Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Sorry for the late posting, the dog ate my homework. This puzzle took me roughly an hour, which would suggest average difficulty, but I had a very undignified three errors.  Three!  One was just a … Read more “Jumbo 1252 February 25, 2017”

A couple of unfamiliar solutions and one word that I have only seen in crosswords, but all fair Across 1 RELIANCE – E.C. = City, NAILER = fixer, all reversed 5 FIZGIG – FIZ(z) = … Read more “Jumbo 1253”

Hi everyone, Would you believe it’s now just over a year since my inug inagu ingurial first blog?  I expect the cake from Vinyl1 has been held up at customs or something. Another puzzle of … Read more “JUMBO 1251”

Somewhat harder than average, with a handful of unknowns for me that went in on wordplay and crossed fingers. I enjoyed a good number of the surfaces, which isn’t always the case with Jumbos – … Read more “Jumbo 1250”

I can’t think of a lot to say about this one, which I found straightforward. Favourite clue: 23dn – I always enjoy the misdirection of clues like this. As always, * indicates an anagram. Across … Read more “Times Jumbo 1249”

Straightforward, but with some good clues to the longer solutions Across 1 STAMINA – ANIMAT(e)S = cheers up, reversed 5 TURNSPIT – if you TURN SPIT you get TIPS 9 TORPID – TOR = peak, … Read more “Jumbo 1248”

…it’s as if the setter had anticipated my blog! As I recall, I got through most of this one quite quickly.  Then slowed to a crawl for the last few to finally record a time … Read more “Jumbo 1247 January 21, 2017 – Gobbledegook, codswallop and bunkum…”

Crikey, there’s no peace for the wicked when you get a plethora of bank holidays.  It seems like only 3 weeks ago that I was last on Jumbo blogging duty. Another very straightforward puzzle on … Read more “JUMBO 1246”

Perhaps a little on the easier side than average and with plenty of pleasing surfaces. The few unknowns could be manoeuvred around without too much trouble. Definitions are underlined, {} = omission, * = anagram, … Read more “Jumbo 1245”

Happy New Year, everyone. Hard on the heels of 1243, here’s 1244, which was published on the 2 January Bank Holiday Monday. I didn’t think this one was too difficult either, but I did note … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1244”