Time: 47 MinutesMusic: Mahler, Symphony #9, Levine/Philadelphia Orchestra When I started at 1 across, I thought this was going to be very easy indeed. I did go at blazing speed for a while, only to … Read more “Times 26935”
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Times 26923 – That you, Steve?
Time: 40 minsMusic: Dvorak, New World Symphony, Horenstein/RPO I found this a very fine puzzle indeed, equal to some of the competition finals that we have recently been treated to. Deceptive literals and clever word … Read more “Times 26923 – That you, Steve?”
Times 26911 – And to all a good night!
Time: 45 minutesMusic: Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Backhaus. Well, owing to various problems, my blog will be a little terse tonight. The puzzle itself was not that difficult but circumstances definitely conspired against the blog. However, … Read more “Times 26911 – And to all a good night!”
Times 26899 – What a fool conceives?
Music: Love, RevisitedTime: 50 minutes I found this one really tough, mainly due to several answers I simply did not know. As in Mephisto or the Club Monthly, it is possible to laboriously construct unknowns from the … Read more “Times 26899 – What a fool conceives?”
Times 26887 – Pictures of Matchstick Men
Time: 42 minutesMusic: Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherezade, Kondrashin/LSO At first I thought this was going to be another impossible Monday, but once I started following the cryptics I began to make a little progress and get the … Read more “Times 26887 – Pictures of Matchstick Men”
Times 26875 – …there are a lot of blank pages!
Time: 61 minutesMusic: Holst, The Planets, Boult/LSO As you might imagine from my time, I certainly did not find this easy. Several of the clues that I did understand were outstandingly devious, and there are … Read more “Times 26875 – …there are a lot of blank pages!”
The Official Crosswords Championship Chat Thread
Here is a special thread for the week of the championships. I expect we will hear excited anticipation in the days leading up to the championships, followed by live reports from the site of the … Read more “The Official Crosswords Championship Chat Thread”
Times 26863: Trouble in Futhark City?
I have no time for this one, as it was done while watching golf on TV. Justin Thomas, despite a couple of mistakes, is an absolutely fearless player, and the US now has the top … Read more “Times 26863: Trouble in Futhark City?”
Times 26851 – What do they sell at record shows? Reports?
Time: 48 minutesMusic: Stan Getz, Sweet Rain My time was not very good on this one. Most of it was pretty easy, but there were a few tricky clues, and I had a wrong word. … Read more “Times 26851 – What do they sell at record shows? Reports?”
Times 26839 – Bird-watching statistics?
Time: 46 minutesMusic: Prokofiev, Symphony #2/Lt Kije, Leinsdorf/BSO This was a rather odd puzzle, where both the literals and the clues required a lot of stretching. I limped home in the end, but I … Read more “Times 26839 – Bird-watching statistics?”