Author: Penfold

Hello again.  A puzzle of average difficluty I’d say with enough in the way of unknowns to provide some education. I’ll be en route to Tenerife for the best part of today (Saturday) so it … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1366”

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”