Author: vinyl1

Time: 15 minutesMusic: Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, Johanos/Dallas Symphony Well, we are back to another easy Monday, and I’m sure we’ll see some fast times.   I started writing in a number of the answers before I … Read more “Times 27259 – What you do in winter!”

Time: 27 minutesMusic: The Royal Ballet, Gala Performances, Ansermet I don’t like to be too critical, but this was a rather unsatisfactory puzzle.   Some of the clues were a bit on the forced side, and … Read more “Times 27247 – “…and you’ve been caught!””

Time: 40 minutesMusic: Coltrane, Both Directions at Once I thought this was a bit on the tricky side for a Monday, particular in its use of highly secondary meanings of words.   There was a lot … Read more “Times 27235 – At last, a blog we can post!”

Time: 42 minutesMusic: Mahler, Symphony 9, Levine/Philadelphia Orchestra While I did manage to solve this puzzle in a reasonable time, I can’t say it was easy.   There are a few obscurities in literals, the cryptics, … Read more “Times 27223 – A mug’s game?”

Time: 32 minutesMusic: Dave Brubeck, Time Further Out This was a trickier puzzle than you might expect for a Monday, and if you are missing a few pieces of obscure knowledge you might easily get … Read more “Times 27211 – Food for thought”

Time: 20 minutesMusic: Steve Hillage, Fish Rising This was an easy Monday for experienced solvers.   Most of the clues use stock cryptic elements in very predictable ways, and the definitions are relatively straightforward.   Those who … Read more “Times 27199 – Left luggage?”

There will be no time and no music today, because I had to solve this on the train on the way home from New York City, and I had to give up after an hour … Read more “Times 27187 – Torcher, say?”

Time: 27 minutesMusic: Carol of Harvest This is a puzzle that might seem difficult at first, but yields easily if you trust the cryptics.   Even if the answer is a word you are only vaguely … Read more “Times 27175 – Put on your nightcap and try a little bit”