Its that time of year where the Jumbos come around that much quicker with all the bank holidays. Completely missed this one until I noticed this weekend was already 1153! Cue crossword club, printer and … Read more “Jumbo 1151”
Category: Jumbo Cryptic
Jumbo 1150
This seemed harder than the solving time (15m 42s) would indicate, mainly because I had difficulty in expanding out from any of my entries and thus ended up with chunks of disconnected answers all over … Read more “Jumbo 1150”
Times Jumbo 1149
On the easy side, this one, I thought. 37ac, GLAIR, was probably the most obscure answer As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 OAKUM – first letters of ‘old African king’s unusual moral’ 4 … Read more “Times Jumbo 1149”
Jumbo 1148
Nothing too tricky here. A couple of unfamiliar words (15A, 17A) and a few nice clues (37A in particular) No solving time noted Across 1 TEPID – TEP = PET = favourite, reversed, I.D. = … Read more “Jumbo 1148”
Jumbo 1146
A few unknown ideas slowed this one down – SANS CULOTTE, MILLS BOMB, MAMEE, whilst other parts went in more routinely. There were a few quirky clue types, the riddle of SCALABLE, the linked clues … Read more “Jumbo 1146”
Jumbo 1145
Apart from a couple of unknown words, I found this one of average difficulty, at least in terms of coming up with the answers, however some of the parsings were not immediately obvious and there … Read more “Jumbo 1145”
Times Jumbo 1144
The expression at 56ac was a new one on me, but generally I didn’t think there were too many obscure elements in this puzzle. As always, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 ALBERT CAMUS – … Read more “Times Jumbo 1144”
Jumbo 1143
Just one very obscure (to me) tree, but the rest of the solutions were reasonably straightforward. Across 1 GO THROUGH – GOTH = someone dressed in black, ROUGH = violent type 6 PEDLARS – sounds … Read more “Jumbo 1143”
Jumbo 1141 – The one before the bank holiday Monday one !
Not sure if it was the surroundings of a bank holiday weekend, the weather, or the puzzle, but this was lightning quick. Probably my quickest ever, possibly sub 20 mins. A lot of the harder … Read more “Jumbo 1141 – The one before the bank holiday Monday one !”
Times Jumbo 1142 (Bank Holiday)
Solving time of 28:52, so we’re back to something like my average solving time. This was a welcome holiday puzzle, very elegantly clued and enjoyable to solve. With Jumbos, which attract a far smaller audience … Read more “Times Jumbo 1142 (Bank Holiday)”