Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Hello again. I liked this one. Not too easy, not too hard, with some very neat clues and generally good surfaces. The sort of crossword where if you think a clue is wrong, it is … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1748 – 25 August 2025”

A great Jumbo for the Bank Holiday weekend with some entertaining clues including a super 21 letter anagram.

Another gentle Jumbo on my watch, done and dusted in about 30 minutes, so probably a good puzzle for less experienced solvers to have a bash at.

Hi all. This was all going wonderfully smoothly … until I slowed to a crawl. I then hit a brick wall which seemed so unyielding I resorted to word searches with a handful to go. Thanks to the setter for the brain exercise. Although I confess I got a teeny bit grumpy at the end, I enjoyed it until then!

I didn’t have too many problems.

Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was a little harder than average. It has some neat clues, no serious queries, and some shockingly bad surface readings.

A pleasant slightly trickier than average Jumbo cryptic, which you may find vaguely familiar if you are a regular Jumbo solver and your memory of crosswords goes back 18 months!

This was a pretty easy Jumbo, taking me less that 30 minutes to knock off but it was fun and inventive with a couple of delightful anagrams to savour.

Hi everyone. I don’t have a time for this one, but it certainly wasn’t fast. My favourite clue is 17a. Thanks setter!

There were some helpful gimmes but many very tricky clues, answers and wordplay along the way.