Solving time: 18:58. No mistakes, but I dithered at the end over 30ac, 55ac and 21dn, none of which I was totally confident about. I think this was the most straightforward Jumbo for a while, … Read more “Jumbo 670 – Planes, trains and automobiles”
Category: Jumbo Cryptic
Jumbo 669 – religion and deletions / One month in …
Solving time: 18:55 A good selection of answers here, and some interesting clues. Quite a bit of religion – a creed, baptism, apostle, heretic, and Vishnu and his equivalent of nectar too. Also some interesting … Read more “Jumbo 669 – religion and deletions / One month in …”
Jumbo 667 – cheeky setter rides again?
Just remembered this was waiting to be posted … Solving time 15:55 A fairly easy jumbo, this one. I don’t have as much data about Jumbo times as for the daily cryptic, but the 10 … Read more “Jumbo 667 – cheeky setter rides again?”
Jumbo 666/Oct 28 – Diabolical
Or at least, that’s what I was expecting from the crossword’s number. In fact, other than APOCALYPTIC (and perhaps MAFIA and SWASTIKA), there seemed to be no particularly devilish entries, so I suspect the setter … Read more “Jumbo 666/Oct 28 – Diabolical”