Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Medium-difficult, I thought, with one answer (29ac) that I’d not met before. As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 DOUBLE-PARK – CHEST (‘ark’) after DOUBLE P (pp, the two middle letters of ‘supper’) 6 … Read more “Times Jumbo 1104”

Standard Jumbo fare – nothing that I think is contentious Across 1 AT FULL BLAST – AT LAST = finally, around FULL = rich, B(achelor) 7 FICKLE – F(emale), (s)ICKLE = reaper 10 DRAB – … Read more “Jumbo 1103”

And we’re back to my normal sort of solving time, 33 minutes for this one. Steady and mostly enjoyable challenge; I concluded that this solver a) likes their cryptic definitions, and b) would have been … Read more “Times Jumbo 1102”

Solving time: 1:43:07 Nothing too taxing in this one. Quite a pleasant stroll through. Nothing much to say about it. cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev = reversal, homophones are written in … Read more “Times Jumbo 1100 (12 Jul 2014)”

I thought this puzzle was medium difficulty, with some clever clueing, and I learnt a new expression (44ac), so it was educational too! As usual, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 DIOXIN – DI IN, … Read more “Times Jumbo 1099”

Many apologies for the delay on this. I was away for most of the weekend and realised that I had not prepared the blog ready for posting. This was tricky as there were a few … Read more “Jumbo 1098”

Having said last time that I was on a long streak of decent, straight down the middle Jumbos, this was noticeably more difficult than that, without being a real beast. I should also add it … Read more “Times Jumbo 1097”

Solving time: About two and a quarter hours all told – I’m clearly out of practice at these big ones This should have been published yesterday, but I forgot about it. Clearly, my reliability hasn’t … Read more “Times Jumbo 1095 (7 Jun 2014)”

I found this fairly straightforward and certainly easier than the last two I’ve blogged on (1084 and 1089). The only clue that gave me real trouble was 25dn, and yet again that was because of … Read more “Times Jumbo 1094”

Steady average Jumbo, with a couple of clues (11D and 31D) that were a bit trickier to solve/parse. Not timed as solved on paper. Across 1 HONEYCOMB – HONE = polish, (part)Y, COMB = search … Read more “Jumbo 1093”