Author: vinyl1

Solving time: 20 minutes Music: Rachmaninov, Symphony #1, Previn/LSO I completed this in 20 minutes on paper, mostly biffing the answers as the literals were quite obvious in this one. But in order to resolve … Read more “Times 26557 – The goodbye-to-BST biff-fest”

Solving time: 66 minutes 29 seconds Music: None, still in Connecticut. This was a real toughie. It’s not a bank holiday, so I wonder what got into them. Maybe they’re out to disprove the ‘easy … Read more “Times 26,539 – Who, me?”

Solving time: 27 minutes Music: None, music not yet available in my Connecticut establishment I thought this was a rather vanilla puzzle, with maybe a few words that might be obscure to some solvers. I … Read more “Time 26,527 – New location, same service”

Solving time: 53 minutes Music: Mahler, Symphony #7, Kubelik/BRSO I solved most of this in 20 minutes, but there were a couple of obscure words that had me guessing for a while. In the end, … Read more “Times 26521 – A crocodile in the grass – hear it?”

Solving time: 90 minutes Music: John Coltrane, A Love Supreme, Ballads Maybe I have been spending too much time on Mephisto, maybe I was not on the wavelength, but after five minutes I knew I … Read more “Times 26503 – Get rid of some cherubs, say?”

Solving time: 24 minutes Music: Old Blind Dogs, The World’s Room I finished my catch-up solving yesterday, doing about seven daily puzzles and Mephisto in two days. I found some of them quite difficult, although … Read more “Times 26491 – Almost a lip-out on a two-footer”

Solving time: 40 minutes Music: Coltrane, Giant Steps After struggling a little with the Saturday and Sunday puzzles, I was expecting something easy. However, this puzzle proved to be a bit of a challenge, with … Read more “Times 26479 – The ramifications of orthography”

Solving time: 26 minutes Music: Mozart, Symphony #40, Fricsay/Vienna Symphony Orchestra I found this a bit more difficult than usual for a Monday, and was stuck on 11 down for a while, finally seeing it … Read more “Times 26467 – Quia viderunt oculi mei explicationem ultimi indicii!”

Solving time: 14 minutes Blogging Music: Richard Thompson, Mock Tudor I’m back, filling in for Ulaca, who is doing a little traveling this week. This time around, I have gotten the typical easy Monday puzzle. … Read more “Times 26449 – Little to argue about”

Solving time: No time, watching the US Open on TV Blogging Music: Schubert, Symphony #9, Boult/LPO My elapsed time was about 54 minutes, but only about half of that was spent looking at the puzzle. … Read more “Times 26443 – Fore!”