Seems like many of my Jumbo colleagues leave the blog until the second weekend rather than the Thursday when the competition closes, so I think I may do likewise. Makes it easier to find the … Read more “Jumbo 966”
Author: fathippy2
Jumbo 961 – Picnicking with Rudesheimer – a monologue in three parts!
Quite liked this one as there were a few nice clues along the way. Big tick for 47D for cluing the wordplay and definition entirely with cricketing “terms”. A few non standard anagrams, with constructed … Read more “Jumbo 961 – Picnicking with Rudesheimer – a monologue in three parts!”
Jumbo 956 – This one didnt have an extended deadline as far as I can tell.
Not the greatest puzzle this, some strange non-cryptic defs and double defs, but a great clue in 28D for the mathematical style. I will put my hands up to not parsing 3D or 8D so … Read more “Jumbo 956 – This one didnt have an extended deadline as far as I can tell.”
Jumbo 951 – An Irish nationalist and an Old Field Marshall walk into a crossword puzzle……
…..not for the first time though! Enjoyable puzzle this one, with some great clues here and there. I thought 20D could have been great, but was simplified a smidge. A selection of good lift and … Read more “Jumbo 951 – An Irish nationalist and an Old Field Marshall walk into a crossword puzzle……”
Jumbo 946 – No bones to pick here
A straightforward offering this time with no stinkers or difficult vocabulary. That which was lesser known was fairly easily clued. Big thumbs up to 55A for the “fighting weight” pairing, however again it was fairly … Read more “Jumbo 946 – No bones to pick here”
Jumbo 941 – Just in before the Sabbath
FROM EARLIER [Sorry for the lateness of this one. Unforeseen circumstances saw my wife bin the paper copy and me realise that my online subscription had expired a while back. It also seems long enough … Read more “Jumbo 941 – Just in before the Sabbath”
Jumbo 936 – Why Rabbit = Bird.
Nothing much to report. Went in fairly smoothly, no absolute gimmes and no major hold ups (apart from the odd self inflicted one). Further (limited) statistical analysis would lead me to postulate that the variance … Read more “Jumbo 936 – Why Rabbit = Bird.”
24920 – A plate of your finest Nine Toe Somade!
Filling in for Mr Perry today, and was dreading a repeat of last Fridays offering, which was perhaps the hardest weekday daily I had seen in many a year. Thankfully this was much more in … Read more “24920 – A plate of your finest Nine Toe Somade!”
Jumbo 931 – A Tasmanian Lie-in?
I feel that so far, bar one notable exception, most of my jumbos have been uninspiring and this was another one which was middle of the road. A mixture of various forms of standard fare. … Read more “Jumbo 931 – A Tasmanian Lie-in?”
Jumbo 926 – The report is only marginally more interesting than the placeholder was!
Yet another fairly straightforward jumbo, I have omitted the majority of the definitions as they are very clearly signposted. Really very little to add, so apologies for the brevity of some of the explanations. Across … Read more “Jumbo 926 – The report is only marginally more interesting than the placeholder was!”