You
know how some dishes, like a good curry, become more tasty after
keeping for a bit? Well that's what I found with this Jumbo, solving on
the day and then revisiting over a few sessions to do the blog. In all
it took me about 50 minutes to solve, which is just a little over
average for me for a Jumbo, I think, so we are in the goldilocks zone of
difficulty if my experience is anything to go by. There are plenty of
tasty morsels to tickle the tastebuds that I only really savoured
properly on a second helping. Witty surfaces, wordplay and sneaky
definitons abound, yet there are plenty of easily digestible appetiser
clues to whet the appetite and get your juices flowing for the chewier
bits. Some favourite bonbons for me were the "unmarried mum" at 21A, the
"former queen" at 43A , the "bones" at 52A, "being liable to change" at
1D, the topical Test Match reference at 2D and, for afters, the
pasteurised cheese at 40D (although I'd have preferred some Stilton).
Lovely stuff. Thanks you setter, and more like this, please, editor. So
how did you all get on? And what were your favourites?
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