Author: sghanson

Well that was fun! My turn to blog coincided with the publication of a Superjumbo crossword with 90 clues (normally 60 ish – do I get time and a half?) to celebrate the 90 years … Read more “Jumbo 1423”

Happy New Year, if a little belated. This one was a fair test for New Year’s Day, although as much effort went into parsing some of the clues as actually determining the solutions. 49A and … Read more “Jumbo 1418”

I enjoyed this one – not difficult but some well designed clues. I think my favourite is 20A for the clever construction of the solution from whole words. I also liked 40D. As my next … Read more “Jumbo 1413”

Mostly straightforward but I do have an issue with the definition in 31A – more detail below. Hopefully someone can provide more support. I don’t have any particular favourite among the other clues. Across 1 … Read more “Jumbo 1408”

This blog has more verbose explanations of solutions than most of mine, as there were a couple of tortuous ones and I could not think of any more succinct way to explain them (1A, 22A, … Read more “Jumbo 1403”

I don’t recall any problems with this apart from a quibble with 16A. The checking letters confirm what the answer is but I am still unsure about the clue. Across 1 GO THROUGH – GOTH … Read more “Jumbo 1398 (August Bank Holiday Monday)”

Pretty standard Jumbo with no problematic or contentious clues in my opinion. Probably 2 Down would be my favourite for the long anagram. Across 1 CONSPIRES – CON = against, SPIRES = high church features … Read more “Jumbo 1393”

Apologies for the slight delay on this one – no real excuse! Also apologies for any typos as this was typed up in haste. I don’t recall any particular issues with this one and nothing … Read more “Jumbo 1388”

A fairly standard Jumbo, with nothing too much of concern. Across 1 TIMES NEW ROMAN – TIMES = by, NEW = anagram of ROMAN = norma 8 SUGARPLUM – SUP = dine, around GAR = … Read more “Jumbo 1383”

A lot of longer solutions in this one in a grid of 26 Across clues and 28 Down which I think is the lowest number of clues I have had to type up. There were … Read more “Jumbo 1378”