Jumbo 1053

Author   sghansonPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
Posting this quickly as I am away. No particular issues or queries – a fairly standard Jumbo

Across
1 DISCONCERTS – DISCS = records, around ON, CERT = winner, inevitably
7 JACKET – JACK = tar, (th)E (boa)T
10 OUCH – t(OUCH)e = you hit me
14 PEERAGE – PEER = look, AGE = mature
15 PALADIN – PA(LAD)IN = LAD in PAIN = hurting boy
16 BROADEN – ROAD = highway in BEN = mountain
17 SELF-APPOINTED – (not very) cryptic definition
18 MASSACRES – MASSES = ordinary people, around CAR*
19 TUNIS – TUN = large cask, IS
21 TRADE ROUTE – (RUDE TO RATE)*
23 BITCHY – B(ig), ITCHY = irritating
25 REBUTTAL – REAL = genuine, around BUTT = targeted person
26 MOVING PICTURES – MOVING = kinetic, PICTURES = art
29 GREMLIN – (M(a)LINGER)
30 INDIGNANT – INDIAN = Asian, T(eam), around GN = guinea
31 MEDIA – M(ale), EDIA = AIDE = assistant, reversed
32 LEMUR – hidden in temp(LE MUR)al
34 ESTABLISH – (HIS STABLE)*
37 NOTEPAD – P.A. = per annum = every year, in NOTED = well-known
39 AUSTRALIAN ALPS – (SATURNALIA, PALS)*
41 CEREMONY – cryptic definition
43 TRILBY – I LB = one pound, in TRY = make an effort
44 REDECORATE – double definition, the second referring to the addition of a bar to a military decoration
45 SEOUL – I think this is referring to the homonym SOUL = singe person, adding another would make two souls thus doubling up
48 PRECLUDED – PRELUDED = performed musical introduction (I did not know that PRELUDE could be treated as a verb), around C = key
49 OVERSPREADING – OVER = part of (cricket) test, READING = interpretation, around S(econd) P(age)
51 TITHING – THING = object, around IT
52 EL GRECO – cryptic definition
53 IRONIST – IRON = club, IS, T(ime). Swift is Jonathan Swift
54 RODE – sounds like ROWED and ROAD
55 BOLTON – BOLT ON = attached in addition
56 TELEGRAPHED – TELEGRAPH ED(itor) = rival boss
 
Down
1 DEPOSIT – (TOP SIDE)*. Only six of the seven letters move in the anagram
2 SPELLING BEE – SPELLING = giving a rest, BEE = worker
3 OSAKA – OAK = wood, A, around S(tored)
4 CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE – (ONE DESPERATE CALL)
5 REPRISAL – (PARRIES)*, L(eft)
6 SPLIT SECOND – SPLIT = left, SECOND = provide support
7 JADED – JADE = precious stone, D(iamonds)
8 CINEMATOGRAPHY – (TORY CAMPAIGN HE)*
9 EMBOSS – M(illions) in E(nglish) BOSS = manager
11 UNDERSCORED – double definition
12 HONESTY – HONE = sharpen, STY = pen
13 MORALIST – R.A. = artist, in MO = second, LIST = catalogue
20 SETTLER – SETTER = I, for example, around L(ine)
22 OWING – WIN = victory, in O.G. = own goal = defesive blunder
24 DISTANCE LEARNING – cryptic definition
25 REGALIA – G = grand, in REALIA = everyday teaching aids
27 STAND-BY – double definition
28 FIFTH AMENDMENT – F(ine), IF, THAT, around MEND = darn, MEN = guys
31 MOTHERS – M(asculine), OTHERS = not those
33 MISDIRECTED – (DISCREDIT ME)*
35 BLAKE – B(lack), LAKE = pigment
36 IMPROVEMENT – hidden in claIM PROVE MEN Tried
38 PHOTO-FINISH – cryptic definition
40 RABELAIS – RAB ELA = ALE BAR = drink pub, reversed, IS
42 BAR STOOL – BARS = pieces of music, TOOL = instrument
43 TIPSTER – P = quiet, ST = way, in TIER = bank
46 LIGATED – L(earner), I, GATED = kept in school
47 ADAGIO – ADO = fuss, around A GI = a soldier
49 ORGAN – double definition
50 AGORA – AGRA = Asian city, around O(ld)

2 comments on “Jumbo 1053”

  1. One of the rare times lately that I’ve finished in under an hour, with no marginal comments or ?s. I liked 22dd and 40d, although ‘bawdy writer’ was perhaps overly helpful. On 45ac, I read it as single=sole, person=soul, so that sole soul doubles Seoul; or something like that.
  2. I on the other hand had three clues with a ?, ie solved, but not parsed. 10ac because I failed to think of touché; 25dn because realia was new to me; and 45ac, which I still don’t understand.

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