Jumbo 830 (Aug 22)

Author   linxitPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
Solving time approx 40 minutes, with one missing. I couldn’t get 36ac at all, despite coming back to it several times for another look. In the end it turned out to be fairly straightforward, heigh-ho! (Why am I suddenly using that expression all the time?)

Not enough time to do a full blog today, so just ask in the comments if I miss one you’re still puzzled about.

Across
13 LASSI – LASSI(e), an Indian drink made with yogurt or buttermilk.
14 VIENTIANE – (An invite)* around E. Capital of Laos.
15 CZARIST – C + Z + ARIST(o)
17 ADDIS ABABA – ADD + IS A + BABA (rum thing, good one!). Capital of Ethiopia.
19 INNER BAR – E.R. inside INN + BAR. The Queen’s counsel as a whole.
24 NOW AND THEN – WAND inside NOT HEN.
30 KNOCK OFF – 5 definitions, is this a record? See comments for details.
31 CORN CRIB – CORN (something stale, i.e. a joke) + C (about) + RIB (chaff).
36 LUXE – “luck’s”. I really should have thought of that, but went completely blank.
43 ODD JOB – hidden in “GoOD DJ OBviously”. Took me ages to spot that.
49 NUMEROUSLY – NUM (National Union of Miners) + ROUS(e) inside ELY (see).

Down
2 MISTRAL – MIST (film) + gReAtLy
6 ANTIGONE – ANTI + GONE. Daughter of Oedipus in Greek mythology.
11 ELIZA – cryptic definition. Eliza Dolittle was taught by ‘enry ‘iggins to pronounce ‘er haitches in the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
12 TETRASYLLABLE – (battles really)*. Very clever.
20 RAREFIED – D(aughter) underneath R.A. + REF + I.E.
27 DIOCESAN – (deacon is)*. Don’t thnk I’ve seen this very apt anagram before.
32 WHIPPOORWILL – W + HIP + POOR WILL (be found begging).
33 QUARTERDECKS – I’m sure I made sense of this a fortnight ago when I solved it, but I can’t remember how. Anybody?
46 TANGELO – TO around ANGEL, cross between a tangerine and a pomelo.
47 QUAGGA – Q + G in AG,AU reversed. An extinct half-striped zebra that died out in 1883.
50 MACHO – MC around A, plus HO.
52 STET – TE inside ST. Literally “it may stand” in Latin, an editor’s term.

9 comments on “Jumbo 830 (Aug 22)”

  1. 33d QUARTERDECKS was on my list of ?s as well. Also eluding me: 30a Do quickly stop, take away and kill pirate KNOCK OFF
    1. Quintuple definition! Probably should have included this, as they’re quite rare.

      Do quickly/stop,/take away/(and)/kill/pirate.

      To knock off a quick sketch. To knock off work. To knock off a corner shop = to rob it. To knock off a person (same as bump off), to kill. To knock off a video, to pirate it. All are in Chambers.

  2. I missed 36 across as well. Really good puzzle, took me a lot longer than you (about 2 hrs) but still not solved as I did not get that one. Clue was totally fair like all others in the puzzle, but hard because the two letters from crossing entries were both vowels so there were a lot of alternatives. The word itself is totally fair as it’s in COD but perhaps not too familiar. Have a suspicion that it might have been used as the puzzle had a high proportion of less frequently used letters such as X.
    1. Ah yes, now I remember. TART UP = deck, QUARTERS = ship’s accommodation. I knew I had it before, but couldn’t think today.
  4. Not 100% understood but definitions could be (1) do quickly (2) stop (work) (3) take away = steal (4) kill
    but not sure about the ‘pirate’.
  5. “Shows featuring Queen would do for keen viewer”

    I think this is STARER (keen viewer). Shows may feature a star, and the Queen is ER, but the clue doesn’t seem to add up to the solution. Any ideas?

    John in USA

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