Category: Jumbo Cryptic

I found this one slightly harder than average, finishing in 21m 5s. There was only one answer for which I had to rely entirely on the wordplay, suggesting that it was the difficulty of the … Read more “Jumbo 1140”

Happy Easter, everyone! I found this puzzle fairly straightforward, and it didn’t include too many obscure answers or references; I don’t think 25ac is widely used except by anatomists, and I’d not come across 6dn … Read more “Times Jumbo 1139”

Quite straightforward. A couple of definitions that were more cryptic and a couple of unfamiliar words, including a slang word, but everything was clear from the wordplay and confirmed by crossing letters. Across 1 CHATTERBOX … Read more “Jumbo 1138”

Neat and tidy offering, consistent level of cluing with no stinkers or tricky vocabulary. Answers went in steadily and in good time. Across 1 CASHPOINT – (shop it can)* 6 THROW IN – ROW = … Read more “Jumbo 1136 – Feb 28th”

Unfortunately Dave Perry has had to cut back on his blogging activities so I will be doing the 0/5 Jumbos going forward. I wish Dave all the best with his return to fitness. I thought … Read more “Jumbo 1135”

Not too difficult, I thought, though I hadn’t encountered MUSICAL SAW (4 ac) before. As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 NIQAB – I + Q, in ban (reversed) 4 MUSICAL SAW – MUSICAL … Read more “Times Jumbo 1134”

To me this seemed a bit trickier than normal when solving at the time, although when writing up the blog I am not sure why. Probably just that some of the definitions were a bit … Read more “Jumbo 1133”

Solving time of 18:59 is probably as fast as I have solved a Jumbo, at least since I started blogging them, so either this was at the easy end of the spectrum, or I was … Read more “Times Jumbo 1132”

I found this easier than most Jumbos (it took me around 16 minutes, in an interrupted session), but still enjoyable to solve. As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 LANOLIN – L, + ANON … Read more “Times Jumbo 1129”

Slightly out of sequence, as this was one of the bonus holiday puzzles, so I have been overtaken by the subsequent Saturday blog. A solving time of 37 minutes is only a little bit more … Read more “Times Jumbo 1127”