Author: vinyl1

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!”

Solving time: 27 minutes Music: Falla, Three-Cornered Hat, Argenta/Orchestra Nacional de Espana This offering was a little on the meaty side for a Monday, with some tricky wordplay and some obscure words. Fortunately, these never … Read more “Times 26431 – A sermon from a sailor”

Solving time: 12 minutes Music: Beethoven, Symphony #3, Jochum/LSO Now here’s a Monday offering. My time was a personal best, as I madly biffed without hesitation, resulting in a completed grid before the end of … Read more “Times 26419 – What the Pry Mincer waves?”

Solving time: 54 minutes Music: Mahler, Symphony #7, Tennstedt/LSO Well, as far as I’m concerned, this was not another easy Monday. I had a hard time getting started, then made good speed for a while, … Read more “Times 26407 – Day by day”

Solving time: 26 minutes Music: Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6, Fricsay/Berlin Philharmonic Yes, my first blog was just about seven years ago, April 20, 2009. I was both surprised and thrilled to get the email from our … Read more “Times 26395 – Seven years a blogger!”

Solving time: 18 minutes Music: Dvorak, Cello Concerto, Starker/Dorati Well, it looks like we’re back to easy Monday again. All you QC graduates, now should be your opportunity to finish your first regular puzzle. The … Read more “Times 26383 – Off to the races!”