Author: vinyl1

Solving time: 32 minutes or so Music: None – golf is back on TV! This was quite an easy puzzle, only I was watching golf as I did it, which may have slowed me down … Read more “Times 25993 – Catch as many as you like!”

Solving time: 42 minutes Music: Prokovieff, Symphony #6, Leinsdorf/BSo I had taken a week off from solving, so this was my first puzzle in a while. My trepidation was most thoroughly confirmed when, after ten … Read more “Times 25981 – Now if 6, turned out to be 9, I don’t mind….”

Solving time: 18 minutes or so, with a phone call in the middle Music: Jon Hassell, Dream Theory in Malaysia This one was pretty easy, and I was off to a good start when I … Read more “Times 25964 – Newbies welcome!”

Solving time: 55 minutes Music: Mozart, Piano Sonatas, Mitsuko Uchida Here is a puzzle that is a bit more difficult than the usual Monday offering. I had it nearly complete after 30 minutes, but the … Read more “Times 25952 – The Bones of All Setters”

Solving time: 22 minutes Music: Vaughn Williams, Antarctic Symphony, Boult/LSO This one was really very easy. I sometimes have trouble with these, because the clues are easier than I’m used to, and I just can’t … Read more “Times 25940 – Nothing to boast about….”

Solving time: 75 minutes Music: Mingus Ah Um As you can see, I was quite slow on this one, and I suspect it is at least moderately difficult. There was definitely some clever stuff that … Read more “TIMES 25928 – The City of My Ancestors”

Solving time: Not recorded Music: None, golf on TV again. I worked this puzzle while watching the last 7 holes of the Frys.com on TV, so no time. I would watch a hole or two, … Read more “Times 25916 – Check your grooves…er, make that Groves!”

Solving time: 43 minutes Music: Shostakovich, Symphony #6, Boult/LPO It may be just me, but it seems like the puzzles are getting harder under the new editor – no more Easy Monday! I was off … Read more “Times 25904 – No, not the one from Winsbury….”

Solving time: 58 minutes Music: Prokofiev, Sonata No. 6, Pogorelich This was a rather strange solving experience. I put in a few long ones in the first few minutes, thinking it was going to be … Read more “Times 25892 – OK, your majesty, now where’s my cheque?”

Solving time: 39 minutes Music: John Coltrane, Giant Steps This should have been a very easy puzzle, but I was not on the wavelength at all. I wrote in a bunch of obvious answers at … Read more “Times 25886 – The pulse of the conversation….”