Author: vinyl1

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!”

Solving time: 43 minutes Music: Rimsky-Korsakov, Symphony #2, I was all done in 30 minutes….except for two. Unfortunately, they proved strangely elusive, and in the end had to be tracked down through the alphabetical-search method, … Read more “Times 26371 – A quaaltagh, eh?”

Solving time: 31 minutes Music: Clannad, Crann Ull Having spent the day working on my US income tax return, preparing my Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain worksheet among other things, I was ready for a change. … Read more “Times 26359 – A barrel with only one monkey”

Solving time: 43 minutes Music: Elgar, Enigma Variations, Boult/LSO Well, not what I was expecting for a February 29 puzzle, but merely a routine Monday offering with a little sting at the end, mostly due … Read more “Times 26347 – Just another Monday….”

Solving time: 25 minutes Music: Christine Primrose, Aite Mo Ghaoil A moderate puzzle after the weekend offerings. Having tuned my brain up to the the Saturday/Sunday level, it is sometimes difficult to step down and … Read more “Times 26335 – Rebuke a Scotsman? That’s not right!”

Solving time: 26 minutes Music: Beethoven, Piano Concerto #5, Curzon/Knappertsbusch/VPO After spending a wonderful afternoon listening to rare records on a system that costs more than a new Ferrari, I came home for a quick … Read more “Times 26323 – Two English golfers”