 minutesMusic: Khachaturian, Violin Concerto, Oistrakh/Khachaturian/MRSO Another easy Monday, I would say, and so far the results in the SNITCH are confirming this. I did biff a quite a few answers, but had to … Read more “Times 27895 – Around here, we do study there…so to speak.”
Mephisto 3152 – A George Martin Production!
This one seemed only moderately difficult, but there was a bit of a sting in in tail. The cryptics were pretty clear, but some of the literals made no sense – until I looked in … Read more “Mephisto 3152 – A George Martin Production!”
Times 27883 – C’est bon!
Time: 22 minutesMusic: Bach, Schubler Chorales, Lionel Rogg This was a puzzle where you might really be stuck if you didn’t have some particular knowledge, so solvers are either going to whiz through it or … Read more “Times 27883 – C’est bon!”
Mephisto 3150 – Double your words, double your fun!
I found this Mephisto quite difficult, and was stuck for a long while with only about 1/3 of it done. I really needed to grind to get going again, and even then each answer had … Read more “Mephisto 3150 – Double your words, double your fun!”
Times 27871 – Damme, where’s that clue?
Time: 31 minutesMusic: Beethoven, Piano Sonatas, Wilhelm Backhaus. This was a bit more difficult for a Monday, although I managed to race through most of it in about 15 minutes before getting stuck. I was … Read more “Times 27871 – Damme, where’s that clue?”
Mephisto 3148 – Take your shoes off, ladies!
I didn’t find this terribly hard, and finished in one sitting on a Saturday night – yes, midnight in the UK is 7 PM in Connecticut. I didn’t understand one of the answers, but fortunately … Read more “Mephisto 3148 – Take your shoes off, ladies!”