Jumbo 1051 – the cheeky hidden one on Bank holiday Monday (26th August)

Completely missed this one as it snuck into a Bank holiday paper without much flagging up. Only when my calendar looked wrong this Sunday did I realise what had happened and quickly looked it up on the crossword club, filled in online, and wrote up. According to the submission it took 1hr15, but the clock doesnt stop for breaks such as watching the tennis or painting the front door, so I suspect it was approximately half of that – 35-40 mins – and was therefore a fairly middling standard, perhaps without any individually difficult/obscure ones, no excellent clues, and nothing weak either.

o

Across
1 JUNIPER – I P(lanted) inside JUNE, R
5 SMACKERS – double def
9 PENANG – PEN ANG(ry)
13 GO FROM BAD TO WORSE – (bo, sort of word game)*
14 DIM SUM – DIM SUM (!!!!) a very common answer in crosswords from what I recall
16 ACADEMIA – AIMED, A, CA , all reversed
17 FLAK – FLA(n)K
18 WEIGH INTO – WEIGH IN, sounds like WAY IN, TO = shut. There have been a few discussions as to the exact meaning of the word to, as it has been used with both SHUT and AJAR as homonyms in various grids in the past
20 AT A PINCH – INCH, after A TAP
21 DETRAINMENT – (armed, intent)*
24 ABUNDANCE – BUN(g) in A DANCE
25 UNAFRAID – U, FAN reversed, RAID. Definition is just “game” as an adjective
26 FLAT – double def
29 MISANTHROPE – (smartphone I)*
31 KLEPTOMANIA – nice tongue in cheek cryptic, with nicked for “stole” and for “arrested”
33 RED CRESCENT – (recce ends)* in R(ou)T
36 STEAMROLLER – MAE reversed in STROLLER
38 LUBE – BLUE, with the B moving east, or to the right.
39 WOODRUFF – WOO (court) D, RUFF, which I assume is a technique in bridge.
41 ANNAPURNA – A,N, PAN reversed, URN, A for the mountain in the ANDES
44 STONEWALL – STONED around E, W, ALL
45 TACITURN – TURN around I in ACT
48 INDIGNANT – INN ANT around DIG
49 RAFT – (g)RAFT
50 ARCHAISE – (a car he is)*
52 DEARTH – DEATH around R
53 MAKE GREAT STRIDES – double def, slightly cryptic/tongue in cheek
54 EATING – (s)EATING
55 VENDETTA – VET around END, then TA
56 SINCERE – SIN RE, around CE ??civil engineer

Down
1 JIGSAW – JIGS, A, W
2 NO FEAR – NEAR around O, F
3 PROJECTED – PRO ED, around C in JET
4 RABBIT PUNCH – Go on/drink
5 SIDE – double def
6 A DOLLS HOUSE – (hes loud, also)*
7 KNOCKED BACK – triple def
8 ROSE WATER – AWE reversed in ROSTER
10 EPIPHANY – (anguis)H, PIPE, all reversed, ANY
11 ABSENTEE LANDLORD – SENT, in A BEE, LANDLORD. Got this straight off from “missing letter” so must have seen the same cryptic def before in the past ??
12 GUMBOOT – GUMBO, TO reversed
15 BIGAMIST – BIG MIST outside A. Slightly cryptic definition of a bigamist!
19 ANTELOPE – (c)ANT ELOPE
22 BALMORAL – B(r)A(w)L, then MORAL = just
23 OUTSIDE BROADCAST – one of those reverse engineered clues where (outside)* is TEDIOUS
27 TEA BREAK – BREA(m) in TEAK
28 UMBO – (j)UMBO
30 NARK – N, ARK
32 ELEGANCE – (senat)E, then EG in LANCE
34 STOW AWAY – SW keeping TO, A WAY
35 THUNDERHEAD – (had turned)* around HE
36 SAFETY-FIRST – SAY around FET(e), FIRST
37 MONETARISTS – MONET AR(t)ISTS
40 DELFTWARE – (trade, few)* around L(ombardy)
42 PERCHERON – PERCHER, ON (!!!)
43 HEIGHTEN – EIGHT inside HE, then N
44 SWINDLE – D(readfu)L inside SWINE. Def is just “Do”
46 RIDDLE – double def
47 PENSEE – PEN, SEE
51 DATA – A TAD, reversed. A clue seen a thousand times.

One comment on “Jumbo 1051 – the cheeky hidden one on Bank holiday Monday (26th August)”

  1. How nice of The Times to restore the bank holiday treats we used to get, and how professional of tftt to make sure we blog it!

Comments are closed.