The usual Jumbo rubric: as the solution is available alongside (or indeed before) the blog, comment is confined only to references that might remain obscure to overseas / inexperienced solvers even with the answer visible, … Read more “Jumbo 837 – October 3, 2009”
Category: Jumbo Cryptic
Times Jumbo 836 (Sat 26 Sep 2009)
Excellent puzzle with pleasing variety and misdirection , solving time 63 mins. * = anagram < = reverse ACROSS1 HERO IC (ALL)Y6 SLOW HANDCLAP Cryptic definition, not heard this for a long, long, time, but … Read more “Times Jumbo 836 (Sat 26 Sep 2009)”
Jumbo 835
Solving time: 30:35 – roughly a jumbo par, as they seem to take about three times as long as cryptics. Some very ingenious clues here, so straight on to the explanations. Across 1 B(A,R(oo)M,AN – … Read more “Jumbo 835”
Jumbo 834 – 12th September 2009
A pleasing workout at 31:50, which is about average for me. Quite rarely for me, I have nothing to moan about – all the clues work well and the few “obscure” words have reasonable wordplay.Kudos … Read more “Jumbo 834 – 12th September 2009”
Times Jumbo 833
Apologies for late posting – I didn’t get various blogging tasks done before a busy weekend. Having made a complete hash of a puzzle and blog at fifteensquared, I’m trying to ensure this one is … Read more “Times Jumbo 833”
Jumbo 830 (Aug 22)
Solving time approx 40 minutes, with one missing. I couldn’t get 36ac at all, despite coming back to it several times for another look. In the end it turned out to be fairly straightforward, heigh-ho! … Read more “Jumbo 830 (Aug 22)”
Jumbo 829 – August 15, 2009
About 30 minutes. A bit of a mixed bag here. Some really easy, some really good, some really poor, some nigh on impossible and two that I can’t explain. Across 1 STUDIO COUCH – (OUTDO … Read more “Jumbo 829 – August 15, 2009”
Times Jumbo 827 – Get Weaving!
The usual Jumbo rubric: as the solution is available alongside (or indeed before) the blog, comment is confined only to references that might remain obscure to overseas / inexperienced solvers even with the answer visible, … Read more “Times Jumbo 827 – Get Weaving!”
Times Jumbo 826 (Sat 25 July 2009)
Found this quite easy at first but the last few answers were quite difficult, solving time, 61 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS1 P (A PER CH) AINS Very tricky with excellent misdirection. … Read more “Times Jumbo 826 (Sat 25 July 2009)”
Jumbo 825 (18th July)
No time noted, but I remember solving it one weekday on the train, probably about 40 minutes or so. Some tricky wordplay in places, but generally straightforward. Across 1 TEMPLAR – MP in (later)*. Templar … Read more “Jumbo 825 (18th July)”