I completed this in two sessions. It wasn’t the easiest of Jumbos and a few of the clues were very hard indeed. It didn’t help that 18dn as originally published had a word missing and although I was able to solve it I sweated blood over the parsing until at some point during the intervening fortnight the omitted word was restored.
As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square ones]. I usually omit all reference to positional indicators unless there is a specific point that requires clarification.
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| 1 | See one store adopted by reliable person? Not entirely (9) |
| BISHOPRIC | |
| I (one) + SHOP (store) contained [adopted] by BRIC{k} (reliable person) [not entirely] | |
| 6 | One’s always travelling, never off the rails (5) |
| NOMAD | |
| NO (never), MAD (off the rails) | |
| 9 | Harsh, being number one, but missing top spot at Glastonbury? (7) |
| VICIOUS | |
| VIC(tor)IOUS (being number one) [missing top spot at Glastonbury – Tor]. See more about Glastonbury Tor here if you wish. | |
| 13 | High note to draw out, cut short by piano (5) |
| BLEEP | |
| BLEE{d} (draw out) [cut short], P (iano). SOED: bleed – draw or let blood from; draw or extort money from. | |
| 14 | Dancing in mask with new family member (7) |
| KINSMAN | |
| Anagram [dancing] of IN MASK, N (new) | |
| 15 | Regarding money, any price is wrong to secure uniform (9) |
| PECUNIARY | |
| Anagram [wrong] of ANY PRICE containing [to secure] U (uniform – NATO) | |
| 16 | English friend welcoming priest travelling in New York (6,5) |
| EMPIRE STATE | |
| E (English), MATE (friend) containing [welcoming] anagram [travelling] of PRIEST | |
| 17 | Crumbling Art Deco villa not right for the good life (2,5,4) |
| LA DOLCE VITA | |
| Anagram [crumbling] of A{r}T DECO VILLA [not right] | |
| 18 | Result is God not being considered (3,3) |
| PAN OUT | |
| PAN (God), OUT (not being considered) | |
| 19 | Information provided by corporation blocked by old employee (8) |
| FACTOTUM | |
| FACT (information) + TUM (corporation) containing [blocked by] O (old) | |
| 21 | King knocked out by shock? No electricity in this state (6) |
| OUTAGE | |
| OUT{r}AGE (shock) [king – r – knocked out] | |
| 25 | Make enquires about cheerful and favoured form of entertainment (8) |
| PUPPETRY | |
| PRY (make enquires) containing [about] UP (cheerful) + PET (favoured) | |
| 26 | Argumentative type was back, unhappy about interrupting election (6,8) |
| DEVILS ADVOCATE | |
| LIVED (was) reversed [back], SAD, then CA (about) contained by [interrupting] VOTE (election) | |
| 28 | Get better as much medicine’s taken? Not initially (5) |
| RALLY | |
| {o}RALLY (as much medicine’s taken) [not initially] | |
| 29 | Pay for one to claim ace held by both sides (6) |
| SALARY | |
| SAY (for one) containing [to claim] A (ace) contained [held] by L + R (both sides) | |
| 30 | Instrument study sure to leave answer to the end (10) |
| CONCERTINA | |
| CON (study), CERT{a->}IN + A (sure) [leave answer – a- to the end] | |
| 33 | Sailor hugging copper after copper is in hospital for a spell (5-5) |
| HOCUS-POCUS | |
| CU (copper) contained by [is in] HOSP (hospital), then OS (sailor – Ordinary Seaman) containing [hugging] CU (copper). I don’t recall seeing ‘hospital / hosp’ before. | |
| 35 | A city, not on for importing source of macadamia nut (6) |
| ALMOND | |
| A, LOND{on} (city) [not on] containing [importing] M{acadamia} [source] nut | |
| 36 | Poet’s line included in course (5) |
| PLATH | |
| L (line) contained by [included in] PATH (course) | |
| 38 | Dumbing down Formula One in singular suggestion (14) |
| SIMPLIFICATION | |
| S (singular), then F1 (Formula One) contained by [in] IMPLICATION (suggestion) | |
| 40 | Animated about strong desire, mostly indirect (8) |
| ALLUSIVE | |
| ALIVE (animated) containing [about] LUS{t} [strong desire] | |
