Category: Jumbo Cryptic

I found this fairly easy, solving Jimbo-style top to bottom, left to right…

Hello all, and Happy New Year. I like to blog when the puzzle is fresh in my mind (which should mean doing the write up early but in practice means leaving the solve until the last minute too).  Not something I managed with this one – and with all the fun and games on Boxing Day, I don’t think the puzzle was fresh in my mind even at the time!  All I remember is that I found it rather tricky and did look up one or two things.  Had to work quite hard to parse some of it a second time around as well.  My COD is 46d, which really tickled me.  Thanks setter.

Solved in  one session I found this fairly easy.

  Hello again. This Jumbo, – the first of a positive flurry of jumbos, an entire Christmas herd, and more to come – I thought was not too difficult, but with some fine clues, especially … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1648 – 16 December 2023”

I thought this a none-too-tricky Jumbo Cryptic, despite the smattering of words I didn’t know and some rather old-fashioned or foreign girl’s names.

A perfectly acceptable puzzle of mid-level difficulty, IMHO.  A couple of chestnuts balanced with a lot of neat touches, but a bit of controversy arpund 28a.

Hi all.  I can’t give any real assessment of this as crosswording has had to fit around life.  Solving was done in pre-bed sleepy snatches, and blogging done later in a bit of a rush.  I have a dim memory of using aids anyway, I think for 34d and maybe another.  Thanks to the setter – I hope to be more awake for your next one!

Much of it was plain-sailing but there were some choppy waters along the way.

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was fairly easy, with no nho’s at all, and a steady solve in under an hour. What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions or comment … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1643 – 11 November 2023”

I found this Jumbo a bit tricky in parts, taking just over an hour to complete.