Author: sghanson

I could blame the Crossword Championship Finals which were on the same weekend as this one, but that would not be fair – I made a couple of silly errors when submitting this. One I … Read more “Jumbo 1173”

Definitely a quicker one. I completed this and the Saturday Times puzzle in around 30 minutes. I don’t think there is anything to question in this one, nor anything particularly outstanding – a standard Saturday … Read more “Jumbo 1168”

I must confess I don’t remember much about solving this one, and there was not much discussion on the Crossword Club Forum so I will just present my analysis of the solutions. Please let me … Read more “Jumbo 1163”

Really nothing too testing in this one – one of the speedier Jumbos Just one American plant that was quite straightforward from the wordplay and checking letters. Across 1 A BIT THICK – double definition … Read more “Jumbo 1158”

Posting this very quickly as we have just returned from vacation. Apologies for any errors – will fix ASAP. A few clues solved from the wordplay that needed dictionary confirmation Across 1 REACTIONARIES – RE … Read more “Jumbo 1153”

Nothing too tricky here. A couple of unfamiliar words (15A, 17A) and a few nice clues (37A in particular) No solving time noted Across 1 TEPID – TEP = PET = favourite, reversed, I.D. = … Read more “Jumbo 1148”

Just one very obscure (to me) tree, but the rest of the solutions were reasonably straightforward. Across 1 GO THROUGH – GOTH = someone dressed in black, ROUGH = violent type 6 PEDLARS – sounds … Read more “Jumbo 1143”

Quite straightforward. A couple of definitions that were more cryptic and a couple of unfamiliar words, including a slang word, but everything was clear from the wordplay and confirmed by crossing letters. Across 1 CHATTERBOX … Read more “Jumbo 1138”

To me this seemed a bit trickier than normal when solving at the time, although when writing up the blog I am not sure why. Probably just that some of the definitions were a bit … Read more “Jumbo 1133”

Very straightforward – I think it took me longer to type up than to solve. Across 1 PAPERWEIGHT – PAP = rubbish, (HERE TWIG)* 7 BRING TO BOOK – B(ishop), RING TO BOOK = call … Read more “Jumbo 1128”