Author: Kitty

Hi all.  Another five weeks has disappeared to wherever time goes. The top slightly-less-than half of this gave me little trouble, but then I flagged, with the SE corner in particular giving me no little … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1485 – 27th February 2021”

Hello everyone. Very nice, very gentle, very little else to say.  I hope you are feeling chattier than I am, or the poor setter will wonder what a person has to do to get a … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1480 – 23rd January 2021. 6d in a Teacup”

Hi all.  This was the Boxing Day bank holiday (substitute day) puzzle, Boxing Day itself having been a Saturday, with its very own regular Jumbo.  It was a good season at least for Jumbo lovers … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1475 – 28th December 2020. Polishing off the year”

Hello to you all, on my last Jumbo blog of 2020.  Where has the year gone?  (And if your automatic answer to that is swear-free, you’re a better human than me!)  Anyway, I wish you … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1470 – 28th November”

Hi everyone, and Happy Caturday. A great crossword to savour, I thought.  It took me something like a couple of hours over a few sessions but yielded to applied thinking, with plenty of lovely aha! … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1465 – 24th October. Lots of highs”

Hello all, from a murky and moist Surrey.  As Storm Alex blew in I realised that the last storm season has passed without reaching K, which I had been rather looking forward to. I plodded … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1460 – 19th September. Bad news …”

Hi all.  A quick one from me this week.  I’ve been a busy bee, and now my brain is so scrambled that I don’t know what kind of creature I am, let alone have anything … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1455 – 22nd August”

Hi everyone, I hope this blog finds you well.  I haven’t managed to so much as look at TfTT for some time, but it’s not because I don’t love you!  I’ve been busy with the … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1450 – 18th July. From gold stars to planet Earth”

Hello and happy Caturday.  Sorry this blog is a little later in the day than usual.  I always have good intentions to do things IN TIME, but invariably end up where such intentions lead … … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1445 – 13th June. Come hell or high water”

Hello everyone.  I hope you are well. A gentle giant, perfect for a dozy blogger, and I hope you enjoyed it too.  Thanks to the setter. Definitions are underlined in the clues below.  In the … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1440 – 16th May. BFG”