A shade under 45 minutes, which rightly suggests a tougher than usual challenge. One or two question marks, which were more than outweighed by the ticks. Warning: this puzzle, and by extension blog, contains spoilers … Read more “Times Jumbo 1067”
Category: Jumbo Cryptic
Times Jumbo 1065 (30 Nov 2013)
This took me about an hour and a half all told, with recourse to aids for one which I wouldn’t have got otherwise (39a). A decent puzzle overall. Inevitably there were a couple I wasn’t … Read more “Times Jumbo 1065 (30 Nov 2013)”
Times Jumbo 1064
I solved this over three sessions so I’ve no idea what my time would have been, but I felt it was towards the tougher nd of the Times Jumbo spectrum, and there’s one clue (to … Read more “Times Jumbo 1064”
Jumbo 1063
Just over 30 minutes, including checking, on the Club timer so nothing of particular difficulty Sorry for the delay in posting. Business trips and general workload on top mean that I am running behind. Across … Read more “Jumbo 1063”
Times Jumbo 1059
I thought this was fairly straightforward; it took me 17 minutes, plus checking the answer to 39dn (PHILISTIA). As ever, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 SPENCER – sounds like (Edmund) Spenser. Hubert SPENCER coined … Read more “Times Jumbo 1059”
Jumbo 1058
Apologies for the lateness of this post – a weekend away without a computer is to blame. I don’t recall any particular issues with this one, apart from 8D where I may be missing something. … Read more “Jumbo 1058”
Times Jumbo 1057
27:48 on the Club timer, which is on the quick side for me with a puzzle of this size. Not too much in the way of obscurities, and no really tricksy wordplay. What was notable … Read more “Times Jumbo 1057”
Jumbo 1056 – I never knew Lloyd George knew my father ?
Quick-ish solve, with no nasty surprises, although there were a few where the answers seemed obvious, but wasn’t quite sure on the parsing till much later. Some still not sure on! As usual, a bit … Read more “Jumbo 1056 – I never knew Lloyd George knew my father ?”
Times Jumbo 1055 (21 Sep 2013)
Solving time: 1:53:04 I wasn’t keen on this one. Some of the general knowledge required seemed very obscure – particularly in 12d & 33d. I also have issues with the spelling in 53a, and the … Read more “Times Jumbo 1055 (21 Sep 2013)”
Jumbo 1053
Posting this quickly as I am away. No particular issues or queries – a fairly standard Jumbo Across 1 DISCONCERTS – DISCS = records, around ON, CERT = winner, inevitably 7 JACKET – JACK = … Read more “Jumbo 1053”