Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Nothing particularly noteworthy or controversial in this – regular Saturday Jumbo fare. However, having said that, I made a rather silly mistake with 1D which I thought I had solved as my first one in … Read more “Jumbo 1043”

41:49 on the Club timer, which rightly suggests something a bit trickier than usual. This was a tremendously good puzzle, I thought, with very smooth surfaces, some tricky definitions, a wide range of required general … Read more “Times Jumbo 1042”

Solving time: About an hour with one mistake. I found this one on the easy side compared to some of the others I’ve blogged. The two full length across clues both went straight in without … Read more “Times Jumbo 1040 (15 Jun 2013)”

I definitely found this the toughest of the Times Jumbo puzzles I’ve blogged about to date. I spent 37 minutes on it – apart from 13dn, which took me another 12 minutes at least to … Read more “Times Jumbo 1039”

28:52 on the Club timer (which normally suggests something reasonably straightforward) but with an error. Based on the comments on the Crossword Club, I wasn’t the only one who found an apparent inconsistency at 4dn, … Read more “Times Jumbo 1037”

Nothing to write home about here, fairly explicit word play or definitions make this an easy puzzle. No archaic or obscure vocabulary although I had to check GADARENE and INANITION. Not sure about a rogue … Read more “Jumbo 1036 – a gentle stroll for your average RIGHT WINGER REAR ADMIRAL”

I didn’t solve this in one session, so I can’t quote a time, but I thought it was reasonably straightforward. As ever, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 COASTER – double definition 5 ASCENDANT – … Read more “Times Jumbo 1034”

Definitely some tricky wordplay to untangle in this one to get the full benefit, but an enjoyable workout, and nothing to argue with from my point of view. Across 1 BONE CHINA – BONE = … Read more “Jumbo 1033”

31:14 on the Club timer, which suggests this was a bit trickier than average (backed up by comparison with the other times on the leaderboard, though it’s always slightly harder than usual to tell at … Read more “Jumbo 1032”

Solving time: About two and a half hours offline, but with one wrong. I actually had two wrong, but one of those was just a typo when I filled it in online – I had … Read more “Times Jumbo 1030 (6 Apr 2013)”