Solving time: 17 minutes Music: Bach, Brandenburg Concertos, Britten/ECO A very quick solve, and truly a biffer’s paradise. Once you get a few crossing letters, you can pretty much roll with the literals. I just … Read more “Times 26191 – A short dash after an easy day!”
Author: vinyl1
Times 26179 – Poet’s advice, say?
Solving time: 36 minutes Music: Bert Jansch, Moonshine This puzzle was quite difficult for a Monday offering, and I was quite pleased at how quickly I was able to unravel some of the clues. Fortunately, … Read more “Times 26179 – Poet’s advice, say?”
The Rotter’s Science-themed Times-based Crossword
Solving time: About 50 minutes Music: Stravinsky, Petrouchka, Monteux/BSO This puzzle is now available, without any virus or adware, from my personal web space: http://home.earthlink.net/~vinyl1/Science0207150001.pdf I found this puzzle enjoyable, and of only moderate difficulty. … Read more “The Rotter’s Science-themed Times-based Crossword”
I am going to blog The Rotter’s Science-themed Times-based Crossword
I saw this puzzle when the author posted the clues in Verlaine’s blog of July 24, so I cut and pasted the clues and solved the puzzle. I found it a different and entertaining sort … Read more “I am going to blog The Rotter’s Science-themed Times-based Crossword”
Times 26161 – A bit of a struggle
Solving time: 77 minutes Music: None available This was a off-site solve that entailed many difficulties. Finding a key to the house, getting the computer started and hooked up to the internet, getting the printer … Read more “Times 26161 – A bit of a struggle”
Times 26155 – They were giving out brains, and he thought they said ‘trains’….
Solving time: 27 minutes Music: June Tabor and the Oyster Band, Fire and Rain I thought this was going to be more difficult than it turned out to be. I could make nothing of the … Read more “Times 26155 – They were giving out brains, and he thought they said ‘trains’….”
Times 26143 – Hang a left at Phocaea, you can’t miss it!
Solving time: 53 minutes Music: Mahler, Symphony #7, Tennstedt/LPO This time I ended up with a somewhat more difficult puzzle than is customary on Monday. Since I was both tired and feeling poorly, my solving … Read more “Times 26143 – Hang a left at Phocaea, you can’t miss it!”
Times 26137 – Golden cymbals flying….
Solving time: 26 minutes Music: Dvorak, Symphony #9, Kertesz/VPO Once again, an easier puzzle has fallen to my lot. I wrote most of the answers in at sight, but got stuck a little at the … Read more “Times 26137 – Golden cymbals flying….”
Times 26119 – Where does the village smithy stand?
Solving time: 15 minutes Music: Shankar, Nobody Told Me. I believe this is a personal best, as I am not a fast solver and I had a feeling of writing in the solutions as fast … Read more “Times 26119 – Where does the village smithy stand?”
Times 26107 – Over and over, more or less
Solving time: 23 minutes Music: Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante, Davis/LSO. We’re back to the easy Monday mode, with many of the clues being chestnuts that I was unfortunately very slow to recognize. My LOI was particularly … Read more “Times 26107 – Over and over, more or less”