Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Hi everybody. Although I had to verify a couple of things for the blog, I found this pretty straightforward. Thanks setter.

I found this one quite easy.

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was about average difficulty, a tidy and workmanlike effort. No issues or complaints really from me, which is good work if you are setting a jumbo with 60+ clues. … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1693 – 14 Sept 2024”

A fun Jumbo that was on the easy side, but none the worse for that.

This gentle puzzle detained me for no more than 40 minutes including nailing down all the wordplay.

Hi everyone. This was a joint solve for a change, so no time to report. Annoyingly, my COD has to be 6d; lots of other highlights too. Thanks setter!

An interesting Jumbo with some inventive wordplay in places.

Hello again. 1688 was the year of the “Glorious Revolution,” though not so glorious of course if you happened to be catholic. I liked this jumbo, a fraction on the harder side I thought and … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1688 – 17 August 2024”

A (mostly) jolly good Jumbo with plenty of straightforward clues to get you going, and then a few entertaining trickier bits… and a couple of MERs.

Unless I’m very much mistaken this is my 100th Jumbo blog. I knocked off this enjoyable puzzle comfortably within an hour and rather liked the preponderence of idiomatic phrases…