Author: vinyl1

Solving time: 24 minutes Music: Glazunov, Symphony #3, Fedoseyev/Moscow Radio Symphony I thought this was going to be a really easy puzzle, as I raced through the top half, only to lose my groove as … Read more “Times 26611 – Let there be music!”

Solving time: 83 minutes Music: None, the records and the stereo are packed I can’t really say I was on the wavelength. This is one of the sort of puzzles where if you happen to … Read more “Times 26599 – Not my favorite chewing gum….but chewy!”

Solving time: 50 minutes Music: Old Blind Dogs, Wherever Yet May Be I encountered a number of problems with this one. While I was nearly finished in 15 minutes, the remaining clues proved quite elusive. … Read more “Times 26587 – Or maybe lose some….”

Solving time: 38 minutes Music: Shostakovich, Symphony #11, Stokowski/Houston Symphony I thought this was going to be an easy one, as I raced through the top half, only to get rather stuck on the bottom. … Read more “Times 26575 – Drinks and canapes at four”

Solving time: About 20 minutes, but one error Music: None, back in Connecticut Well, we are back on schedule over here. This puzzle started off very easy indeed, but because more difficult as I got … Read more “Times 26563 – My EST biff-fest”

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?”