Author: Penfold

Happy New Year all. On my barometer I’d say this was of average difficulty although there was one phrase I was totally unfamiliar with and I had to look it up to get it. I … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1361”

An enjoyable puzzle on the gentle side difficulty-wise I’d say in respect of 1356.  45 minutes all done, dusted and understood. First in was RELOCATES and last was TESSELLATE, due to it looking like it … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1356”

This was tricky wasn’t it?  I needed an hour to complete it and needed a bit of assistance to tease out some Mephisto-ish words. First in was GOUACHE and I forgot to note the last … Read more “Times cryptic Jumbo 1351”

Holá tout le monde. How was it for you?  I finished this comfortably inside the hour but I did have to use aids to get the pilgrim’s destination and had to check the unlikely looking … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1346”

First of all, thanks very much to the setter for the “wave” at 1 across.  I’m going out on a limb and saying it isn’t coincidence given that it’s the first clue in a puzzle … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1341”

Many thanks to Johninterred for swapping shifts on this one so that I could enjoy my holiday and not panic about solving and blogging Jumbo 1336 at a time when I should be sleeping, unpacking … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1337”

Howdy folks.  How did you find this?  I thought it was pretty tough and it took me the best part of an hour to wrestle it into submission.  The high count of expertly hidden definitions … Read more “JUMBO 1331”

This took a shade under 45 minutes including making sure I understood everything so by my standards at least this was straightforward.  Nothing wrong with that and there were some entertaining clues and neat definitions … Read more “Bank Holiday Jumbo 1326”

This took me 55 minutes all told so that would put it on the slightly tricky side of average and I thought there was some extremely good stuff here, including plenty of very neat wordplay … Read more “Jumbo 1321”

Well this was a nice meaty puzzle for Easter Monday, full of clever stuff.  I didn’t record an exact time but I certainly took over an hour to wrestle this into submission so it was … Read more “Bank Holiday Jumbo 1316”