Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Solid, middle of the road offering. Small spatterings of unknown terms, or convoluted cluing, but in the main clear and well signed constructions. Across 1 QUARTERMASTER – QUARTER=fourth, (rate ms)* 8 TOPPING UP – either … Read more “Jumbo 1161 – August 1st 2015”

A puzzle on the easier side, as reflected in a solving time of 16m 43s. I can’t fully parse 19A so any suggestions would be most welcome. * = anagram, cd = cryptic definition Across … Read more “Jumbo 1160”

I didn’t find this too tough, and I thought most of the actual answers were fairly well-known, but there was one word forming part of the wordplay in 1dn that was completely new to me. … Read more “Times Jumbo 1159”

Really nothing too testing in this one – one of the speedier Jumbos Just one American plant that was quite straightforward from the wordplay and checking letters. Across 1 A BIT THICK – double definition … Read more “Jumbo 1158”

Solving time of 21:50, so this was definitely on the straightforward side for a Jumbo. The odd word which isn’t quite everyday vocabulary, but I think all were clued pretty fairly. Other than that, not … Read more “Times Jumbo 1157”

Have to put this one down as a DNF or rather a wild punt that I knew was wrong (dont know which one is worse), all of which was largely avoidable. The cause of the … Read more “Jumbo 1156 – June 27th”

I thought this was a very enjoyable offering, with some smooth (e.g. 15A, 27A) and amusing surfaces (e.g. 57A, 31D). Only a few unknowns and nothing too fiendish in the wordplay, leading to a solving … Read more “Jumbo 1155”

…as she’s currently somewhere in France with no Internet access. Over to Helen. Not too difficult, but including a few uncommon words, such as VIDELICET and FAIENCE, one of which – CONDUCTUS – I’d never … Read more “Jumbo 1154 (posted on behalf of Helen Ougham)”

Posting this very quickly as we have just returned from vacation. Apologies for any errors – will fix ASAP. A few clues solved from the wordplay that needed dictionary confirmation Across 1 REACTIONARIES – RE … Read more “Jumbo 1153”

Solving time of 29:19, which is smack in the middle of the 25-35 minutes I usually expect to take on a Jumbo, so overall not of extreme difficulty, barring a couple of clues which seemed … Read more “Times Jumbo 1152 – A Puzzle for Georges Perec”