Author: JerryW

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was rather more straightforward than average, with no unknowns and only one spelling issue (at 34dn). Certainly a great deal easier than the beast that was 1548, the last one I blogged. There seemed to be a lot of girls (Ena,  Esther, Lucy, Susie) and quite a lot of extremely long single words clued with anagrams. What did you think?

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was significantly harder than average, with some difficult and tricksy clues. I got there, but it was a bit of a struggle. What did you think? Another thing I … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1548 – 2 April 2022”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was a little harder than average, with four nhos and a loose-ish definition or two. What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions or comment as … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1543 – 26 February 2022”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was medium hard, with a fair number of straightforward clues and a few stinkers thrown in. To me it seemed to have an unusually high level of obscurities for … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1538 – 22 January 2022”

Hello again. I made steady progress through this Jumbo, somewhere around medium difficulty I thought.  There are a couple of clues I biffed rather than parsed but no doubt it will all come out in … Read more “Times Bank Holiday Cryptic Jumbo 1533 – 27 December 2021”

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”