Author: Penfold

I bet you didn’t even notice that this is nearly two weeks late.  If I’m wrong, and you’ve been lurking at the top of the stairs brandishing a rolling pin, waiting for me to bring … Read more “Times Jumbo 1211”

I didn’t find this one particularly difficult but there did seem to be a lot of unusual words and several examples of the dreaded long single word answer.  When we played hangman at school if … Read more “JUMBO 1206”

Three blogs in and I’d say this was certainly the hardest Jumbo I’ve had to blog so far.  Spread over a few days with interruptions and with time taken to parse everything and make notes … Read more “JUMBO 1201 – Me Grim, you Ariadne”

As the recently departed Keith Emerson used to play along to, welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.  I solved this the day after publication after a long drive and with much … Read more “JUMBO 1196”

Sorry this is up later than scheduled. Let’s blame it on “technical issues”. I don’t “do” the Jumbo with any regularity and when I do I don’t time myself so I can’t say with any … Read more “Jumbo 1191”