Author: helenougham

Apologies for the somewhat late posting – I’ve been travelling today. As always, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 ZEBEDEE – ZEE around BEDE 5 DOTCOMMER – sounds like dot + comma, which together form … Read more “Times Jumbo 1174”

I found this Jumbo unusually easy, but enjoyable – I liked the ‘mini-theme’ at 16ac and 50ac. As always, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 MAHARAJAH – jar, reversed, + A + H, after oMAHA … Read more “Times Jumbo 1169”

I had to post this in a bit of a rush, so apologies for any errors that have crept in – please point them out and I’ll correct them as soon as possible. As always, … Read more “Times Jumbo 1164”

I didn’t find this too tough, and I thought most of the actual answers were fairly well-known, but there was one word forming part of the wordplay in 1dn that was completely new to me. … Read more “Times Jumbo 1159”

On the easy side, this one, I thought. 37ac, GLAIR, was probably the most obscure answer As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 OAKUM – first letters of ‘old African king’s unusual moral’ 4 … Read more “Times Jumbo 1149”

The expression at 56ac was a new one on me, but generally I didn’t think there were too many obscure elements in this puzzle. As always, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 ALBERT CAMUS – … Read more “Times Jumbo 1144”

Happy Easter, everyone! I found this puzzle fairly straightforward, and it didn’t include too many obscure answers or references; I don’t think 25ac is widely used except by anatomists, and I’d not come across 6dn … Read more “Times Jumbo 1139”

Not too difficult, I thought, though I hadn’t encountered MUSICAL SAW (4 ac) before. As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 NIQAB – I + Q, in ban (reversed) 4 MUSICAL SAW – MUSICAL … Read more “Times Jumbo 1134”

I found this easier than most Jumbos (it took me around 16 minutes, in an interrupted session), but still enjoyable to solve. As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 LANOLIN – L, + ANON … Read more “Times Jumbo 1129”

Happy New Year, everyone! I didn’t find this puzzle too difficult (apart from – as usual in my case – the cricket-related clues). There were one or two somewhat obscure answers, such as the American … Read more “Times Jumbo 1124, December 20”