Category: Jumbo Cryptic

Completed online in 30 minutes whilst on holiday in France Nothing to quibble about, but I don’t feel there are any outstanding clues either, although 6D may be trickier for solvers outside the UK. Across … Read more “Jumbo 998”

39:41 on the club timer – which confirms I found this quite a tricky one – with one error, in which I don’t think I was alone, to judge from comments on the Club forum. … Read more “Times Jumbo 997”

Solving time: 1:34:16 I found this possibly a little easier than normal, although probably not quite as easy as the other one published on the same day (994). An hour and a half is a … Read more “Times Jumbo 995 (25 Aug 2012) – A Bank Holiday bonus”

I didn’t find this too difficult – around 21 minutes – though I did have to look up a couple of terms (otter-board, inheratrix). As usual, * indicates an anagram. Hope to see some of … Read more “Jumbo 994”

28:35 on the Club timer, which suggests this didn’t give much trouble (just lately I’ve been noticing a trend for the standard Saturday to be tough and the Jumbo much less so, to the point … Read more “Times Jumbo 992”

As a change from the norm, I have typed this one up straight after doing it, so it should be perfectly fresh and relevant at the time of writing. This was a fairly gentle offering … Read more “Jumbo 991 – A mid Olympic solve – remember them? back in the day…”

Solving time: 1:35:44 For the most part, I found this pretty straightforward and I was able to rattle through 75% of it in about 40 minutes. I slowed down towards the end, mainly in the … Read more “Times Jumbo 990 (28 Jul 2012)”

This took me longer than usual – around 35 minutes, though I had several interruptions so I can’t give an accurate estimate. I’m not sure whether the timing reflects the difficulty of the puzzle, or … Read more “Jumbo 989”

42 minutes (with a typo which I didn’t pick up before submission), though it felt like a lot longer. That feeling reinforces what I was thinking while solving, which was that I wasn’t really on … Read more “Times Jumbo 987”

I must remember to take some notes when I complete the jumbo as to how it felt, as by the time I sat down to blog two weeks later I couldnt quite remember how it … Read more “Jumbo 986 – June 30th”