Author: vinyl1

Solving time: 27 minutes Music: Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Highlights, Giulini/Wachter/Schwartzkopf/Cossotto/Taddei/Moffo/Philharmonia Orchestra This Monday offering was a piece of cake for an academic sort like yours truly….how could you be listening to Mozart and not … Read more “Times 25868 – The road up and down is one and the same….”

Solving time: 60 minutes, with pauses Music: Beethoven, Symphony #2, Monteux/LSO I made a fine mess of this puzzle, with complicated theories that turned out to be totally wrong. If only I could be sure … Read more “Times 25856 – Features of clerical cut!”

Solving time: 38 minutes Music: Thompson, The Plow that Broke the Plain, Stokowski/Symphony of the Air This should have been an easy one, but I was scribbling away and put in a wrong answer without … Read more “Times 25838 – Checking my blog, or not?”

Solving time: 58 minutes Music: Resphigi, Ancient Airs and Dances, Dorati/HPhil This puzzle should not have taken as long as it did. I put in most of it in twenty minutes, only to get most … Read more “Times 25826 – Off to an easy start….”

Solving time: 75 minutes Music: Mozart, Violin Concertos, Grumiaux/Davis/LSO/ I found this rather hard, but I suspect most of the usual gang will not find it that difficult. I wasn’t sharp at solving it, and … Read more “Times 25820 – Can we make that three concertos?”

Solving time: 27 minutes Music: Bax, Symphony #7, Leppard/LPO This puzzle should not have been difficult, provided you have the required general knowledge in your brain. Birds, plants? This will not make some solvers happy. … Read more “Times 25808 – Did this one give you fits? Keep fitting!”

Solving time: 40 minutes, somewhat interrupted Music: None, The Player’s on TV due to rain delay If you are an experienced solver, this puzzle will be right up your alley – you’re the kind of … Read more “Times 25784 – Now when will that qualifying puzzle appear?”

Solving time: 55 minutes Music: None available Once again, I am attempting to solve a holiday puzzle in the wilds of Connecticut, with nary a reference book to be had. Fortunately, I was able to … Read more “Times 25766 – This blog is bought to you by…..”

Solving time: 65 minutes Music: Malcolm Arnold, Symphony #2 and Eight English Dances, Groves/Bournemouth Symphony My time was probably not that great, and I did have all but two answers inside of 45 minutes. I … Read more “Times 25760 – Advantage UK!”

Solving time: 38 minutes Music: Chopin, Mazurkas, Michelangeli This was a medium-difficulty puzzle, where I was greatly aided by being able to get some of the long ones relatively early on. For me, 2 was … Read more “Times 25748 – And a warm welcome to the return of BST!”