Apologies for going walkabout for the my last few jumbos, although I am sure no-one really noticed! I had been led to believe that the blog was winding down at the end of the year … Read more “Jumbo 1076 – February 1st – and an apology for truancy”
Author: fathippy2
Jumbo 1056 – I never knew Lloyd George knew my father ?
Quick-ish solve, with no nasty surprises, although there were a few where the answers seemed obvious, but wasn’t quite sure on the parsing till much later. Some still not sure on! As usual, a bit … Read more “Jumbo 1056 – I never knew Lloyd George knew my father ?”
Jumbo 1051 – the cheeky hidden one on Bank holiday Monday (26th August)
Completely missed this one as it snuck into a Bank holiday paper without much flagging up. Only when my calendar looked wrong this Sunday did I realise what had happened and quickly looked it up … Read more “Jumbo 1051 – the cheeky hidden one on Bank holiday Monday (26th August)”
Jumbo 1046 – July 27th
I reckon this may be my quickest Jumbo to date, as almost all the clues went in on first read or thereabouts. There was nothing bad about the cluing, it just seemed quite clear cut, … Read more “Jumbo 1046 – July 27th”
Jumbo 1041 – Saturday June 22nd
I found this a very good offering. Took a lot longer than usual, but not from obscure stuff, but clever misleading clue structures. That which I didnt know didn’t negatively impact the solve, so the … Read more “Jumbo 1041 – Saturday June 22nd”
Jumbo 1036 – a gentle stroll for your average RIGHT WINGER REAR ADMIRAL
Nothing to write home about here, fairly explicit word play or definitions make this an easy puzzle. No archaic or obscure vocabulary although I had to check GADARENE and INANITION. Not sure about a rogue … Read more “Jumbo 1036 – a gentle stroll for your average RIGHT WINGER REAR ADMIRAL”
Jumbo 1031 – Saturday 13th April – A nice puzzle for beginners ?
This one went in fairly quickly as there seemed to be a lot of very obvious phrasal answers that came immediately from one word in the clue plus the enumeration – these included 15a, 25a, … Read more “Jumbo 1031 – Saturday 13th April – A nice puzzle for beginners ?”
Daily 25448 – Saturday 13th – more vocab deficiency issues – first Nudnik, now Gneiss ….
Decent Saturday offering, no gimmes, and a steady solve with some head scratching along the way. Technically this was a DNF for me as after about 25 minutes (of which 5 were spent staring at … Read more “Daily 25448 – Saturday 13th – more vocab deficiency issues – first Nudnik, now Gneiss ….”
Jumbo 1026 – Testing..testing..1..2..3… Potemkin Chippewa and the Uveal Cryonics
This seemed to be a good puzzle, mostly due to some cleverly hidden definitions and well constructed word plays. There were also very few soundalikes, which can be controversial, and no difficult vocabulary that wasnt … Read more “Jumbo 1026 – Testing..testing..1..2..3… Potemkin Chippewa and the Uveal Cryonics”
Jumbo 1021 – 59 straightforward clues and an absolute stinker !
Did this a week late, having missed the weekend in question. It was fairly straightforward, probably because it seemed to have far fewer cryptic clues than usual, and mostly clear definitions, however what would have … Read more “Jumbo 1021 – 59 straightforward clues and an absolute stinker !”