Author: vinyl1

Solving time: 65 minutes Music: Boccherini, Cello Concertos, Bylsmer/Concerto Amsterdam I solved all save four in 25 minutes, but the last ones were very elusive, as is often the case. One had to be gotten … Read more “Times 24958 – How far off the deep end?”

Solving time: 95 minutes Music: Schubert, Lieder, Judith Nelson/Jorg Demus If you are startled by the time, I completed all but two clues in 25 minutes. I did find the last two rather tough, and … Read more “Times 24952 – Er, I didn’t recognize you, Ed…..”

Solving time: 31 minutes Music: Chopin, Sonatas, Perahia I thought this was going to be a doodle, starting with the easy clues in the NW corner, but it turned out to have a few tricky … Read more “Times 24934 – Jumping Jack Flash!”

Solving time: 90 minutes Music: Niamh Parsons, In My Prime The blogger’s nightmare times two – the expression you have never heard of, and four words that seem to fit the literal equally well but … Read more “Times 24922 – This scepter’d Isle…..”

Solving time: 63 minutes Music: Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Leppard/Troyanos/Palmer/Stillwell I managed to do most of this in about 20 minutes before getting alarmingly stuck. After nearly an hour, I still had two I couldn’t … Read more “Times 24910 H: it’s easy! No, it’s hard!”

Solving time: 66 minutes Music: Mozart, Smetana, Ma Vlast, Talich/CPO My time was atrocious, which I attribute to choosing to play 18 holes on a blogging day. I got back home at 6:45, only 15 … Read more “Times 24898 – The last resort!”

Solving time: 57 minutes Music: Mozart, Symphonies 40 & 41, Fricsay/VSO I was not in a proper condition to solve this, being late and tired from golf and traffic, and having to eat dinner while … Read more “Times 24886 – At last, a drug I can take”

Solving time: 33 minutes Music: Finzi, Cello Concerto, Ma/Handley/RPO I was a little slow on this one, and may not have understood all the clues as well as I would like. Some of them may … Read more “Times 24874: E. P. Ode pour I’Election de son Sepulchre”

Solving time: 36 minutes Music: Trees, Garden of Jane Delawney A rather vanilla puzzle, this one should not have been much of a challenge. However, a serious mental lapse held me up in the NW … Read more “Times 24868 – Just horsing around”

Solving time: 27 minutes Music: John Coltrane, The Last Trane A very moderate puzzle, but I was a little slow on the uptake for some of the clues. In many cases, the literal parts of … Read more “Times 24850 – Musical Madness!”