Author: JerryW

Hello again. I don’t really have a time for this crossword for two reasons, the first of which is that I tend to do jumbos in several short sessions, as and when time permits. The … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1528 – 27 November 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was middle-of-the-road, in terms of difficulty, though there are one or two clues I have still to parse… What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1523 – Saturday 23rd October 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I really liked; it has some clever and original clues, and some well-disguised definitions. Overall mostly straightforward, though I need help with 38ac struggled with 38ac.. What did you think? Please, … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1518 – 15 September 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was harder than some we have seen lately; a bit of a pig in fact, though in a nice way, of course. It took me two sessions to solve, … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1513 – 21 August 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was mostly straightforward, though with a couple of spelling issues and one comprehensive nho. And quite a lot of really good clues, such as 39ac and 23dn. What did … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1508 – 17 July 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was medium difficulty, easy to start but (as is becoming usual for me) much harder to finish off. I still can’t fully parse 1dn, comments welcome, and despite a … Read more “Cryptic Jumbo 1503 – 12 June 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was extremely straightforward, solved in a single session (unusually for me) in maybe 20 mins.  But it has some extremely neat surface readings and constructions, so I still enjoyed … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1498 – 15 May 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I found to be a steady solve, not too hard although when I had finished, there were four or five clues I could not properly parse. Hopefully doing the blog will … Read more “Cryptic Jumbo 1493 – 17 April 2021”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was a really good one, with a number of imaginative clues and a lot of very nice surface readings, which I always like. I found it mostly straightforward, though … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No. 1488 – 20 March 2021”

So hello, here I am again, standing in for Simon Hanson for a while. Since my first blog in November 2009, I have blogged, at one time or another, almost all of the crosswords that … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1483 – 13 February 2021”