Author: fathippy2

This would have been an extremely quick Jumbo for me, apart from my clanger at 3D which delayed matters for a good number of minutes. I think it was quick because the clues were very … Read more “Jumbo 1016 – Did I DIGIT? Nothing STELA, low to medium CRAIC.”

Standard fare, with a few unknown words or ideas thrown in along the way. Fell into the trap at 49D of confidently writing in BRASS with no checkers in place and then puzzled a bit … Read more “Jumbo 1011 – I know todays is 1014, but this was only two weeks ago, honest!”

Mostly straightforward cluing and vocabulary, so most of the delays in completing this were self administered for me! Enjoyed 57A for its conciseness, however conversely 10D probably crossed the DbE line to achieve the same … Read more “Jumbo 1006 – Champers, bucks fizz, and Digitalis – a recipe for a grasshopper mind ?!?”

Bit of a step down from the cracking 1000th Jumbo, which took a lot of thinking. This seemed relatively easier and is probably a fairly standard offering. I am blogging this Sunday morning after a … Read more “Jumbo 1001 – the one after the lord mayors show…”

As a change from the norm, I have typed this one up straight after doing it, so it should be perfectly fresh and relevant at the time of writing. This was a fairly gentle offering … Read more “Jumbo 991 – A mid Olympic solve – remember them? back in the day…”

I must remember to take some notes when I complete the jumbo as to how it felt, as by the time I sat down to blog two weeks later I couldnt quite remember how it … Read more “Jumbo 986 – June 30th”

The hardest part of this was the missing three clues at the end of the downs in the paper version. I was just about to pop up on Wednesdays blog to ask if anyone could … Read more “Jumbo 981 – the one without some of the clues.”

A rather more run of the mill offering than the last gem I got. This one went in quite quickly from memory and in a fairly uniform manner (which for me is NW, NE, SE, … Read more “Jumbo 976”

This one seemed a step up from the usual saturday jumbo, and since there was not a great deal of obscure vocab, I guess that must mean some cleverly misleading cluing. Either that or old … Read more “Jumbo 971 – A real corker this one.”