Kind words indeed Steven & well done on finishing this one. It strikes me that's a perfect reason to send it in - to paraphrase another institution, "you can't win it if you're not in it"!
I stopped sending in the Jumbo after I was lucky enough to win it a few years back & while I confess to a certain frisson of excitement at seeing my name in print as the winner, I agree that the greater fun is to be had from solving the puzzle.
I hope your enjoyment of this wonderful art form never wanes & wish you luck when you send 1160 (& 1161, 62, 63...) in - go on, it's a stamp & an envelope! :-))