Solving time: 25:40, 1 mistake (24D)
An easyish Jumbo, but with plenty of interesting words and wordplay. One careless mistake from me, so I’m wearing that cap again..
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | EX,CEL(l) – an easy enough clue, but well-made – a good start. |
| 15 | W(ICKET-KEEP=(kite pecke(d)*)ING |
| 17 | TIT FOR TAT – Cockney rhyming slang for “hat”, also seen as “titfer”. |
| 19 | RE,M=Marks,BRA(NDTES=dentsd*)QUE – Georges Braque developed cubism in collaboration with Picasso |
| 22 | OPENING – (Nine P) in GO, all reversed |
| 27 | S(ABRE=bear*,T)OOTHED |
| 35 | GRA(PEI=pie*)VY – grape ivy is a climbing vine, apparently |
| 41 | IN(DE)CISION |
| 45 | B(ARC)ODES,CANNER – arc=discharge, bodes=foreshadows |
| 49 | MARRY INTO = (manor I try)* |
| 53 | BOU(t),GAIN,VILL(E)A |
| 56 | G(RAYS)EL,e.g.,Y |
| Down | |
| 2 | CATCH=tune=strain,MEN,TAR,EA. |
| 4 | CORD,OVA – more accurate English spelling of Cordoba – one of the cities in Europe I most want to visit some day. |
| 5 | VALET,U,(or)DINARY – very clever weaving together of the necessary bits and pieces to make a convincing surface reading. |
| 6 | ROWNTREE = (were torn) – the Rowntree foundation, started by the sweety people, is still going after they were, er, swallowed up by Nestlé. |
| 7 | NACHO – rev. of (OH=”now I see”,CAN=preserve) |
| 8 | S(W)EETHE,ART |
| 12 | ELGIN = rev. of NI(G)LE |
| 20 | BRASSIERE = |
| 24 | CO,SMOG,ON,IC(e) – realised when writing this up that my hasty guess at COSMOGENIC doesn’t fit the wordplay, though it is a word. |
| 26 | IMP(OVER)ISH MEN,T |
| 33 | A(LLTI=till*),MERE,CORD |
| 34 | GLYNDEBOURNE = (on ugly bender)* – lovely image of posh patrons of the arts having had a bit too much bubbly with those famous picnics. |
| 38 | BO(M.B.)ARD,i.e.,R |
| 42 | POUND,AGE – that’s Ezra Pound. |
| 46 | CLA(RIF=fir rev.)Y |
| 50 | YOLKY – “even” letters in “mY bOwL oKaY” |
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