Jumbo 1111 – September 20th – “ME NO UNDER-STANDEE”

Author   fathippy2Posted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
Strange one this, where one clue (8D) felt like it took about as long as the whole rest put together. The clues all went in quite quickly, and then I stared at S-A-D-E for ages. A combination of having not heard the word before, and also the slightly wide ranging definition were my come-uppance. In retrospect, probably something you could put in and hope for the best, which is what I eventually did, for lack of better option.

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Across
1 DEMAGOGUE – DEM(ocrat) then sounds like AGOG = keen. Whole is “tub-thumper”
6 PRESSURE GROUP – PRESSURE=stress, R=right, inside GO UP =climb
13 STRIP – double def (to tear a stip in anger)
14 SPRINGBOARD – S = sons, P = quietly, RING BOARD = contact managers
15 RECUR – hidden, (inspi)RE CUR(iosity)
16 NITTY GRITTY – One of those clues that verges on being a straight clue such is the similarity between word play and surface.
17 LUDICROUSLY – anagram of RIDICULOUSLY, without one I.
18 UNLADEN – L(orries) inside UN = a, french , ADEN = port
20 CARBIDE – BID = offer (unless you work in finance!), inside CARE = charge
21 ROLL-TOP – LL = lines, inside ROT = nonsense, OP = work
23 BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – BOSS = executive, around (STATE CASH SUM NOT)*
27 OAR – sounds like OR = alternative
28 RACEME – RACE ME is an invitation to compete
29 LOOFAH – H(ow) A FOOL = blockhead, all reversed
31 GROUNDNUT – G=good, NUT = teachers (union) after ROUND = drinks for everyone.
34 PLAINSONG – Lied here is the germanic LIED = song, after (PAL)*, IN = popular.
35 LODGER – may be wrong but I took this to be a cryptic definition making distinction between the LODGE and the GATEHOUSE as different parts of the estate, coupled with a lodger requiring accomodating.
36 AWNING – (captai)N inside A-WING = in flight
39 ELI – E(c)L(a)I(r)
40 BET ONES BOTTOM DOLLAR – If you were in BOSTON, you would be using dollars, and betting your very last one, certainly risks ending up bankrupt.
42 INTERIM – I = current, inside IN TERM = when kids are at school
43 WHETHER – sounds like WEATHER = wind and rain, the definition is just “If”
45 IGNOBLE – NOBLE = coin, after GI = soldier, reversed. Whole is “base”
47 TESSELLATED – TESS = the heroine of a Hardy novel, ELATED = cock-a-hoop, around L = large.
49 OUTWARDNESS – OUT = blooming, SEN = old nurse, reversed, inside WARDS = sickrooms
51 REDID – RED = leftist, ID = papers, definition is “again prepared”
52 TRAGEDIENNE – (INTERNE)* around AGED
53 MANNA – MANN = German author, A
54 CAMBRIDGE BLUE – C,BLUE = two conservatives, AMBRIDGE is the fictional setting for the Archers. One assumes the surface is meant to suggest Jeffery Archer ?!
55 EXTIRPATE – EX PATE = former head, around TIR(e) = flag, shortly

Down
1 DISENCUMBER – anagram of BUS, RIDE, MEN, C(laimed)
2 MARITAL – LAM = strike, reversed, around RITA = woman
3 GUPPY – GUY = fellow, outside PP = very soft
4 GASTRONOMY – G = grand, ASTRONOMY = Herschel’s study
5 ERRATIC – RAT = strike breaker, inside ERIC = Eric Morecambe
6 PENNY DREADFUL – PENNY = woman, D = daughter, READ = digested, FUL(l) = almost complete
7 EMBELLISH – MBE = honour, (h)ELLISH = terrible, losing head.
8 STANDEE – STAND = put up with, E(normous) E(xpense) – My bete noir for this puzzle.
9 REDECORATION – RE = soldiers, DECORATION = award
10 GARGOYLES – G = good, GO =turn, Y = unknown, inside ARLES = french city
11 ORCAS – hidden in (maj)OR CAS(ualties)
12 PARTY SPIRIT – P = quietly, ARTY = cultured, SPIRIT = person
19 DOORMAN – ROOD = cross, reversed, AN = article, around M = medium
22 THORNBILL – (caugh)T, HORNBILL = tropical bird. Not sure I like a clue with such similar sounding birds clueing each other.
24 SOCIALIST – SO = thus, CIA = american intelligence, LIST = register
25 SHOTGUN – SHOGUN, outside (shor)T
26 SEGMENT – G-MEN = FBI agents, inside SET = standard
30 HYDROCHLORIDE – (dry old choir he)*
32 NEWBORN – sounds like KNEW = perceived, and BORNE = endured
33 CONTEMPLATED – CON = criminal, TEMPTED = disposed, outside LA = city
34 PREHISTORIC – P = pressure, (chorister)* outside I
37 GARTER SNAKE – anagram of SNAG, A TRE(k)KER.
38 AMBIVALENT – VAL = girl, E,N = quarters, inside AMBIT = range
40 BARTENDER – One bumping off would be an “ENDER” , BART is an abbreviation for BARONET.
41 SPEEDWELL – A WELL of SPEED would be a source of metamphetamine.
43 WATTAGE – sounds like WHAT AGE = which generation. I wonder if the juxtaposition of GENERATION and ELECTICITY could have been better harnessed for a misleading surface.
44 RETINUE – RUE = plant, around, E(mpty), TIN = can.
46 BIENNIA – sounds like BUY ANY, then A = article
48 SODOM – SO = note, DOM = Catholic dignitary
50 DEMUR – DEMUR(e) = largely coy

2 comments on “Jumbo 1111 – September 20th – “ME NO UNDER-STANDEE””

  1. One of those Saturdays where I was definitely on the wavelength of the very ‘friendly’ setter. Only sixteen minutes which must be a PB for the Jumbo. Tippex was applied in one place!

    Thanks to setter and blogger.

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