I solved this at a leisurely pace on the banks of Ullswater on a sunny but blustery May morning. Standard Jumbo fare I’d say.
Author: Penfold
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1726 – Lynn, these are sex people!
This moderately challenging puzzle detained me for around 50 minutes, but some of the parsings needed a bit more work to figure out.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1721 – when Buddy met Ozzy
A decent puzzle with a handful of tricky bits ands some pleasing definitions.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1716 – an elf, an imp, an emu and a lion walk into a bar
A perfectly acceptable puzzle of middling difficulty.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1711 – put wood i’ thole.
I can safely say that this was one of the best Jumbos I’ve had the pleasure to blog.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1706 – A Tale of Two Cities, a port, a valley, a county, an island and a country
A puzzle of around average difficulty (GK notwithstanding), lifted by some lovely anagrams.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1701 – insert letter here
This puzzle took me around 55 minutes. I’m not sure why it took quite so long as there’s nothing too tricky
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1696 – he stuck a feather in it
Nothing to panic the ponies here – another relatively straightforward solve with a few unfamiliar bits
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1691 – from Adam Ant to Steely Dan
This gentle puzzle detained me for no more than 40 minutes including nailing down all the wordplay.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1686 – ton up
Unless I’m very much mistaken this is my 100th Jumbo blog. I knocked off this enjoyable puzzle comfortably within an hour and rather liked the preponderence of idiomatic phrases…