Category: Jumbo Cryptic

This would have been an extremely quick Jumbo for me, apart from my clanger at 3D which delayed matters for a good number of minutes. I think it was quick because the clues were very … Read more “Jumbo 1016 – Did I DIGIT? Nothing STELA, low to medium CRAIC.”

Solving time: 62:19 I found this a very easy solve. Indeed this is probably a record time for a jumbo for me, almost under the hour. There does appear to be a mistake at 39a, … Read more “Times Jumbo 1015 (1 Jan 2013) – New Year’s Day Special – One monkey or two”

I’d wondered whether the Jumbo for the weekend between Christmas and New Year would be tougher than uual, as a holiday bonus, but that didn’t seem to be the case; I managed to time myself … Read more “Times Jumbo 1014”

Published on Boxing Day, so my concentration levels were not at their best when I solved this after a family lunch. I can’t remember my time, but it was nothing special.  No particular highlights or … Read more “Jumbo 1013”

49:36 on the club timer – this puzzle is only a fortnight old, but it feels like ancient history after a Christmas break in which there were all sorts of bonus puzzles as well as … Read more “Times Jumbo 1012”

Standard fare, with a few unknown words or ideas thrown in along the way. Fell into the trap at 49D of confidently writing in BRASS with no checkers in place and then puzzled a bit … Read more “Jumbo 1011 – I know todays is 1014, but this was only two weeks ago, honest!”

Solving time: About 1 hour 40 minutes. On the whole a pleasant solve. I was held up by never having heard of either of the two long ones at 4 & 15. I loved the … Read more “Times Jumbo 1010 (8 Dec 2012)”

Posted on Helen’s behalf as her PC’s playing up. I wasn’t able to time myself for this puzzle, but I thought it was on the difficult side, with nicely misleading surface readings for several of … Read more “Jumbo 1009 (1st Dec)”

Around 34 minutes on the Club timer, although I did go over the clues to check for typos before I pressed the submit button Generally fairly straightforward, with some unusual words that were fairly clear … Read more “Jumbo 1008”

35:30 on the club timer – on the whole a pleasant Jumbo, a steady solve without being a pushover (all things are relative, of course: I am blogging this one after solving today’s puzzle, which … Read more “Times Jumbo 1007”