Here is an index mapping the puzzles in The Times Cryptic Crossword Book 23 to the corresponding blogs on TftT. The book contains puzzles from 2015, which were edited by Richard Rogan. The puzzles were … Read more “Times Cryptic Crossword Book 23 – Puzzle Index”
Author: mohn2
Jumbo 1380
I found this one marginally easier than average though it did contain a couple of words seldom seen in Crosswordland. FOI 1A, LOI 13A. Finally a job advert – if anyone would be interested in … Read more “Jumbo 1380”
Jumbo 1375
I didn’t find this one particularly difficult though I did spend a while trying to parse my LOI 52A, which seemed to have come from a different puzzle entirely. I enjoyed some of the definitions, … Read more “Jumbo 1375”
Jumbo 1370
A fun and fairly straightforward puzzle with a few odd words and constructions to spice things up. Though it’s not something that necessarily affects the solving experience, there did seem to be a larger proportion … Read more “Jumbo 1370”
Jumbo 1365
An even briefer blog than usual, I’m afraid, as my computer is on the blink and I’m hoping to get this published before it completely packs in. This one was of average difficulty, with a … Read more “Jumbo 1365”
Jumbo 1360 (New Year’s Day)
Hope everyone made it through the holiday season and safely arrived, bursting with rude health, into 2019. I was given an interesting present – a poster containing the entirety of Hamlet. Granted, the font size … Read more “Jumbo 1360 (New Year’s Day)”
Jumbo 1355
This was a puzzle of about average difficulty, I thought, with a couple of unknowns and partially-knowns to spice things up. FOI 7A, LOI 52A, twin CODs to 28A and 24D for the surfaces. Compliments … Read more “Jumbo 1355”
Jumbo 1350
I found this one rather more difficult than average, though some of that was no doubt down to doing it in the paper with a pencil whose hardness meant I could barely read what I … Read more “Jumbo 1350”
Jumbo 1345
A puzzle that seemed easier than average with just the one troublesome clue (21A), which fortunately fell on the right side of a coin toss an educated guess. The standouts, at least for this solver, … Read more “Jumbo 1345”
Summer Bank Holiday Jumbo 1340
This one required an average solving time but it felt harder than that – there were several answers that I had to biff and then reverse-engineer the parsing. FOI 5A, LOI 47D. I very much liked … Read more “Summer Bank Holiday Jumbo 1340”