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”
Author: vinyl1
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”
Times 26095 – Measured again, found wanting?
Solving time: No official time. Music: None, the playoff at the Player’s. This must have been pretty easy, because I was paying very little attention to the puzzle and completed it in about 20 minutes … Read more “Times 26095 – Measured again, found wanting?”
Times 26083 – Ten men, ton men, pen men, pun men!
Solving time: 38 minutes Music: Bruch, Scottish Fantasy, Grumiaux/Wallberg/New Philharmonia This one looks like another rather tough Monday puzzle to me. There are still a couple of clues I haven’t parsed as I start the … Read more “Times 26083 – Ten men, ton men, pen men, pun men!”
Times 26071 – Up the ladder in a Chelsea tractor!
Solving time: 38 minutes Music: Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Davis/AOSMITF This seemed pretty tough for a Monday puzzle to me. There are some obscure words and acronyms, and some tricky wordplay. I was only able … Read more “Times 26071 – Up the ladder in a Chelsea tractor!”