No time tonight – solved while watching golf on TV. If you do a puzzle intermitently, you tend not to notice if it’s easy or hard, unless it’s very hard, in which case you have … Read more “Times 27595 – Not too fishy….”
Author: vinyl1
Times 27583 – A game for Captain Jinks?
Music: Mendelssohn, Scotch Symphony, Gibson/ScNOTime: 29 minutes I can’t really figure out if this was difficult or easy. As I solved, I got the impression that some might find the clues difficult, but that I … Read more “Times 27583 – A game for Captain Jinks?”
Times 27571 – Pillage, then sprenge!
Time: 25 minutesMusic: Smetana, Symphonic Poems, Kubelik/Bavarian Radio Symphony While I completed this puzzle with decent speed, it really is a minefield full of traps for the unwary. I would not be a bit surprised … Read more “Times 27571 – Pillage, then sprenge!”
Times 27559 – How about starting with a trilobite?
Time: 21 minutesMusic: Mozart, Piano Sonatas, Eschenbach. The easy Monday puzzle is back, and if I had correctly identified the literals of a few of the clues in the NW I would have had a … Read more “Times 27559 – How about starting with a trilobite?”
Times 27547 – Something to grind, in the US….
Time: 30 minutesMusic Mahler, Symphony #5, Levine/Philadelphia I found this a bit on the tricky side, with some clever bits that lead to unexpected answers. Fortunately, as an experienced solver, I know when to biff, … Read more “Times 27547 – Something to grind, in the US….”
Times 27535 – “Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear….
Time: 27 minutesMusic: Stan Getz, Sweet Rain We’re back, I would say, to easy Monday, although there were a few things I just didn’t know. Fortunately, you can just take the cryptics and run with … Read more “Times 27535 – “Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear….”
Times Crosswords Championships Discussion Thread
I was tied up all of yesterday, so I wasn’t able to follow what was going on too closely. I see that Mark Goodliffe has won again, and that some of our bloggers and former … Read more “Times Crosswords Championships Discussion Thread”
Times 27523 – Yes, golden cymbals again – thanks, Mr Baker!
Time: 36 minutesMusic: Chopin, Ballades, Gary Graffman This was a moderate puzzle, but I had a hard time getting started. Eventually, I migrated to the bottom half, where things turned out to be much easier, … Read more “Times 27523 – Yes, golden cymbals again – thanks, Mr Baker!”
Times 27511 – A loud and heated discussion!
Time: 23 minutesMusic: Aretha Franklin, Aretha Gold We are back to easy Monday, albeit with a couple of amusing potential headlines. The best one was the ‘Digress Debate’ at the ‘Noisy Parthenon’, but I also … Read more “Times 27511 – A loud and heated discussion!”
Times 27499 – Can you tell a green field…..
Music: Mahler, Symphony 9, Bernstein/ConcertgebouwTime: 44 minutes Once again, Monday is no longer very Mondayish, at least in my neck of the woods. There was some clever stuff here, and as I biffed many of … Read more “Times 27499 – Can you tell a green field…..”