Thursday, March 13, 2025, Catherine Cetta
The Sounds of Music Today our constructor Catherine Cetta presents us with a reveal that tells us all we need to know about her clever, elegant, musical theme ... 56. "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters: ON A SIDE NOTE . That is, the circles each contain a NOTE of the musical scale in descending order along on the left then right SIDE of the grid -- represented by the syllables TI , DO , SOL , LA , MI , FA , DO , and RE . This system has been around since the 11th Century and is called Solfège -- the use of mnemonics in teaching the sounds in a musical scale. Here's the grid ... Here's the rest ... Across: 1. "Casablanca" heroine: ILSA . Here she cajoles Sam into playing As Time Goes By ... Judy Dench and Geoffrey Palmer cajoled that tune into a delightful 10 series romcom -- I think this is episode 1 . 5. Is generally positive...