Author: sghanson

Around 34 minutes on the Club timer, although I did go over the clues to check for typos before I pressed the submit button Generally fairly straightforward, with some unusual words that were fairly clear … Read more “Jumbo 1008”

Unlike Mark Goodliffe I did not have enough remaining brainpower to attempt this after completing 6 puzzles at the Crossword Championhip finals – a glass of wine and some brainless TV was more the ticket. … Read more “Jumbo 1003”

Completed online in 30 minutes whilst on holiday in France Nothing to quibble about, but I don’t feel there are any outstanding clues either, although 6D may be trickier for solvers outside the UK. Across … Read more “Jumbo 998”

I did not note down my time for this although there was nothing to hold me up particularly. A couple of the wordplays took a little time to parse correctly, but the definition in each … Read more “Jumbo 978”

Apologies that this was a couple of days later than usual – we have just returned from a week away. The crossword was straightforward to solve and submit, but when I came to write up … Read more “Jumbo 973”

I got through this one fairly steadily, and only needed to check a couple afterwards. I am guessing 52D will be unfamilar to most. When blogging, I try to leave out the explanations of the clues … Read more “Jumbo 968”

Some unusual words, but with 30+ years of crossword solving behind me only one needed checking in the dictionary (42D). Generally the clues were fair, but one or two did not quite work for me, … Read more “Jumbo 963”

As this is my first blog of 2012 can I take the opportunity to wish all solvers and my fellow bloggers a Happy New Year.  If this blog is a little late I apologise, but … Read more “Jumbo 958”

Nothing particularly special in this, a steady solve. I don’t have a time recorded, but probably around 30 minutes. A couple of solutions (25A, 2D) took a bit of working out for the wordplay, but … Read more “Jumbo 953”

I found this mostly straightforward, just having to check the definition for 6D. I am not sure how overseas solvers might have got on with 8D. Probably the checking letters would give the answer, but … Read more “Jumbo 943”