A new Jumbo PB for me, 24:51. Pretty sure that says more about the crossword than it does about me.
Not much more to say really, so here’s how I parsed it….
Not much more to say really, so here’s how I parsed it….
Clues are reproduced in blue, with the definition underlined. Anagram indicators are bolded and italicised. Then there’s the answer IN BOLD, followed by the parsing of the wordplay. (ABC)* means ‘anagram of ABC’.
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| 1 | Iris, artist with popular archer (7) |
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RAINBOW – RA (artist) + IN (popular) + BOW (archer) Archer as in “something that arches” |
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| 5 | After opening of boutique, all, note, have formal dress (4,4) |
| BALL GOWN – B (opening of Boutique) + ALL + G (note) + OWN (have) | |
| 9 | Strange assignment for henchman in film (6) |
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ODDJOB – ODD (strange) + JOB (assignment) Goldfinger’s sidekick. |
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| 13 | Go up once more with blade, then mend one’s ways (4,4,1,3,4) |
| TURN OVER A NEW LEAF – TURN (go) + OVER (up) + ANEW (once more) + LEAF (blade) | |
| 14 | Rodent, second seen in store (6) |
| MARMOT – MO (second) in MART (store) | |
| 16 | Synthetic substance: check involves smell, primarily (5) |
| RESIN – REIN (check) “involves” S (Smell, primarily) | |
| 17 | Dignified English circus clown (7) |
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AUGUSTE – AUGUST (dignified) + E (English) So apparently if you’re a clown, and you’re not a Whiteface or a Character clown, you’re an Auguste clown. Or president of the United States I guess. In googling Auguste for the blog, I discovered there’s a lot more to this clown business than meets the eye. And all of it very strange. |
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| 18 | Eccentric‘s putting game in appropriate bar (9) |
| FRUITCAKE – RU (game) in FIT (appropriate) + CAKE (bar) | |
| 19 | Slam cruel, corrupt Roman general (9) |
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MARCELLUS – (SLAM CRUEL)* You’ll remember this guy from the Gallic war of 225 BC. Or as Jules’ and Vincent’s boss in Pulp Fiction. |
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| 21 | Outrage about sappers being responsible for gear (7) |
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APPAREL – APPAL (outrage) “about” RE (sappers) Verb form of “outrage” required here. |
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| 22 | Utter confusion caused by half of maps produced by mapmakers (5) |
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CHAOS – CHA [half of CHArts(maps)] + OS (mapmakers) Ordnance Survey are the mob that makes most of the maps in Great Britain. |
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| 23 | Close firm (5) |
| TIGHT – Double definition | |
| 25 | Lead weapon used by chief (9) |
| SPEARHEAD – SPEAR (weapon) + HEAD (chief) | |
| 27 | Affiliated company confronting dubious agent (7) |
| COGNATE – CO (company) + (AGENT)* | |
| 29 | Awkward situation, tho’ resolved by King Edward? (3,6) |
| HOT POTATO – (THO)* + POTATO (King Edward?) | |
| 31 | Declaration in part of speech, something that’s binding? (13) |
| PRONOUNCEMENT – PRONOUN (part of speech) + CEMENT (something that’s binding) | |
| 34 | Opportunity taken by surgeon’s assistant: job in department store? (6,7) |
| WINDOW DRESSER – WINDOW (opportunity) + DRESSER (surgeon’s assistant) | |
| 35 | Easily moved about male priest, the focus of attention (9) |
| LIMELIGHT – LIGHT (easily moved) “about” M (male) + ELI (priest) | |
| 37 | Done messing with gun: prison the result (7) |
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DUNGEON – (DONE + GUN)* One of those rare ones where the definition is not at either end of the clue. |
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| 39 | Mechanical man in car on about rug (9) |
| AUTOMATON – AUTO (car) + ON “about” MAT (rug) | |
| 42 | Pleasant hugging European relative (5) |
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NIECE – NICE (pleasant) “hugging” E (European) Bit of a chestnut. |
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| 43 | Bone is broken by northern copper (5) |
| INCUS – IS “broken by” N (northern) + CU (copper) | |
| 45 | Intimidating woman filled with love for cavalryman (7) |
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DRAGOON – DRAGON (intimidating woman) “filled with” O (love) Really, in this day and age? Oh well, move on… |
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| 47 | Jogger grabbing a rest (9) |
| REMAINDER – REMINDER (jogger) “grabbing” A | |
| 49 | With vigour, teachers producing biscuit (6,3) |
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GINGER NUT – GINGER (vigour) + NUT (teachers) National Union of Teachers, which (obviously) I only know from crosswords. |
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| 50 | Defiant remark from habitual drunkard present (2,5) |
| SO THERE – SOT (habitual drunkard) + HERE (present) | |
| 52 | Fur, first of bargains in market (5) |
| SABLE – B (first of Bargains) in SALE (market) | |
| 54 | Peninsula in Russian region, not small (6) |
| IBERIA – sIBERIA (Russian region) not S (small) | |
| 55 | Really hard individuals over the top about morality (6,2,8) |
