Time: 22 minutes Music: Berlioz, Harold in Italy, Davis/Menuhin/LSO. Despite my good time, I found parts of this puzzle rather inexplicable. Some of the cryptics are very obscure, and give little reassurance to a biffer … Read more “Times 26779 – Time to walk, time to run….”
Author: vinyl1
Times 26767 – Move it on over
Time:35 Minutes Music: Mahler, Symphony #3, Horenstein/LSO Yes, I am attempting to join the modern age. In order to instruct our new blogger, I had to figure out how to get Mohn2’s blog-generating script … Read more “Times 26767 – Move it on over”
We are looking for a new Quick Cryptic blogger
Our current Friday Quickie blogger, Galspray, would like to cut back a little on his blogging activities. We are, therefore, looking for a new blogger who would be willing to take the Quickie blog every … Read more “We are looking for a new Quick Cryptic blogger”
Times 26755 – Hare’s Heaven!
Solving time: 22 minutes Music: Mozart, Piano sonatas, Mitsuko Uchida Well, with my fourth consecutive week on duty, we’re back to easy Monday. I was a little late getting started, as the US Open was … Read more “Times 26755 – Hare’s Heaven!”
Times 26749 – Through taverns measureless to man….
Solving time: 42 minutes Music: Chopin, Preludes, Arrau A number of difficulties today. I was late starting, and was just about to print out the puzzle when I received a phone call that delayed me … Read more “Times 26749 – Through taverns measureless to man….”
Times 26743 – Beaver pelts and sot-weed
Solving time: 32 minutes Music: John Coltrane, Coltrane Jazz Although I solved this puzzle relatively quickly, I thought it was quite tricky. I didn’t know the required meanings of ‘chuggers’ and ‘calender’, and I biffed … Read more “Times 26743 – Beaver pelts and sot-weed”
Times 26737 – “A hundred miles from nowhere…
Solving time: 33 minutes Music: Thelonius Monk Quartet – Thelonius in Action Hello, I am back, and I’m at the beginning a four-week run as the Monday blogger. Due to a complicated series of swaps … Read more “Times 26737 – “A hundred miles from nowhere…”
Times 26719 – Cunning methods, indeed!
Solving time: 29 minutes Music: Holst, The Planets, Previn/LSO I started out reading the first clues, parsing them, and writing in the answers in rapid succession. As I solved, I was thinking ‘My, these clues … Read more “Times 26719 – Cunning methods, indeed!”
Quick Cryptic 820 by Hawthorn
Solving time: 17:32 This is just about my worst time ever on a Quickie. Are they getting harder, or was I completely off the wavelength? I started out finishing between 6 and 10 minutes, but … Read more “Quick Cryptic 820 by Hawthorn”
Times 26708 – “I’m a substitute….
Solving time: 32 minutes Music: Art Bears: Hopes and Fears I got through this one fairly quickly until the very end, and then became thoroughly stuck. The three that did me in were the ‘attache’/’coati’/’naked … Read more “Times 26708 – “I’m a substitute….”