Author: vinyl1

Solving time: 28 Minutes Music: Moravec Plays Chopin This puzzle is indeed very easy, and I had finished all but one clue in about 15 minutes. Unfortunately, I had a mental block on the final … Read more “Times 25198 – Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane?”

Solving time: 40 Minutes Music: Schubert, Wanderer Fantasy, Pollini This seemed like it was going to be an easy Monday puzzle, but I slowed down a little towards the end as some of the clues … Read more “Times 25186 – Nuke the Whalep!”

Solving time: 39 minutes Music: Mozart Piano Concertos, Kempff/Leitner I was quite slow getting started, reading a fair number of clues before lighting on 21 down and wrestling with it for a bit. I’d be … Read more “Times 25174 – Shakespeare on the Internet”

Solving time: 49 minutes Music: Bach, Cello Suites, Janos Starker I was not in good form on this puzzle, and botched up a number of clues that should have been easy. For example, I thought … Read more “Times 25162 – Have a go, don’t be shy!”

Solving time: 35 Minutes Music: Mozart, Salzburg Symphonies, Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music A typical Monday puzzle, perhaps, with a bit of a sting in its tail. It is easy to get going a bit too … Read more “Times 25150 – The sheep have taken to drink!”

Solving time: 35 Minutes Music: Mozart, Violin Concerti #1 & #4, Grumiaux/Davis/LSO I would have been quicker, perhaps, but was held back at the end by ignorance. I was not familiar with ‘Oersted’, ‘siskin’, ‘nearside’, … Read more “Times 25138 – Ignorance is no excuse!”

Solving time: 158 Minutes Music: Parry, Symphony #3, Luxembourg Radio Symphony/Hager Of course I’m going to say this was a hard puzzle. However, unlike many of the hard puzzles I’ve done, I did not find … Read more “Times 25126 – (Insert witty title)”

Solving time: 35 Minutes Music: Moeran, Symphony in G, English Sinfonia/Dilkes Here is an easy puzzle if you’re thoroughly familiar with the rather old-fashioned subject matter, so I was right on the setter’s wavelength. It … Read more “Times 25114 – Let spades be Trumps, she said, and Trumps they were!”

Solving time: DNF Music: Berlioz, Harold in Italy, Davis/Imai/LSO I have felt terrible all day, and in my weakened state this one was too much for me. Maybe if I was fully healthy I could … Read more “Times 25102 – Not my cup of vegetables!”

Solving time: 27 minutes Music: Vaughn Williams, Antarctica Symphony, Boult/LSO I had all but one in 18 minutes, or so I thought. But the reason I couldn’t get the final answer was that I had … Read more “25090 – Yes, a walk in the park”