Category: Jumbo Cryptic

This was a toughie but goodie. I was diverted for well over an hour solving and parsing everything.

Hi everyone.  This was a confidence booster as despite a few unknowns or barely-knowns I found everything provided to enable me to enter it all in reasonable confidence – and in very reasonable time (for me) of under 40 minutes too.  Thanks setter!

An enjoyable Jumbo solved over two sessions with only a couple of unknown words or meanings.

Definitely on the easier side, this one. I had it all done and dusted inside 30 minutes, very unusual for me even to get it all done in one session, never mind as quickly as … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1638 – 7 October 2023”

This entertaining Jumbo was cracked in a slow-quick-slow manner finishing in the NW corner.

I’d put this on the harder side of average, taking 50 minutes to sort everything out.  There were a few quiblettes / minor eyebrow raisers but nothing too heinous.

Hello everyone.  Sorry this blog is a little late.

There are some touches here I thought really neat, for example the exchange at meeting in 33d.  Lots of cryptic definitions, a couple of cocktails (an alternative drink is available in 41d) and a party or two to enjoy.  Thanks setter!

Solving time: 40 minutes.

Solved in one session but I had a number of clues scattered around the grid that held out until the very end.

Hello again. I found this Jumbo on the easier side, a steady top-to-bottom solve. No frightened horses .. What did you think? I am short of time this week so for some clues, the explanations … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1633 – 2 September 2023”