Category: Jumbo Cryptic

I found this a satisfying Jumbo to complete with some masterful complex wordplay, whimsical definitions and neat surfaces to admire. Quite a few single letter deletions, I thought, so my strikethrough button in the editor got plenty of use.

I thought this was mostly straightforward, especially for a bank holiday, with most of the unusual words very fairly clued.  I got a little bogged down in the SE corner where the long clues that … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1551 – call for the RFDS or an ambo”

Hi all.  No time for this as I solved on my phone in bed with 40 or so winks in the middle.  I thought it a brilliant puzzle with plenty of clever, cunning and well-disguised … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1550 – 16 April 2022. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”

A very enjoyable jumbo indeed. I loved the TOR RENTAL and the superb reverse cryptic at 45d. Relatively fast progress except for staring at LOI 23d for an awful long time not being able to … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1549: (Butchers*) Hook”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was significantly harder than average, with some difficult and tricksy clues. I got there, but it was a bit of a struggle. What did you think? Another thing I … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1548 – 2 April 2022”

This was a lovely entertaining Cryptic Jumbo. Just how they should be. A lot of fun with plenty of inventive cluing and witty definitions and wordplay, yet not too difficult, although I see my last … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1547 – 25th March”

This was a relatively straightforward Jumbo, but a NHO plant, a “foreign” sporting term and a couple of bits of head-scratching wordplay kept me on my toesies. First in was KEY RING and last, because … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1546 – Daisy, Daisy give me two GTs and two PMs”

Hello everyone.  I left this until the eleventh hour – almost literally – so have been somewhat briefer than usual.  This would mean I have a proper time for a change, but unfortunately I managed … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1545 – 12 March 2022. A doceant solve”

Looking at the leaderboard for this I see Magoo did it in 12.13, Jason in 12.25, your correspondent in 12.34, Mistigris in 13.15… a gallop down a completely straight track to a photo finish, but … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1544: A Day At The Races”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was a little harder than average, with four nhos and a loose-ish definition or two. What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions or comment as … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1543 – 26 February 2022”