| 42 | Value penning note in French, describing testing translation? (6) |
| UNSEEN | |
| USE (value) containing [penning] N (note), EN (in, French) | |
| 43 | Elegant trimmed fillet presented with character (8) |
| DEBONAIR | |
| DE-BON{e} (fillet) [trimmed], AIR (character) | |
| 44 | My arrangement for strings and brass instrument (6) |
| CORNET | |
| COR (my!), NET (arrangement for strings) | |
| 47 | Trumpet’s first sound is false (11) |
| TREASONABLE | |
| T{rumpet} [‘s first], REASONABLE (sound) | |
| 50 | Half of them show too little appreciation perhaps for major report (11) |
| THUNDERCLAP | |
| TH{em} [half], UNDER-CLAP (show too little appreciation perhaps) | |
| 52 | Suggestion to leave dodgy bar? Heads off without much analysis (9) |
| INTUITIVE | |
| {h}INT (suggestion ) + {q}UIT (leave) + {d}IVE (dodgy bar) [heads off] | |
| 53 | View irrational figure tucking into vegetable (7) |
| OPINION | |
| PI (irrational figure) contained by [tucking into] ONION (vegetable) | |
| 54 | Change in time unconvincing (5) |
| TWEAK | |
| T (time), WEAK (unconvincing) | |
| 55 | Maybe master longing to fill unfinished part of school year (7) |
| TEACHER | |
| ACHE (longing) contained by [to fill] TER{m} (part of school year) [unfinished] | |
| 56 | Woollen garment: button it, along with wig (5) |
| SHRUG | |
| SH (button it – be quiet!), RUG (wig – toupee). I didn’t know this garment but Chambers has it as usually a woollen garment covering the arms, shoulders and top of the back. | |
| 57 | Gym equipment? Cut and run without hesitation (9) |
| EXERCISER | |
| EXCISE (cut) + R (run) containing [without] ER (hesitation) | |
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| 1 | Bitter comments about book or collection of books (5) |
| BIBLE | |
| BILE (bitter comments ) containing [about] B (book) | |
| 2 | Be out complaining wildly about latest in restrictive speed control (8,9) |
| SLEEPING POLICEMAN | |
| SLEEP (be out), anagram [wildly] of COMPLAINING containing [about] {restrictiv}E [latest] | |
| 3 | Work with corporation perhaps engaging a Parisienne at the right moment (11) |
| OPPORTUNELY | |
| OP (work), PORTLY (with corporation perhaps – large stomach / tum) containing [engaging] UNE (a, Parisienne) | |
| 4 | Dissolute youngster mostly covered by spots (6) |
| RAKISH | |
| KI{d} (youngster) [mostly] contained [covered] by RASH (spots) | |
| 5 | Bright red stuff beginning to cover area in pubs (8) |
| CINNABAR | |
| C{over} [beginning], then A (area) contained by [in] INN + BAR (pubs). A bright red mineral often used as a pigment. | |
| 6 | |
| NUMBER THEORY | |
| NUM (miners – National Union of Mineworkers), BERTHE{d} (allocated place) [nearly all], O (round), RY (railway track). | |
| 7 | Massive sign of drunkenness after moonlit wandering (10) |
| MONOLITHIC | |
| Anagram [wandering] of MOONLIT, then HIC (sign of drunkenness) | |
| 8 | Fooled, jilted, not married (5) |
| DUPED | |
| DU{m}PED (jilted) [not married] | |
| 9 | Sound producer hard to ignore? Hard to avoid several notes (5,4) |
| VOCAL CORD | |
| VOCAL (hard to ignore – outspoken), C{h}ORD (several notes) [hard – h – to avoid] | |
| 10 | One off to see Musicians Union over failure, after note’s missed (11) |
| CONCERTGOER | |
| CONCERT (union), GO{n}ER (failure) [note’s – n – missed] | |
| 11 | Satisfactory opening in Africa? Very good for African mammal (5) |
| OKAPI | |
| OK (satisfactory), A{frica} [opening], PI (very good – pious) | |
| 12 | Kentucky brought in block for historic NASA mission (6) |
| SKYLAB | |
| KY (Kentucky) contained by [brought in] SLAB (block) | |
| 18 | Documentary investigation stage includes brief illuminating moment (5,5) |
| PAPER CHASE | |
| PHASE (stage) contains [includes] APERC{u} (illuminating moment) [brief]. This was the most troublesome one as ‘includes’ was omitted from the clue. Chambers: paper chase – an investigation or process involving the examination of many documents. SOED: aperçu – a revealing glimpse. | |
