What ho!
Sorry this is another late one. I was away and then busy and whenever I have some free time to go on the computer my 16-year old always seems to be doing GCSE revision / watching rubbish music videos.
Any road up, I reckon this was the easiest Jumbo I’ve blogged to date, taking 25 minutes inclusing sussing out all the parsings and deciding which clues to mention in the blog (just a reminder that I don’t generally include explanations for all clues, just those that I think need explaining or are otherwise noteworthy. First in was CREEPERS, last CANYON.
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Across |
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1 |
COLD SWEAT – STAL{e} + WARTS |
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6 |
POVERTY – OVERT (conspicuous) inside (clothed by) P{rett}Y |
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10 |
WACKO – WA (Washington) + CO(mpany) around (K)ola with NUTS being the def |
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13 |
ENCHANT – {p}ENCHANT |
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14 |
COAL GAS – ALGA in COS |
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15 |
COTERIE – ERIE after COT |
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16 |
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR – “pretending to be devout” is PI and a P.I. (PI initially) is a Private Investigator. |
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23 |
STAMP ALBUM – STAMP (print) + ALBUM{en} |
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25 |
ELECTROLYTE – ELECT then Y(oung) T(oscanini) in ROLE |
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29 |
CHIPS – C(old) HIPS |
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30 |
SALESMAN – (males)* in SAN(itarium) |
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31 |
BEDSORES – BEDS + OR + {l}E{g}S. Surprised to see this as one word. |
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36 |
EARDRUMS – EA(ch) + DR in RUMS |
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37 |
LAYER – {p}LAYER |
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39 |
BACK PASSAGE – BACK for support + PASSAGE for EXTRACT with “that ends with colon” being the quirky def. Do overseas solvers know of this usage? |
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41 |
NE’ER-DO-WELL – (onedweller)* |
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43 |
TAXIDERMY – stuffing is the def, constructed thus: TAXI + DER (the in German) + MY for “Goodness me” |
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45 |
ARDENT – (Forest of) ARDEN + (mos)T |
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47 |
CANYON – C(onservative) + ANYON{e} with defile as a noun which I’ve only ever heard in this context in crosswords |
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50 |
MULTIPLICATION TABLE – M(ake) + (alittlepublication) with “product list” being the rather pleasing definition |
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53 |
DRUMMER – D(eparts) + RUMMER (a large drinking-glasses studded with prunts (me neither) to ensure a safe grip, popular in the Rhineland and the Netherlands from the 15th through the 17th century) and the definition cross references with 18a (rhythm). Q. What’s the difference between a drummer and a drum machine? A. You only have to punch the information into the drum machine once. |
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54 |
DEIFIED – I (one) in DEFIED |
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56 |
PERUSAL – SURE reversed in PAL (China plate = mate in CRS) |
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57 |
LIGHTNING – DD |
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Down |
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1 |
CREEPERS – CREE + PERS{on} |
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2 |
LICHI – hidden |
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3 |
STAY-AT-HOMES – (tothamessay)* |
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4 |
ENTREE – another hidden |
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5 |
TECHNOBABBLE – TECH + NOB + B(ritish) in ABLE |
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6 |
PLACEBO – PLACE + B.O. |
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7 |
VEGETABLE GARDEN – (get real vegan bed)* |
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8 |
ROSE GARDEN – NED RAGES O.R. reversed. Clever. I have to say I didn’t know NED was a contraction of Edward. Cripes knows what I did think it was a contraction of. Nedwin? Nedric? Nedbuchanezar? |
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9 |
YUCATAN – CAT in YUAN for the Mexican state we only know courtesy of Ian Dury |
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10 |
WATERMELONS – A TERM EL in SNOW reversed |
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12 |
OVERLAP – DD , one quirky |
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19 |
YTTRIUM – {tast}Y + TT (dry as in teetotal) + I in RUM. Another cute definition (table item). |
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22 |
GAGSTERS – GA{n}GSTERS |
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24 |
MASSAGE PARLOURS – AS (when) in (paramourslegs)* &Lit |
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26 |
TEESSIDE – TEES + SIDE |
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27 |
ENSURE – R(iver) in ENSUE |
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33 |
SUPERNATURAL – SUP + EAT around RN then URAL |
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35 |
IMPEDIMENTA – IMPEDIMENT + A(rmy) |
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37 |
LOW SALT DIET – (itallowsted)* |
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38 |
BABY MINDER – B.A. BINDER arouns MY reversed |
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40 |
COXWAINS – OX SWAIN in C{urrent}S |
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42 |
UNDERDOG – UNDERDO + G |
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48 |
HOT DOG – O + TD in HOG. Lots of dogs all of a sudden. TD = Teachta Dála, a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Irish Parliament |
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51 |
BLINI – Cool = IN, 16oz = 1LB, reverse it and what do you get? |
Thanks to blogger and setter.
David (Warwick)