Category: Jumbo Cryptic

A lovely middle-of-the road Cryptic Jumbo for the Bank Holiday with a good mix of easy and harder clues.

It only took 30 minutes to complete this jumbo, putting it firmly at the easier end of the spectrtum for me at least, but I found it most enjoyable thanks to some excellent clueing.

Hi all.  About 50 minutes in, my grid was still only half full and I abandoned any thoughts of a single session solve and had a rest.  The second half took a similar time, so a nice even pace even though it was a tough one.  An enjoyable challenge.  My favourite clue has to be 43a because it took me a while to see both times around!  Thanks to the setter.

I completed this in one session but had quite a lot of problems along the way.

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was harder than average, but with some excellent clues, and no real duds. I liked it. What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions or comment … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1628 – 5 August 2023”

Now here’s something. A first Jumbo Quick Cryptic? It doesn’t say that in the title, but it is by far the easiest Jumbo Cryptic I can remember.

I found this pretty easy, knocking it off in around 35 minutes with everything parsed.  What about you?

Hello everybody.  It felt like I had to work quite hard at this but I surprised myself by having all but a handful of entries at the hour mark.  Two intersecting pairs (8a/10d and 47a/43d) caused me some head-scratching at the close though.

All in all, 71:23 of concentrated concentration but also of concentrated enjoyment.  I thought this was full of good stuff and am glad I dedicated a proper sitting to it rather than grazing, as I sometimes do with Jumbos.  Thanks setter!

I found this fairly easy.

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was a little easier than average, except for one or two problems I had finishing off the NW corner. However, there are some really neat clues here, and our … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1623 – 1 July 2023”