Seems like many of my Jumbo colleagues leave the blog until the second weekend rather than the Thursday when the competition closes, so I think I may do likewise. Makes it easier to find the time, and perhaps hits the mindframe at the right time of the week rather than on a 15 by 15 weekday.
Nothing much to comment on here though. Was fairly quick run through with no difficult vocabulary apart from ORGEAT and CARRICK BEND, but both were very gettable. There seemed to be a glut of pseudo double def/charade type clues where the cryptic part was quite weakly hidden. Only thumbs up I can offer is the LAY EGG lift and sep in 17A
| Across |
| 1 |
ACERBIC – ACE=highest honour, R(efused) B(y) I(ncredibly) C(ourageous) |
| 5 |
END USERS – (rudeness)* |
| 9 |
ISLAND – sort of &lit-ish if a bit cumbersomely (? is that a word). IS=ones, LAND=country, the whole is a separate part thereof. |
| 13 |
THROW IN THE SPONGE – THROW IN = include for nothing. definition & charade or cryptic def. |
| 14 |
SEETHE – SEE=watch, THE=article |
| 16 |
CONFEREE – CONFER=discuss, E(stat)E = boundaries thereof. |
| 17 |
ABET – A=area, BET=lay, def=egg on, hence urge, help, abet…. I love a good lift and separate, and the chance to put lay and egg next to each other with different uses is up there amongst the best! |
| 18 |
LARCENIES – LARC(h) = tree cut, then SEINE=river, reversed |
| 20 |
AGITATED – AGED=old, with TATI=the staple xwd french actor reversed/retired inside, for worried. |
| 21 |
OUT OF POCKET – another def & charade, with the charade not particularly disguised. |
| 24 |
AMENDABLE – D=democrat, inside AMENABLE=willing, for open to change. |
| 25 |
EPILOGUE – EP=record, I LOG=one record, (yo)U (se)E |
| 26 |
ASIA – A1’s (major roads) A all reversed. |
| 29 |
PAPERWEIGHT – WRAP=pack round EP=disc, put back, then EIGHT=number |
| 31 |
GRANDMOTHER – GR=king AND ER=queen around MOTH=insect, for the relation. |
| 33 |
BATSMANSHIP – BATS=crazy, MAN’S=fellows, HIP=in fashion, for the narrow subsection of sporting skill. |
| 36 |
CARRICK BEND – (bind cracker)* – wasnt aware of this knot, but it is fairly clear when you have a few checkers. |
| 38 |
YARD – double def |
| 39 |
FARMLAND – ARM,HAND = two limbs, on F=female, for the labourer. Not sure on the “only” – it makes the surface a little easier to scan, but it does nothing for the wordplay, so could probably be lost. |
| 41 |
CLAMMIEST – (climates m)* m for millions |
| 44 |
DOSTOYEVSKI – (divots OK yes)* |
| 45 |
INEXPERT – I NEXT=then, around PER=a, for the descriptive use of green. As a piece of advice, always have a couple of looks at the word “a” as it can often have more use than conjunction or filler. |
| 48 |
GREAT BEAR – GREAT=substantial, BEAR=carry. The definition is the constellation Ursa Major, also known as the plough. |
| 49 |
BEEF – a well used chestnut, complaint=meat |
| 50 |
STRANGER – STRANGLER=murderer, with L=left removed. |
| 52 |
ORGEAT – ORG(y)=endless bacchanalia, EAT=dine. ORGEAT is a kind of syrup of which I knew nothing. |
| 53 |
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET – another in a list of fairly well flagged double def/charades. |
| 54 |
EXHALE – HAL =the staple xwd prince, in EXE = not an uncommon river either ! |
| 55 |
STARTLED – START = beginning, LED = went ahead |
| 56 |
EARLDOM – EAR = attention, LD = lord, OM = honour |
| Down |
| 1 |
ATTACK – AT=attending, TACK=course, definition is SET ABOUT |
| 2 |
ERRAND – ERR=make a mistake, AND=with |
| 3 |
BOW LEGGED – BOWL=take part in cricket, EGGED = given encouragement. An obligatory bowling reference to go alongside the obligatory BATTING one at 33A. |
| 4 |
CONTESTABLE – TE=tellurium, inside CONSTABLE=copper. Slightly misleading surface for copper the element. |
| 5 |
ECHO – hidden – speECH Obviously |
| 6 |
DISOBEDIENT – DIS(r)OBE, then I in DENT for naughty. |
| 7 |
SHORTCOMING – SHORT=brief, COMING=approach |
| 8 |
RIGOLETTO – LOG, I = piece of wood, one, inside OTTER=Tarka, all reversed for the Jester. |
| 10 |
SKELETON – S(ome) K(eep) E(ndeavouring), then LET ON=reveal. |
| 11 |
AS THICK AS THIEVES – (has heaviest stick)* |
| 12 |
DEEP SET – SPEED=velocity, reversed, then ET, def=sunk |
| 15 |
PROFOUND – PRO=expert, FOUND=discovered, def=intense. |
| 19 |
AT LENGTH – def=fully, this is basically the answer to 23 without the KEEP=fastness and ARMS=weapons. I didnt know this definition of fastness being a stronghold, but worked it backwards! |
| 22 |
PALPABLY – BAP=roll, up, in PALLY=friendly, for obviously. |
| 23 |
KEEP AT ARMS LENGTH – (trample get shaken)* |
| 27 |
ACRIDITY – RID=free in A CITY =london, for instance. Whole = bitterness. |
| 28 |
SOAK – S(ycamore) OAK=tree, for “wet” |
| 30 |
RAMP – RAM=sheep, P=quietly |
| 32 |
AIRSCREW – AIRS = songs, CREW = attendants, for the propellor part. |
| 34 |
NEATENED – A TEN = number, inside NEED = want. |
| 35 |
PLAY IT BY EAR – (a pity barley)* |
| 36 |
COD LIVER OIL – CO=company, then DELIVER OIL, without E, for the medicine. |
| 37 |
INAPPETANCE – I, NAP=take forty winks, P(r)ETENCE = run out of show. |
| 40 |
MISCREANT – MEANT=intended, around I SCR = one senior common room = room full of dons. |
| 42 |
MERGANSER – (mars green)* |
| 43 |
FOOTBALL – (of ballot)* slightly cryptic definition, if the anagram wasnt so easy, it might be deemed a little too vague. |
| 44 |
DOG ROSE – DOG=follow, ROSE=wine |
| 46 |
AGREED – A GREED=vice, def=accepted |
| 47 |
PRO TEM – TE=note, in PROM=concert |
| 51 |
SHED – double def, SHED=get rid of, SHED=hut |
“Inappetence” seems a gawky, cumbersome sort of word
APPETENT is on my list of difficult words, so no problem with 37dn. (Perhaps you should add it to yours 😉
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