Jumbo 1058

Apologies for the lateness of this post – a weekend away without a computer is to blame.

I don’t recall any particular issues with this one, apart from 8D where I may be missing something.

If the gentleman I met at Old Trafford over the weekend reads this – welcome to the blog and I hope you find something of interest.

Across
1 NIGHTCLUB – nigh = nearly, TUB = bath, around CL = one hundred and fifty
6 FOUR-POSTER – F(ollowing), OUR POST = the mail we get, ER = RE = on, reversed
12 HARPOON – HARP ON = speak tediously, around O(ld)
13 OWL PARROT – (h)OWL = cry, PARROT = repeat mechanically
14 REACH – (b)REACH
16 OVEREXPOSURE – OVER = some deliveries (cricket), EXPO = show, SURE = certain
17 WAGON TRAIN – (WARNING TO A)*
19 APPREHENSIVELY – (EVERY PLANE, SHIP)*
22 WHISKERY – WHISKEY = old-fashioned ingredient, around R(ight)
24 IGNORE – I = one, GORE = blood, around N = knight
25 NEGATIVISM – (A TIME SAVING)*
26 HIPPO – HIP = cool, PO = river
29 ELAN – N(ew), ALE = beer, reversed
30 SUPPOSED – SUP = drink, POSED = assumed an attitude
32 GASTROPUB – (A STOP, GRUB)*
34 APPARATUS – APT = suitable, around PARA = airborne soldier, U.S. = American
35 BESTIARY BEST = finest, (d)IARY = record of life
36 DEAR – DE(b)AR = keep out
39 STERN – (we)STERN = Brokeback Mountain, perhaps
40 POLITICIAN – (IN CAPITOL I)*
42 OOLONG – O,O = a couple of rounds
44 REDEEMER – RED = blood, E(uropean), EMER = R.E.M.E = engineers, reversed
46 QUINTESSENTIAL – (INQUESTS ENTAIL)*
48 LETTERHEAD – LETTER = landlord, HEAD = boss
49 MISSTATEMENT – MISS = overlook, TATE = art gallery, MEN = workers, T(endency)
53 ANNIE – central letters in infAnts juveNiles aNd agIng mEn
54 INTERFERE – FRET = worry, in IN ERE = home before
55 INTEGER – INTER = bury, around G(rav)E. The definition is “One perhaps”
56 KETTLEDRUM – KETTLED = confined by police, RUM = suspect. Is kettled just a UK term?
57 EYESTRAIN – EYES = surveys, TRAIN = school
Down
1 NERVE – NERV(a) = Roman emperor, E(astern). Had to check the emperor, as Nero seemed to give the right beginning to the solution
2 GOOSEBERRY – (ORGY, ROB, SEE)*
3 TONE POEM – ONE = unified, in TEMPO*
4 LYONS – hidden in (Neuil)LY-ON-S(eine)
5 BELGRAVIA – BELGRA(no) = ship sunk near Falklands, VIA
6 FEAT – FEA(s)T = lots of food
7 UNREAL – alternate letters in tUrNeR dEtAiLs
8 PETROCHEMISTRY – I am not entirely sure of the reference to popes. I assume it refers to Principi Apostolorum PETRO, leaving CHEMISTRY = personal relationship. PETRO- as a prefix means related to rocks.
9 STRATOSPHERE – (TO STARS)*, P(ressure), HERE = in this place
10 EMANATE – EMANA = A NAME = a title, reversed, TE(xt)
11 SHOOT A LINE – HOOT = siren’s noise, in SALINE = as the ocean is
15 HONEYCOMB – HONEY = love, COMB = prepare wool
18 PLEIADES – two cryptic definitions
20 PINEAPPLE – PINE = long, ALE = drink, around PP = very soft
21 SHEEPISHLY – SLY = knowing, around HEEP = Dickensian clerk I = one, SH = quiet
23 PILGRIMAGE – GRIM = forbidding, AG = silver in PILE = hoard
27 PEPPERONI – PEP = go, PERON = dictator, I(nspect)
28 MULTIPLE-CHOICE – cryptic definition
31 SABOTEUR – SEUR = RUES = regrets, reversed, around BOAT*
33 PRINCE REGENT – PR = pair, (s)INCERE = genuine, GENT = chap
34 AUSTRALIA – AU = gold, LIA = AIL = trouble, reversed, around STRA = ARTS = skills, reversed
37 REGULATORY – REGUL = LUGER = pistol, A TORY = a politician
38 POINSETTIA – POINS = friend of Hal (in Shakespeare), ETA = ATE = worried, around TI = IT reversed
41 CENTIPEDE – CENT = sounds like sent = dispatched, I(m)PEDE
43 ESCAPIST – (ITS SPACE)*
45 DETENTE – DEE(m) = think, around TENT = wine
47 CANTOR – hidden in (Ameri)CAN TOR(ch)
50 SCENE – (ob)SCENE
51 EGG ON – E.G. = for example, G(ood), ON = running
52 PRIM – PRIM(e) = chief