Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Hello fellow pachydermatous cruciverbalists! Here is my first ever Jumbo crossword blog…. and quite a baptism of fire, I thought. A very juicy offering that had me head-scratching for the best part of two hours … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1282 (Monday 30th August) – How do you blog a Jumbo?”

While other Jumbo bloggers are dropping like flies I’m afraid I’m still here. I’m not really sure if this was tricky or I was just taking things at a leisurely pace in the balmy bank … Read more “JUMBO 1281”

I found this one of about average difficulty but of above-average enjoyment, with some quirky clues and amusing wordplay, not least 1A. Apologies for the slight lateness but I’m house-sitting for someone at the moment … Read more “Jumbo 1280”

Apologies for the late posting – I’ve been away, with very limited internet access. Here it is: my final blog on the Times Jumbo. It’s been a lot of fun, but it’s time for someone … Read more “Times Jumbo 1279, and a farewell”

This is my first blog since the update to the Crossword Club, and as such I cannot be sure that all my analysis is correct, typing this before the solution is available. Previously I could … Read more “Jumbo 1278”

A new Jumbo PB for me, 24:51.  Pretty sure that says more about the crossword than it does about me.Not much more to say really, so here’s how I parsed it…. Clues are reproduced in … Read more “Jumbo 1277 July 29, 2017”

I found this relatively straightforward as it only took about 35 minutes but I don’t think there were many write-ins: pretty much every clue required a little thought and I found it hard to find … Read more “JUMBO 1276”

I found this one of the toughest Jumbos in recent memory. There were half-a-dozen unknowns for me, as well as a number of synonyms (e.g. faze=floor, poppy=catchy) that I eventually hit upon more by a … Read more “Jumbo 1275”

Apologies for the slightly late posting of this – I was away from the computer all day yesterday. No really obscure words/phrases this time, and a straightforward solve, I thought. As usual, * indicates an … Read more “Times Jumbo 1274”

Apologies for typos in this one – typed up after my leaving lunch. Time for a well earned retirement break. Nothing particularly remarkable in this one Across 1 FROSTBITTEN – (BONFIRES, T, T, T), where … Read more “Jumbo 1273”