Category: Jumbo Cryptic

I don’t have much to add to the blog – a normal Saturday Jumbo. I might quibble with the definition in 22D and had to check the solution to 31D. I would probably have to … Read more “Jumbo 1433”

I found this a bit of a curate’s egg. I was all but done in 30 minutes, but then took ages over my last 6 or so clues. The downs were definitely easier – I … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1432 – 4th April”

This puzzle felt quite tricky in places but took about 50 minutes including working out all the parsings so was probably just on the harder side of average, with a goodly amount of GK required … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1431 – If that bird comes near me I’ll break its neck and your b****y arm.”

Hello everyone.  I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and sane. This puzzle kept me entertained for longer than I expected after the first 80% or so.  A few stubborn patches of … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1430 – 21st March. Double, double”

On the easier side I thought, but not egregiously so. My favourites this time were 26ac for the oldie-but-goodie “Harry” as anagrind; 36dn for being ridiculously hard to parse yet satisfying when I finally did; … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1429: Creepy Crawly Cluey”

I don’t have much to add to the blog below – a standard Saturday Jumbo. I think that the clue to 16A could be made a little more accurate, but it is not really a … Read more “Jumbo 1428”

Well adult elephants can’t jump, but we have a leap Jumbo today. A middle-of-the-road (or maybe even easier) difficulty Jumbo, I thought. It took me less than 40 minutes of which about 10 were on … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1427 – 29th February”

This particular puzzle detained me for over an hour but I’m not sure if that’s because it was a toughie, or I was having a slow day, or was more distracted by Six Nations rugby … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1426 – Rebel without a clue”

Hello all.  How do you eat a jumbo?  One bite at a time.  Once again I solved this in bitesize chunks and so don’t have a time.  From what I recall it slipped down ok … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1425 – 15th February. Around (about) now”

A mostly straightforward, economically clued jumbo but none the worse for it. Thanks setter! I particularly liked 24ac, 32ac, 52ac and the very cute 2dn. Any favourites from the floor? ACROSS 1 Supporters, British, stopping … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1424: If A Good Walk’s Worth Spoiling, It’s Worth Spoiling Twice”