This entertaining Jumbo is the work of our Crossword Editor, Richard Rogan. If he hadn’t told me it was his I think I might have guessed from the characteristic style. A little trickier than your usual Jumbo, it took me, I think, about an hour. With an abundance of wry definitions and clever wordplay, I had plenty of approving ticks on my paper copy.
Day: 8th July 2023
Times Cryptic No 28644 – Saturday, 1 July 2023. Stargazing?
There were several astronomical references here, which had me wondering if July 1 had some particular significance in that sphere?