Jumbo 1183

Author   sghansonPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
I had to check a couple of the answers and components as they were outside my knowledge, but the wordplay for all the clues was clear.

A fair Jumbo for Boxing Day.

Happy New Year to all.

Across
1 ANGOLA – GOL = LOG = record, reversed in (ban)ANA
4 SUNGLASSES – the two women in the clue could be defined as SUNG LASSES as they feature in songs
10 RABID – R.A. = artist, B(ritish), I.D. = papers
14 TRATTORIA – TRAT = TART = pastry, reversed, TO, (rest)RI(cted), A(rea)
15 ON THE CONTRARY – (NOT THE CARRY ON)*
16 MISLEAD – ISLE = small piece of land, in MAD = crazy
17 SWINISH – SWISH = smart, around IN = home
18 NON-SKID – NO, (fu)N, S(mall), KID = child
19 TAKEN DOWN A PEG OR TWO – TAKEN DOWN = noted, APE = primate, (TO GROW)*
21 HOLE – sounds like WHOLE = intact
24 NERYS – hidden in gunNERY Seargeant
26 PECORINO – P.E. = exercises, CORIN = Redgrave, O = round
27 EYEBATHS – (BY THE SEA)*
29 VISIONARIES – VISION = seeing, ARIES = stars
30 YACHTSWOMAN – (AMYS ON WATCH)*
32 ARRANGEMENT – ARRAN = island, GET = bring, around MEN = workers
35 TRICERATOPS – TRICE = twinkling, RA = sun god, TOPS = kills
37 UNSEEING – (US ENGINE)*
39 ORCADIAN – ORCA = whale, DIAN(a) = huntress
40 EDITH – hidden in likED IT Here. Referring to the Sitwells
43 TRIO – hidden in illusTRIOus
44 IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS – (NO NUTRIENTS IN CREAM)*
47 FINALLY – FIN = stabiliser, ALLY = friend
48 EDITION – (s)EDITION = treachery
50 UKRIDGE – U.K. = this country, RIDGE = crest. I had to look this one up to confirm
51 COLLABORATION – COLLATION = meal, around A.B. = sailor and O.R. = soldiers
52 MERCURIAL – E.R. = queen, CURIA = court, in ML = 1050 in Roman numerals
53 SIEVE – SI = IS reversed, EVE = first mate
54 TITLE DEEDS – TIT = bird, LEEDS = city, around either end of E(xtende)D
55 VERGER – VERGE = brink, R(ight)
 
Down
1 AUTOMATON – A, UN = French one, around TOMATO = fruit
2 GRASS SKIRTS – GRASS = Mary Jane, SKIRTS = avoids. I was not aware of Mary Jane as a slang term for marijuana (honest).
3 LETHEAN – LEAN = list, around THE = article
5 URALS – (m)URALS = art on walls
6 GOOD IN PARTS – double definition, the second referring to the theatrical meaning of HAM = bad actor
7 ASTRINGENCY – AGENCY = office, around STRIN(e) = Australian
8 SHEPHERD – SHE = female, P.H. = public house, (mil)E, RD = road
9 STORNOWAY – STOR(y) = tale, NO WAY = definitely not
10 RETINA – RETAIN = keep, with the A moved to the end
11 BLACK BOTTOM – B(arn), LACK BOTTOM = be unfathomable
12 DRYAD – DRY = droll, AD = bit of publicity
13 PRIDE OF PLACE – double definition
20 NUCLIDES – (UNCLE SID)*
22 ESSENES – ESSEN = German city, with the central letters of(prot)ES(tant)
23 EBBW VALE – EBB = go out, W(ith), VALE(t) = servant
25 SPOON-FED – SPOON = old (golf) club, FED = US agent
28 ACTIVIST – ACT IV = later part of play, IS T(ime)
29 VIADUCT – VI = little woman, A, DUCT = tube
31 THE ANTIQUARY – (QUAINT EARTHY)*. Had to check the Scott reference after solving
33 RUSSIAN BLUE, RUSS, IAN = couple of boys, BLUE = unhappy
34 TYRANNICIDE – TYR = god, ANNIE = orphan, around C.I.D. = police. I had to check the god
35 TRAGEDIENNE – (IN GREAT NEED)*
36 OTIS REDDING – (ID TRIED SONG)*
38 NANNY GOAT – double definition
41 HOSTELLER – HOS = calls, TELLER = bank clerk
42 COVENANT – COVE = old-fashioned fellow, N(ew) ANT = worker
45 TORTURE – TORT = wrong, alternate letters in qUaRtEt
46 ALSACE – ALS(o) = too, ACE = brilliant
47 FACTS – F(ine), ACTS = book
49 NOMAD – NO = ON, reversed, MAD = barking

4 comments on “Jumbo 1183”

  1. I can’t remember much about this, but I do know that I’d never heard of Ebbw Vale, and may have used aids to find it; if not, certainly checked after. DNK NERYS, and in fact don’t know it again; I’m off to look it up. By a happy coincidence, I’d just read a Wodehouse story featuring Ukridge a few days earlier; my first dealings with someone other than Bertie and Jeeves.
  2. The precise reverse of kevin gregg for some reason… no Welsh problems at all but never heard of Ukridge. Still, the wordplay sufficed.
    I am familar with The Antiquary as a fine Scotch whisky.. an upmarket blend. Now finally, I discover where it got its name!
  3. 37m. Another who had never heard of the Welsh town. It looked pretty unlikely, but then Welsh names often do, and the wordplay seemed clear. A smattering of other unknowns but no major horse-frigheteners.
  4. Of medium difficulty for me, wordplay helpful for the unknown ones, COD NOMAD if you read the clue in a smutty way, he he. ( Ong’ara, Nairobi, Kenya )

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