Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Hello again. I made steady progress through this Jumbo, somewhere around medium difficulty I thought.  There are a couple of clues I biffed rather than parsed but no doubt it will all come out in … Read more “Times Bank Holiday Cryptic Jumbo 1533 – 27 December 2021”

Happy new year.  All the best for 2022 to both my readers.  Another 60-minute puzzle, solved and parsed over two sessions during yuletide so I wasn’t in full-on speed mode or stimulant-free.  Slightly harder than … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1531 – Lillie Langtry and Jason Robards in The Twirling Inferno”

A Very Happy Christmas to you all, whether you are celebrating that, something else or nothing.  (For me it’s Catmas, natch, or rather the great Boxing Day Eve.)  I hope that you are safe, well, … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1530 – 11th December 2021. Sloop John B”

A fairly zippy Jumbo but most congenial, with neat surfaces everywhere. My COD may have to be 34ac, as I used to sling D12s a lot in my youth, and the surface is obviously great, … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1529: Was Araucaria to Urticaria what Prometheus was to Epimetheus?”

Hello again. I don’t really have a time for this crossword for two reasons, the first of which is that I tend to do jumbos in several short sessions, as and when time permits. The … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1528 – 27 November 2021”

I found this Jumbo very straightforward, taking only 24 1/2 minutes, which is possibly my fastest, maybe because, for once, there was nothing unknown. But it was no less fun for that. Clues that got … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1527 – 20th November”

Pretty much a 60-minute puzzle so arguably a bit harder than average for a jumbo.  There were several clues of a particular type I’ve struggled to categorise which are neither nowt nor summat as they … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1526 – Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky?”

Hi all.  A little bird told me that this was a piece of cake eaten on a picnic during a walk in the park.  Or words to that effect.  Consequently I decided to tackle it … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1525 – 6th November 2021. With well-upholstered seating”

After getting locked out of my apartment the other day and missing my regular Friday blogslot I was determined to at least get the Jumbo done on time, but it was touch and go – … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1524: Till A’ The Cellars Gang Dry, My Dear”

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was middle-of-the-road, in terms of difficulty, though there are one or two clues I have still to parse… What did you think? Please, do feel free to ask questions … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1523 – Saturday 23rd October 2021”