Author: Kitty

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”

Hi all, I hope you are keeping well. This was a jumbo with less of a trunk than a snout, complete with curly tail and a large oink!  I spent longer than I’d like to … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1435 – 18th April. Pork pies from the butcher’s”

Hello everyone.  I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and sane. This puzzle kept me entertained for longer than I expected after the first 80% or so.  A few stubborn patches of … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1430 – 21st March. Double, double”

Hello all.  How do you eat a jumbo?  One bite at a time.  Once again I solved this in bitesize chunks and so don’t have a time.  From what I recall it slipped down ok … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1425 – 15th February. Around (about) now”

Bleary-eyed greetings from London.  I found this jumbo unproblematic (no 17a) although I didn’t know the US writer, the poison or the oration and only dimly recalled a few other things.  My one error was … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1420 – 11th January 2020”