Author: JerryW

Hello again. 1688 was the year of the “Glorious Revolution,” though not so glorious of course if you happened to be catholic. I liked this jumbo, a fraction on the harder side I thought and … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1688 – 17 August 2024”

Hello again. A lot of UNs in this crossword.. unsaintliness, undeserve, unpunctuality.. not really complaining, but not words I would normally use. And as for prewar Polish composers…

Hello again. I fairly riffled through most of this one, but I was brought up short by two small areas of the crossword at top left, and bottom middle, that took longer to sort out. … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1673 – 11 May 2024”

Hello again. This Jumbo I rather took against. I thought the clues were not very concise, rather mechanical, and some of the surface readings very strange, eg 30, 32, 52 ac, 4, 6, 28, 34, … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1668 – 13 April 2024”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was somewhat harder than average, but none the worse for that with some very neat clues. What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions or comment … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1663 – 16 March 2024”

Reasonably straightforward this, with some clever clues but also some rather poor surfaces. What did you think?

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was somewhat easier than average, but none the worse for that with some very neat clues. What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions or comment … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1653 – 6 January 2024”

  Hello again. This Jumbo, – the first of a positive flurry of jumbos, an entire Christmas herd, and more to come – I thought was not too difficult, but with some fine clues, especially … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1648 – 16 December 2023”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was fairly easy, with no nho’s at all, and a steady solve in under an hour. What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions or comment … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1643 – 11 November 2023”