Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Sorry for the slight delay. Got a bit sidetracked with the fun and games of the championships, and the mandatory few pints afterwards. The other downside of all the extra puzzles is not really remembering … Read more “Jumbo 1171 – October 3rd”

A puzzle that I found slightly harder than average, perhaps because of a few bits of general knowledge, e.g. 13A and 25A, that I either didn’t know or which had disappeared into the distant recesses … Read more “Jumbo 1170”

I found this Jumbo unusually easy, but enjoyable – I liked the ‘mini-theme’ at 16ac and 50ac. As always, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 MAHARAJAH – jar, reversed, + A + H, after oMAHA … Read more “Times Jumbo 1169”

Definitely a quicker one. I completed this and the Saturday Times puzzle in around 30 minutes. I don’t think there is anything to question in this one, nor anything particularly outstanding – a standard Saturday … Read more “Jumbo 1168”

Blog will appear in the next 24 hours, at some point when I’m not watching rugby.

Without being too unfair, this seemed a fairly nondescript puzzle. There were a fair few clue constructions/answers that I had seen before, so it didnt take much time. There were a few general knowledge gaps … Read more “Jumbo 1166 – Bank holiday Monday – August 31st”

This trundled along quite nicely until the end, where I spent several minutes on the 43A and 44D intersection. Liked the inventor/pasta incident at 7D. Across 1 DECKCHAIR – I inside DECK (floor) + CHAR … Read more “Jumbo 1165”

I had to post this in a bit of a rush, so apologies for any errors that have crept in – please point them out and I’ll correct them as soon as possible. As always, … Read more “Times Jumbo 1164”

I must confess I don’t remember much about solving this one, and there was not much discussion on the Crossword Club Forum so I will just present my analysis of the solutions. Please let me … Read more “Jumbo 1163”

Solving time of 35:36, which on the face of it puts this at the high end of “normal” without being outlandishly difficult. However, now I cast my mind back two weeks, I can’t remember how … Read more “Times Jumbo 1162”