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….”
Author: vinyl1
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…..”
Times 27487 – A Picasso in the works!
Time: 66 minutesMusic: Oliver Nelson, Blues and the Abstract Truth I don’t know about you, but I found this very clever and very tough. If you don’t pay careful attention to the cryptics, you won’t … Read more “Times 27487 – A Picasso in the works!”
Times 27475 – A bit on the cool side?
Time: 42 minutesMusic: Don Giovanni Highlights, Klemperer EMI This one should have been easy, and I definitely made a mess of it. Besides not being very good with wines, I penciled in several dividing lines … Read more “Times 27475 – A bit on the cool side?”
Times 27463 – If the clue fits….
Time: 27 minutesMusic: Shostakovich, Symphony 15, Ormandy/Philadephia I didn’t think I would do very well, as I was quite worn out after playing 18 holes of golf for the first time in ten years – … Read more “Times 27463 – If the clue fits….”
Times 27451 – Rather meaty, actually
Time: 65 minutesMusic: Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, Cluytens/ I definitely picked the wrong puzzle for being way off the wavelength, struggling over even the chestnut clues like ‘dogma’, ‘epigram’, and ‘rapid’. This one was … Read more “Times 27451 – Rather meaty, actually”
Times 27439 – In the beginning was the word…..
Time: About 30 minutesMusic: Bizet, Carmen Suites, Markevitch/Lamoureux My time is uncertain because my solve was interrupted by a phone call from my niece. As usually happens, when I returned to the puzzle, some of … Read more “Times 27439 – In the beginning was the word…..”