Author: sghanson

This took me about 30 minutes, which is certainly among my faster times for the Jumbo. I only really needed to check the result of the anagram at 6D, which I had vaguely remembered in … Read more “Jumbo 938”

Nothing to write home about on this one – a very steady solve. If I have omitted any explanations that you need, please let me know, although my response may be slightly delayed by holidays … Read more “Jumbo 933”

This was hard work, with a number of excellent clues. I believe I have almost all sorted out, but I am still left with one where the wordplay is unclear to me – to put … Read more “Jumbo 928”

Not really much to say about this one. A number of helpful long anagrams and double definitions made it a trouble-free solve, although I did not time myself. I have left out more solutions than … Read more “Jumbo 923”

A steady solve, with a couple of unfamiliar words and a couple of bits of General Knowledge required. I did not time this one. Across 1 FLIP ONES LID – FLIP = pert, ONE = … Read more “Jumbo 913”

This was a fair test – nothing spectacular, but some good clues and I learnt something about American politicians. Nothing much more to comment on – where necessary I have added to my parsing of … Read more “Jumbo 908”

This one was fairly straightforward. Any obscure words were clued using clear wordplay. I did not record any time as I completed the crossword over a couple of sessions. There was some discussion on the Crossword … Read more “Jumbo 898”

I always concentrate harder on the Jumbo when I need to write up a blog entry, but even so I found this very straightforward, finishing in under 15 minutes. Perhaps it was the cup of espresso I drank just before … Read more “Jumbo 893”

I found most of this entertaining and reasonably straightforward. However, I did need to resort to aids for 47A and have reservations about 13A. I will be away from the computer from tonight until probably Monday morning, trying to … Read more “Jumbo 888”

Several quite complex wordplays made this an enetertaining puzzle. Thank you to the setter. Across 1 JOACHIM – JIM (Callaghan) around O, CH(estnut), all around A 5 LINEAR B – BRAE=bank, NIL, all reversed 9 … Read more “Jumbo 883”