Jumbo 1004

Author   helenoughamPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
Either this puzzle was easier than usual, or my nasty head-cold was actually speeding up the thought processes – I finished it in a little under 19 minutes.

As ever, * indicates an anagram.

Across
1 GABARDINE – BARD, in GA + IN + E
6 DESPAIR – (as pride)*
10 SLANG – cryptic indication; the reference is to ‘slanging matches’
13 ENGAGED – G + AGE, in END
14 SOLDI – SOLDIer. SOLDI is the plural of ‘soldo’, in former times a coin in Italy
15 CASSANDRA – CA’S + SANDRA
16 TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES – ALL IN TENTS, surrounded by (spare pounds to)*. This was my favourite clue of the puzzle – I loved ‘every camper’ as a definition of ALL IN TENTS
17 REMARK – RE + MARK. ‘Second book in series’ indicates MARK – the second in the biblical series Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
18 ANARCHIC – ARCH in A NICk. ‘Manx’ indicates curtailed, like a (tailless) Manx cat
19 CURABLE – double definition
22 DONNYBROOK – DO + N + NY (= New York) + BROOK. A DONNYBROOK is a slang term for a brawl, named after the fair that used to be held in Donnybrook, Dublin
23 SHEAPSHEARER – S + HEEP + SHEARER – the references are to Dickens’ Uriah Heep, and the dancer Moira Shearer
27 ILIAC – ail (reversed), in delICate
29 MATTING – Good, preceded by MATTINs
30 SIBERIAN – BERIA in SIN. BERIA was head of the Soviet secret police during the Second World War
32 CHORIAMB – (o chair)* + MB. A CHORIAMB is a foot in the sense of patterns in poetry or speech
34 CHIFFON – CHIN, around (of f) reversed
36 HOKUM – OK in HUM (as in ‘The Hums of Pooh’ by A. A. Milne)
39 EVOLUTIONIST – (vision let out)*
41 PROSPEROUS – PROSPERO (from ‘The Merchant of Venice’) + US
44 MARBLES – double definition. An alley is a type of marble in the game of marbles
46 SKYLIGHT – SLIGHT around KY
48 HERMES – E in HER MS – MS = manuscript, defined by ‘writing’ here
50 FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE – double definition, one of the two being a (rather ghoulish) cryptic indication
53 ORCHESTRA – cryptic definition
54 ICENI – I + I, surrounding CEN which is ‘reportedly’ the same sound as ‘seen’. Must admit I’ve never pronounced ICENI quite like that!
55 MONEYED – ONE in MY EDitor
56 TARRY – TAR + RailwaY. ‘Rating’ here defines a sailor, hence the slang TAR
57 RATCHET – (the cart)*
58 GOLDENROD – OLDEN R, in dog (reversed)

Down
1 GHENT – GENT around H. Reference is to the poem ‘How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix’ by Robert Browning
2 BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR – EGG in BAR, + (by ruing home)*
3 REGULARLY – SHOES consists of alternate, hence regularly positioned, letters from ‘schooners’
4 IODINE – ODIN in IE
5 EASTERNMOST – STERN MOS, in EAT
6 DILATORY – DI + TORY, around LA (= Los Angeles)
7 SPINACH – (panics)* + H
8 ARCHDUCHESS – ARCH + CHESS around DUe
9 RESOURCES – RESCuES around OUR
10 SCAMPER – S + CAMPER
11 ANDES – (S + Edna) reversed
12 GOAT’S BEARD – GOAT’S + D, around BEAR
17 RADII – I replacing O in RADIO
20 BARRACK-ROOM LAWYER – cryptic definition
21 CRIMEA – CRIME + A
24 HAGGIS – A + Generous + Grant, in HIS
25 EARTH – hEARTH
26 PISCES – Some + Cooks, in PIES
28 CORFU – COR + FUn. ‘My’ defines COR, in the sense of an exclamation
31 BANISH – BASH around NI. ‘six counties’ refers to Northern Ireland
33 BONDSERVANT – (e brands on TV)*
35 FORTHCOMING – FORMING around (TocH)*
37 MUSES – M + USES
38 PERMAFROST – PERM + A + FROST
40 INSPECTOR – P in IN SECTOR
42 EMERGENCE – EMERGENCy + E
43 LIFEBELT – LT around (belief)*
45 LATHERY – (ale try host)*
47 YIDDISH – DIY (short for do-it-yourself; reversed) + DISH
49 THYMOL – THY + MO + L
51 ONCER – hidden in londON CERemony. A ONCER was a term for a £1 note
52 ENDED – E + ED around ND

2 comments on “Jumbo 1004”

  1. Well, I found this easy too, but not that easy Helen! Around 35 mins for me, in two sessions. Possibly if I had a head cold… 🙂
    Parsing of 3dn was a mystery, until now.
  2. Well, I suppose I found it easy, too, since I got it in under an hour (57′). Couldn’t parse 3d, or 2d, and DNK ‘cradle’ in the relevant sense at 50ac, THYMOL, CHORIAMB, or ONCER–although that may have appeared in a cryptic before. I liked 16ac and 56ac.

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