Jumbo 913

Author   sghansonPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
A steady solve, with a couple of unfamiliar words and a couple of bits of General Knowledge required. I did not time this one.

Across
1 FLIP ONES LID – FLIP = pert, ONE = individual, SLID = went smoothly  
7 SWALLOW HOLE – SO = like this, around WALL = rock face, then WHOLE = complete  
13 SNAFFLING – SNAF = fans reversed, FLING = cast  
14 POUSSIN – double definition  
15 INEPT – I, NEPT(une)  
16 ELISHA – (b)ELISHA. I am not sure whether overseas (or younger) solvers would pick up the beacon reference.  
17 MANNERLY – MAN = fellow, NE(a)RLY = more or less  
18 OUTWORN – TWO = twain, in O, URN=vessel  
20 ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS – (THEOLOGIANS FEND THESE)*  
23 TREFOIL – REF = supervisor, in TOIL = work  
24 AMBIENT – TAMB(our)INE*  
26 DRACHMA – C(orint)H in DRAMA = play  
28 ROMP – PROM = concert, with the first letter (=inro) moved to the end (deferred)  
29 deliberately omitted, please ask if necessary  
32 NO-BRAINER – NOB = head, (t)RAINER = coach  
35 TRUMPETER – (ou)T, RUM = odd, PETER = man  
36 PHYSALIS – (IS A SYLPH)*  
37 HERD – sounds like HEARD = on the radio  
39 INHALER – ((t)HIR(d) LANE)*  
41 MACADAM – MADAM = precocious girl, around A, C = hundred  
44 FLATTER – FR = father, around LATTE = drink  
45 LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI – LABELLED = identified, (AMERICANS, M(ilton’s), E(nglish) S(onnets))*  
49 SIMENON – ME = setter, in SI, NON being French yes and no  
50 GLEE CLUB – GLEE = great delight, CLUB = beat  
51 MODENA – MODE = fashion, NA = AN = article, reversed  
53 ALIBI – I = one, in ALBI = French town 
53 OIL WELL – double definition  
55 EYES RIGHT – E(conomy), YES right = I agree  
56 DRAUGHTSMAN – DRAUGHTS = game, MA = old lady, (ope)N  
57 REPLACEMENT – REP = material, L(eft), A(dmiralty), CEMENT = material for building  
 
Down
1 FOSTER – cryptic reference to the nursery rhyme where Doctor Foster went to Gloucester, in a shower of rain  
2 ITALIAN VERMOUTH – (OUT THE MAIN RIVAL)*  
3 deliberately omitted, please ask if necessary  
4 ERIN – alternate letters in gEoRgIaN  
5 LA GUARDIA – LA = US City, GUARDIA(n) = newspaper  
6 DIP INTO – DI = I’D reversed, PINTO = horse  
7 SOUBRETTE – SOU = money, but not much, (BETTER)*. A clever way to clue the first three letters  
8 ASSAY – (g)AS = fuel, SAY = for example  
9 LAD OF NOD – double definition – biblical and nursery  
10 WHITTLED AWAY – WHITTLE = Aeronautical engineer, DAY = time, around WA = Washington  
11 OCELOTS – alternate letters in pOaChEr, LOTS = many  
12 EXTENT – EX = old, TENT = Spanish wine  
19 PSALMIST – PALMIST = fortune teller, around S = saint. The definition is David, author of psalms  
21 deliberately omitted, please ask if necessary  
22 LABRADOR – LABOR = work in USA, around initial letters of R(epublicans) A(nd) D(emocrats)  
23 TURN TAIL – TURN = shock, TAIL = follower  
25 BLIMP – initial letters of B(engal) L(ancers) I(n) M(ess) P(oppadums)  
27 HANSEATIC LEAGUE – (AS ACUTE HEGELIAN)*. An old trading group.  
30 LARAMIE – LIE = cock and bull story, around A RAM = a beast  
31 GUYED – sounds like GUIDE = conductor  
33 BRIEFEST – a cheesy event might be a BRIE FEST (groan)  
34 SPELLBINDING – SPELL = term, BINDING = book cover  
38 RACECOURSE – RACE = people, COURSE = lectures  
40 RULING OUT – L = learner driver, in RUIN = smash, GOUT = complaint  
42 CHAMELEON – CHA = tea, MELON = fruit, around E(nergy). A chameleon changes colour to blend in so must be a blender, mustn’t it?  
43 MEASURE UP – double definition  
45 LEMPIRA – (PEARL IM)*. Currency (or ready) in Honduras  
46 ESCOLAR – (CORAL SE(a))*  
47 ASGARD – AS = like, GARD = French department  
48 PAST IT – PA(use) = useless pause, STIT = TITS = birds reversed  
50 GOLEM – GEM = stone, around O = round, L(arge)  
52 deliberately omitted, please ask if necessary  

5 comments on “Jumbo 913”

  1. Not sure which puzzle this is SGH as I don’t do Jumbos, but you need to specify in the title.
    1. Thanks for the nudge – I’m not sure what happened with the LiveJournal posting as I did type in the title before posting
  2. 90′, par for my course, I suppose. Isn’t this the second time this year for ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’? This time, at least, I’d give it a COD; also 6 and 7d. And David didn’t write the Psalms, although they are traditionally ascribed to him, so the clue’s not problematic.
  3. A rather sluggish 29:10 for me. I don’t recall coming across PHYSALIS before, and LEMPIRA rang only the very faintest of bells, but I’ve no objection to the occasional unfamiliar word, particularly if there’s helpful wordplay.
  4. Yes, we had La Belle Dame as 15dn in Jumbo 903. Different clue, though.. I might prefer this one though there isn’t a lot in it.
    I didn’t time this one as I did it while in Qatar, sitting on a beach in 30degC sun 🙂

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