| 20 | Ancient creature’s small commotion when captured by bloke (8) |
| MASTODON | |
| S (small) + TO DO (commotion) contained [captured] by MAN (bloke) | |
| 22 | Way of manipulating light, possibly tantalising a lover (13,4) |
| GRAVITATIONAL LENS | |
| Anagram [possibly] of TANTALISING A LOVER. NHO this, but I spotted LENS and the rest of it fell out eventually. | |
| 23 | Peasant uprising caught on old wall-painting (6) |
| FRESCO | |
| SERF (peasant) reversed [uprising], C (caught), O (old) | |
| 24 | Troops failing to engage? (10) |
| DETACHMENT | |
| Two meanings | |
| 27 | Impatiently moved revised clue on probing first draft initially (8) |
| FLOUNCED | |
| Anagram [revised] of CLUE ON contained by [probing] F{irst} + D{raft} [initially]. Expressed annoyance, impatience or disdain. | |
| 31 | Spoil fake allotment, though nothing’s nicked? (6) |
| CODDLE | |
| COD (fake), D{o}LE (allotment) [nothing’s – 0 – nicked] | |
| 32 | Without compromise, quietly fleeing, being wan with love (3-2-7) |
| ALL-OR-NOTHING | |
| {p}ALLOR (being wan) [quietly – p – fleeing], NOTHING (love – nil]. I have doubts about the grammar of the clue here as I think ‘wan’ corresponds with ‘pallid’ rather than ‘pallor’. | |
| 34 | Metalworker displaying pirate’s legend, we hear (11) |
| SILVERSMITH | |
| Long John SILVER’S (pirate’s), then MITH sounds like [we hear] “myth” (legend) | |
| 36 | Icy world — Arctic winds — run by wealthy people? (11) |
| PLUTOCRATIC | |
| PLUTO (icy world), anagram [winds] of ARCTIC | |
| 37 | A horse without covering bolted wildly — only now turn to this? (6,4) |
| STABLE DOOR | |
| Anagram [wildly] of A + {h}ORS{e} [without covering] + BOLTED. With reference to the saying ‘Shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted’. |
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| 39 | Funding expert popular, welcomed by hobbyist (9) |
| FINANCIER | |
| IN (popular) contained [welcomed] by FANCIER (hobbyist e.g. pigeon fancier) | |
| 41 | Below fruit, wee statuette (8) |
| FIGURINE | |
| FIG (fruit), URINE (wee) | |
| 45 | Hard stone receiving instant cut (6) |
| STRICT | |
| ST (stone) containing [receiving] TRIC{e} (instant) [cut] | |
| 46 | Retreats within borders of one European city (6) |
| ODENSE | |
| DENS (retreats) contained by [within] O{n}E [borders of…]. The third largest city in Denmark | |
| 48 | Special edition’s text, rather reduced (5) |
| EXTRA | |
| Hidden in [reduced] {t}EXT RA{ther} | |
| 49 | Officially approve billions? Not so much (5) |
| BLESS | |
| B (billions), LESS (not so much) | |
| 51 | Satisfactory in a card game (5) |
| POKER | |
| OK (satisfactory) contained by [in] PER (a) | |
Many thanks to both setter and blogger.
6 d- the online version printed out on the day reads “nearly all allocated place” which gives berthe(d).
18 d – on the other hand the online version DID have the word “includes”.
Odd – maybe someone corrected the wrong clue…?
Thanks, Adrian. I have amended the blog accordingly.
I think I printed out my copy from the site at about 7:45 am on the day of publication and the clues 6D and 18D had been fixed by then. I too think it was trickier than usual; it took me about 53 1/2 minutes. LOI for me was UNSEEN after OUTAGE. I liked INTUITIVE and FIGURINE. Thanks Jackkt and setter.
I checked 18dn several times during the ensuing fortnight but didn’t see an amendment until late in the second week. Maybe the print and screen versions were out of sync. It was wrong in the facsimile newspaper too.
I think I did this after the rogue clues had been corrected, but I often bung answers in without fully parsing everything so I can’t be sure. It was of medium difficulty for me.
In 32dn I think ‘being wan’ is a gerund ([the state of] being wan), and hence corresponds to the noun PALLOR.