Author: vinyl1

Solving time: 42 minutes Music: Chopin, Polonaises, Lazar Berman This one was kind of a mixed bag. I had a little difficulty getting started, not being able to find an easy one to write in, … Read more “Times 25377 – Resisting to the end”

Solving time: 40 minutes Music: Bach, Suites for Cello and Piano, Starker/Sybok Here we have a puzzle designed for the better-educated. If words like ‘usufruct’ do not come easily to mind, and you have not … Read more “Times 25365 – He’s a peninsula!”

Solving time: 35 minutes Music: Brahms, Symphony #1, Horenstein/LSO This one was a little more challenging for me, since I both had a hard time getting started and got stuck in the NW corner for … Read more “Times 25354 – All that work at the gym pays off!”

Solving time: 16 minutes Music: Pictures at an Exhibition – Richter This is by far the easiest puzzle I have ever blogged. I don’t know what got into them, but some of the clues are … Read more “Times 25348 – At the second hole on the final day of the Masters…..”

Solving time: 65 minutes Music: Bizet, L’Arlesienne Suites, Martinon/CSO I knew this would happen – three weeks of easy Monday puzzles, and then when I return to blogging, a more difficult offering. Not, however, as … Read more “Times 25342 – All I’m looking for is a fair sheik!”

Solving time: 89 minutes Music: Beethoven, Piano Concerto #5, Bishop/Davis/LSO Although some of my colleagues were a bit concerned if this blog would appear, I have made it back to my post in NYC following … Read more “Times 25318 – Back to the grindstone”

Solving time: 18 Minutes Music: Rachmaninoff, The Bells, Slatkin/St Louis Symphony Although I was annoyed that the puzzle was late due to the change from BST to GMT, I caught up quickly. This is the … Read more “Times 25306 – Better late than never…”

Solving time: 27 Minutes Music: Brahms, Piano Concerto #2, Gilels, Reiner/CSO Another easy Monday puzzle for you experienced solvers. How beginners will fare, I have no idea, because I’ve been at this too long and … Read more “Times 25294 – Haha, Mr Wilson, haha, Mr Heath……”

Solving time: 37 Minutes Music: Prokovief, Symphony #7, Martinon/PCO This should have been an easy one, but I started solving in an overconfident manner and entered a wrong word, then replaced it with another wrong … Read more “Times 25282 – Ole, ole, ole!”

Solving time: 57 minutes Music: Niamh Parsons, Blackbirds and Thrushes In no way is this an easy Monday puzzle, unless you have built up your vocabulary by doing barred-grid puzzles – in which case it … Read more “Times 25270 – Sonatine, Miroirs, Valse, Bolero…..”