| HONEST TO GOODNESS – H (hard) + ONES (individuals) + TTO [OTT (over the top) reversed (about)] GOODNESS (morality) | |
| 56 | Channel close to Viking, say (6) |
| GUTTER – G (close to vikinG) + UTTER (say) | |
| 57 | Cheeky rascal, pupil throwing stone (8) |
| IMPUDENT – IMP (rascal) + UDENT [stUDENT (pupil) “throwing” ST (stone)] | |
| 58 | Land mass area? US, I suspect (7) |
| EURASIA – (AREA US I)* | |
| Down | |
| 1 | Replace striker in second game between teams (6,5) |
| RETURN MATCH – RETURN (replace) + MATCH (striker) | |
| 2 | Girl holding key for Welshman (5) |
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IDRIS – IRIS (girl) “holding” D (key) Pick a girl, pick a key, pick a Welshman. Not a great clue in my opinion. |
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| 3 | Have in cheese and cake (7) |
| BROWNIE – OWN (have) in BRIE (cheese) | |
| 4 | Time to bring down the curtain, taking everything into consideration? (4,3,2,4,3,4) |
| WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – Double definition | |
| 5 | Sweetheart gets upset about ending in feature film (4,5) |
| BEAU GESTE – BEAU (sweetheart) + (GETS)* “about” E (ending in featurE) | |
| 6 | Shows the way in speech in Yorkshire city (5) |
| LEEDS – Homophone for LEADS (shows the way) | |
| 7 | Jazzman‘s guide covering EP with singular content (9) |
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GILLESPIE – GILLIE (guide) “covering” ESP [EP with S (singular) content] A Scottish hunting guide apparently. |
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| 8 | Punishment? Why? (4,3) |
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WHAT FOR – Double definition We’ve seen this one twice lately haven’t we? |
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| 10 | Radical doctor with a brief fix (7) |
| DRASTIC – DR (doctor) + A + STIC [“brief” STICk (fix)] | |
| 11 | Creole dish Jack baked initially in a former Asian state (9) |
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JAMBALAYA – J (Jack) + B (Baked initially) in A + MALAYA (former Asian state) Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the Bayou. Yeah, try getting rid of that ear-worm now. |
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| 12 | Climber has cold toffee, perhaps (11) |
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BITTERSWEET – BITTER (cold) + SWEET (toffee perhaps) And a nice little number from the Hoodoo Gurus back in the day. |
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| 15 | Dillinger, say, well-known by the other side and myself (6,5,6,3) |
| PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE – PUBLIC (well-known) + ENEMY (the other side) + NUMBER ONE (myself) | |
| 20 | Bishop forced out of resort town? Absolutely correct (5-2) |
| RIGHT-ON – B (bishop) “forced out of” BRIGHTON (resort town) | |
| 21 | A rugby player — very large, incidentally (7) |
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APROPOS – A + PROP (rugby player) + OS (very large) Almost an &LIT! (with apologies to Bigtone). |
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| 24 | Couple getting book about revolutionary seed (7) |
| TWOSOME – TOME (book) “about” WOS [reversed (revolutionary) SOW (seed)] | |
| 26 | Funny turn after onset of dizziness (5) |
| DROLL – ROLL (turn) after D (onset of Dizziness) | |
| 28 | Troublemaker in Russian government wanting new leader (7) |
| GREMLIN – KREMLIN (Russian government) wanting new first letter (leader) | |
| 30 | Oxygen required by huge Greek character (5) |
| OMEGA – O (oxygen) + MEGA (huge) | |
| 32 | Rowing types, terrible moaners (7) |
| OARSMEN – (MOANERS)* | |
| 33 | For example, leader of group and top boffin (7) |
| EGGHEAD – EG (for example) + G (leader of Group) + HEAD (top) | |
| 34 | Union Party’s band? (7,4) |
| WEDDING RING – Cryptic definition | |
| 36 | Novel, these swallowing bitter aloes at the start (3,5,3) |
| THE CRUEL SEA – THESE “swallowing” CRUEL (bitter) + A (Aloes at the start) | |
| 38 | Argument against reflecting on trial? That’s a foregone conclusion (2,7) |
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NO CONTEST – NOC [CON (argument against) reversed (reflecting)] + ON + TEST (trial) Bit like Freo and the Swans today, but you might have missed that one. |
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| 40 | A suture’s come loose around old outfit (9) |
| TROUSSEAU – (A SUTURES)* around O (old) | |
| 41 | Ended up expelled (6,3) |
| TURNED OUT – Double definition | |
| 44 | Free from bacteria — theatre, ultimately, following new creation of Lister (7) |
| STERILE – E (theatrE, ultimately) following (LISTER)* | |
| 46 | A musical work, perhaps from Bart, for musicians (3,4) |
| ART FORM – Hidden in bART FOR Musicians | |
| 48 | Possible mole in border, third in garden (7) |
| INSIDER – IN + SIDE (border) + R (third in gaRden) | |
| 51 | Name of book lieutenant raised in the course of relationship (5) |
| TITLE – TL [LT (lieutenant) reversed (raised)] “in the course of” TIE (relationship) | |
| 53 | Praise book to a smaller extent (5) |
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BLESS – B (book) + LESS (to a smaller extent) Delighted to see Davos Seaworth maintaining his late boss’s insistence on the correct usage of “less” and “fewer” in the latest episode of GoT. No point saving the Seven Kingdoms from White Walkers and dragons if you’re not going to defend your language standards. |
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