JUMBO 1198

Author   sghansonPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
Nothing too taxing on this one, but in 18A there is an inconsistency that I am unsure about. All the references I found show a different spelling for the cryptic part, and I don’t think the question mark at the end covers this. I may have missed a reference, or the setter may have made an assumption. The Crossword Club Forum raised the point but no conclusion seems to have been reached.

Across
1 REJOINDER – JO = woman, in REINDE(e)R = caribou
6 DISHY – DI = girl, SHY = with little confidence
9 MANACLE – MAN = male worker, ACE = one, around L(ine)
13 BOMBE – BOMB = what very pricy items cost, E(xcept)
14 BRIGAND – BRIG = sailing ship, AND = with
15 CONUNDRUM – COD = fish, around NUN = sister, RUM = spirit
16 SHOULDER BAG – SHOULD = ought to, (BE, RAG)*
17 BOTHERATION – B = second class, ORATION = speech, around THE = article
18 POTAGE – double definition, the second cryptic and referring to the biblical “mess of pottage” for which Esau sold his birthright. The different spelling makes the clue a bit unsatisfactory to me
19 PROTRACT – PR – image promoting, O = circle TRACT = pamphlet
21 UPTAKE – UP = at university, KEAT(s)*
25 OFFICIAL – OFFAL = waste matter, around I.C.I. = chemical firm once
26 HOLD UP ONES HEAD – double definition, the second mildly cryptic
28 PANEL – double definition, the second referring to the bodywork of cars
29 TYPIST – cryptic definition
30 GOGONZOLA – GORGON = formidable woman, ZOLA = French writer
33 RESISTANCE – (SIN CREATES)*
35 GOSSIP – GO = try, S(mall), SIP = drink
36 CREPE – CREE = native AMerican, around P = soft
38 TAKE IN GOOD PART – TAKE IN = digest, GOOD PART = important dramatic role
40 TURNSPIT – TURNS = performances, PIT = band area
42 INSTIL – hidden in agaINST ILl-conceived
43 SOOTHING – SO(me)THING = important person, around O(ld)
44 LEEWAY – LAY = reclined, around E,E,W = directions
47 COGNOSCENTI – COG NO I = first lowly employee, around SCENT = perfume
50 FLEET STREET – FLEET = speedy, STREET = way
52 TRAITRESS – TRAITS = quirks, around R.E. = army corps, S(ergeants)
53 TOURISM – TOURS = French city, around I, M(anaged)
54 BADGE – BADGE(r) = pester
55 CHINDIT – CT = court, around HINDI = language
56 YUCKY – Y(outh), (l)UCKY = fortunate
57 ARCHETYPE – ARCH(i)E = man, TYPE = see 29A
 
Down
1 REBUS – RE = concerning, BUS = SUB = naval vessel, reversed
2 JUMP OUT OF ONES SKIN – double definition
3 IDEOLOGICAL – I.D. = papers, E(c)OLOGICAL = Green
4 DUBBED – D.D. = theologian, around U = posh, and E = quarter, all around B,B = bishops
5 RAINBIRD – R.A = painter, IN = during, BIRD = prison sentence
6 DRAUGHT-HORSE – DR = medic, (HAS TOUGHER)*
7 SIDEBOARDS – double definition
8 YACHT – YAT = TAY = river, reversed, around C.H. = companion
9 MANNEQUIN – M(arried), ANNE = woman, QUIN = one of several
10 NON-PARTISAN – N(ew), OP = work, around N = some number, ARTISAN = craftsman
11 CORGI – CO = business, R.I. = Rhode Island, around (operatin)G
12 ERMINE – ER, MINE = hesitant reply, possibly from Judge regarding ownership.
18 PROSPERITY – PROPERTY = estate, with S(ociety), and I = current inserted separately
20 TAPHOUSE – TO USE = to avail oneself of, around A P H(erbert)
22 KEEP ONES POWDER DRY – double definition
23 MANTUA – MU = Greek character, around ANT = worker, A
24 ADJACENTLY – (JET LADY CAN)*
27 SPECIOUS – SPOUS(e) = partner, around E.C. = City, and I(mpresario)
31 GYPSUM – GYPS(y) = traveller, UM = hesitation
32 FOURTH OF JULY – (JURY OFF TO HUL(l))*
34 SWIFT FOOTED – (Jonathan) SWIFT = dean, FED = took courses, around O(ld) and O.T. = books
36 CONTESTABLE – CONSTABLE = law enforcer, around TE = note
37 APHORISTIC – (TOP CHAIRS)* around I
39 GOLDCREST – GOLD = centre of target, C(aught), REST = others
41 ANGELICA – ANA = stories, around GEL = posh girl, and I.C. = in charge
45 ACETIC – A(s)CETIC = self-denier
46 ATOMIC – hidden in IndianA TO MIChigan
48 GHAZI – (Ben)GHAZI = Libyan port
49 NASTY – N(ame), A STY = a place of debauchery
51 THERE – THE R.E. = one section of army

4 comments on “JUMBO 1198”

  1. 20:25, which counts as easy for me (I don’t often break 20 minutes on these). I didn’t notice the POTAGE/POTTAGE problem but you might consider a question mark enough to cover the ‘mistake’ on the basis that it’s essentially the same word.
  2. The OED says for pottage: Etymology: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French potage. So not an issue, really. It’s not like the original was in either language, anyway… 😉

    1. Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels, was the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

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