Jumbo 1101 – Saturday 19th July

Author   fathippy2Posted on Categories Weekend Cryptic
Apologies for the delay, lost internet connection on Sunday and didnt recover until today. Thought about typing up on the phone, but couldnt really bring myself to do that. The puzzle itself was straightforward. Didnt know HIGH TEST or VICHY, but these were easy to get from wordplay/checkers.
Hopefully this sneaks in late enough not to get in the way of Jimbos daily swan song.

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Across
1 GLOSS OVER – LOSS inside GOVER(nment)
6 CENTAVO – (once VAT)*
10 WATCH – double def
13 RETINOL – IT inside LONER, all reversed
14 SMARTIE – (tries)* outside MA = degree
15 TOTEMIC – TOTE = bear, MIC(e) = smaller creatures, mostly
16 GENERAL PRACTITIONER – GIP with the I removed, is GP, which expands as per answer. The whole is an &lit.
17 PIE – PI = very good, E = english
18 NOTING – NO TING = lacking bell sound
20 SCORCH – COR(e) = mostly whats essential, in SCH = school
21 DISCOVERY – DISCO = nightclub, VERY = dead, as in “dead clever”
23 CASHEW NUTS – WE reversed, after CASH = bread, then NUTS = crackers
25 TEACHERLESS – TEARLESS, around C(ollege) HE = fellow
29 AXIOM – X = times, A = article, reversed, IOM = Isle of Man = island
30 AVERMENT – MEN = people, inside AVERT = stop
31 AGREES TO – (so/e great)*
34 SNAPPIER – photographer might SNAP the PIER at Blackpool
36 DILIGENT – DI = inspector, LIT = fired up, outside GEN = info
37 ADORE – (b)A(n)D (f)O(u)R (m)E(n)
39 CAPARISONED – PARIS = Trojan prince, ONE, inside CAD
41 GANGSTA RAP – GAG = crack, STAR = celebrity, A, P = piano, around N
43 CANTONESE – CAN = canadian, TONE’S = accent’s, E = oriental.
45 PERUSE – PERU’s = country’s, E(conomic)
47 SCHEMA – S = suceeded, CHE = revolutionary, AM = american, reversed
49 ORE – ORE(gon)
50 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – MISS = girl, I, ON = working, ACCOMPLISHED = expert.
52 BROWNIE – I.E. = that is, after BROWN = toast
53 BLERIOT – BLE(w), RIOT
54 RATTING – RATING, outside T
55 READE – READE(r)
56 DWELT ON – WELT = mark, inside DON = teacher
57 REDACTION – ED, ACTION, after R(eporters)

Down
1 GARAGING – RAG = kid, I, inside GANG
2 OFTEN – hidden – (inter)NET FO(llowed), “up” indicating the reversal
3 SANDRINGHAM – AND = with, RING = band, inside SHAM = unreal
4 VILELY – VI(ew), LELY
5 RESTRUCTURED – RUC = former police force, TUR(f)ED, all after REST = others
6 CHANCER – CHAUCER, with middle letter changed
7 NOTWITHSTANDING – NO TWIT (hence sensible), STANDING = seeking election, after H(ustings).
8 AMERINDIAN – N = note, inside A MERIDIAN = a circle
9 OCTANTS – OCT = several weeks, ANTS = workers
10 WATERCOURSE – Vichy is a type of water, COARSE sounds like COURSE
11 TIMEPIECE – PIECE for TIME, might be an article for a US magazine
12 HACKERY – (t)HACKER(a)Y
19 TSARINA – (artisan)*
22 TWEAKERS – WEAKER = less effective, inside ST = street = way, reversed
24 SEMI INDEPENDENT – (t)IMES, reversed, INDEPENDENT, both being papers
26 HIGH TEST – HIGH = school, TEST = exam, did not know the gas, but apparently it is the same as HIGH OCTANE
27 SHOWER – double def, the first being “a person showing”
28 BARSAC – BARS = taverns, AC = appellation controlee
32 STORAGE – OR = gold, in STAGE
33 DENNIS POTTER – (pinter doesnt)*
35 PERFORMANCE – PERFORCE, outside MAN
37 ANARCHISTIC – ARCH IS, inside ANTIC
38 UNRELIABLE – UNE = french individual, LIABLE = likely, outside R = right
40 PONDEROSA – (arose)* after POND
42 CARDIGAN – DIG = really like, after CAR, then AN
43 CLOBBER – double def
44 EAST END – (f)EASTED, around N
46 RUCTION – (in court)*
48 SPARED – (padres)*
51 HEIDI – HE = ambassador, IDI (amin) is the despot

3 comments on “Jumbo 1101 – Saturday 19th July”

  1. DNK 22d, DNK and CNB (could not believe) 30ac, which disbelief slowed me down a bit. At the end of “Casablanca”, Claude Rains starts to pour himself a glass of Vichy water, until he notices the label (conveniently printed in English) and drops the bottle in the wastebasket.
  2. I found this one a little harder than average and it took me 58 mins with the previously unknown HIGH TEST my LOI.
  3. 31:48 here for a delightful puzzle (which I solved some time ago but have only just got round to checking through the clues).

    I didn’t know TWEAKERS = (specifically) “screwdrivers” and the only reference I can find is under “Tweaking” in wikipedia.

    I’m pretty sure the “gas” in 26dn is petrol, as in “step on the gas” (the setter has usefully included a question mark at the end of the clue).

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