Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1737 – 14th June

Author   JohninterredPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Quite a straightforward Jumbo done in 27 mins on the train to our Summer Gathering. LOI the unknown dog at 9D.

Definitions underlined in bold italics, (Abc)* indicating anagram of Abc, {deletions} and [] other indicators.

Across
1 Townsman’s work yours truly had installed in vessel (7)
OPPIDAN – OP (opus; work), I’D (yours truly had) in PAN (vessel).
5 Notes as poetry, for the most part (7)
QUAVERS – QUA (as) VERS{e} (poetry) [for the most part].
9 Captivate in eleventh rally (7)
ENTHRAL – Hidden in elevENTH RALly.
13 Former partner, short-term, not prepared in advance (11)
EXTEMPORARY – EX (former partner) TEMPORARY (short-term).
14 Desperately look and see next protective covering (11)
EXOSKELETON – [Desperately] (look see next)*.
15 Round container crossing end of huge expanse of water (5)
OCEAN – O (round) and last letter of hugE in CAN (container).
16 Light material from French composer including new tango (7)
SATINET – N (new) in SATIE (French composer), T (Tango in the phonetic alphabet)
17 What a careless roadmender does for a quick bite? (4,5)
DROP SCONE – DROPS CONE (what a careless roadmender does).
18 Wrong way for architect to stand — we’ll have to start again (4,2,3,7,5)
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD – Double definition, the first a cryptic hint.
23 In Provencal city very quietly finish part of book (8)
APPENDIX – PP (pianissimo; very quiet) END (finish) in AIX (Provencal city).
25 Old measure identified by US president and English Liberal (6)
BUSHEL – BUSH (US President) E (English) L (Liberal).
27 Burlesque involving large heraldic device (7)
SALTIRE – L (large) in SATIRE (burlesque).
30 Bond, for example, a man of refinement (5)
AGENT –  A GENT (man of retirement).
32 Salmon spear odd members of crew removed from Midlands city (7)
LEISTER – Remove the odd-numbered letters of CrEw from LEI{ce}STER (Midlands city).
33 Ring grazing land to get to grips with key publicity for drink (9)
ORANGEADE – E (musical key) AD (publicity), in O (ring) RANGE (grazing land).
35 Dungeon somehow built to encourage remorse ultimately (9)
OUBLIETTE – (built to {encourag}e {remors}e)* [somehow].
36 What helps those on the shelf keep upright? (7)
BOOKEND – Cryptic definition.
37 A contemptuous exclamation, stupid! (5)
APISH – A PISH (contemptuous exclamation).
38 Like symbol, something carried by a lot of rodents (7)
TOTEMIC – TOTE (something carried) MIC{e} (rodents).
40 Specific sibling’s dissertation? (6)
THESIS – THE SIS (specific sibling).
41 Current trap in exam is without precedent (8)
ORIGINAL – I (current) GIN (trap) in ORAL (exam).
44 I’ve reported delay entering West Sussex town, mature and very helpful (5,4,6,2,4)
WORTH ONES WEIGHT IN GOLD – ONE’S (I’ve) WEIGHT sounds like WAIT(delay) in WORTHING (West Sussex town), OLD (mature).
48 £1,000 rise arranged for old man once (9)
GRANDSIRE – GRAND (£1,000) (rise)* [arranged].
50 Atonement of head of zoo leaving Cornish resort (7)
PENANCE – PEN{z}ANCE (Cornish resort) without the first letter of Zoo.
53 Study sci-fi film due to be distributed (5)
ETUDE – ET (sci-fi film) (due)* [to be distributed].
54 Offensive quality no one associated with unspecified head (11)
NOISOMENESS –  NO I (one) SOME (unspecified) NESS (head).
55 Dramatic performer right to plug Robert’s man excitedly (11)
BARNSTORMER – R (right) in (Robert’s man)* [excitedly].
56 Eg novel South African party visiting European capital (7)
ROMANCE – ANC (South African party) in ROME (European capital).
57 Correspond about nasty smell in chest of drawers (7)
TALLBOY – TALLY (correspond) about BO (body odour; nasty smell).
58 Genuine printing error (7)
LITERAL – Double definition.
Down
1 Old church group spotted cat (6)
OCELOT – O (old) CE (Church of England) LOT (group).
2 Commotion over bishop’s food flavourer (7)
POTHERB – B (bishop) in POTHER (commotion).
3 Prepare small tin for nun, perhaps (9)
DOMINICAN – DO (prepare) MINI (small) CAN (tin).
4 Retreats shortly to be set up — about a thousand (5)
NOOKS –  K (a thousand), in SOON (shortly) [set up] -> NOOS.
5 Amount worker possibly charges to leave before third of May (8)
QUANTITY – ANT (worker) in [charges] QUIT  (leave) and 3rd letter of MaY.
6 A shot framing unknown speaker of Indic language once (5)
ARYAN –  Y (unknown) in A RAN (shot; as in shot after her when she left the room). Thanks to branch for setting me right on shot = ran.
7 One who puts up English official in Scottish university (7)
ERECTOR – E (English) RECTOR (official in Scottish university).
8 Circus performer, one broadcasting about information’s barrier (5-9)
SWORD-SWALLOWER – WORD’S (information’s) WALL (barrier) in SOWER (broadcaster of seed).
9 Spitz-type dogs the Spanish king harasses (9)
ELKHOUNDS – EL (the in Spanish) K (King) HOUNDS (harasses).
10 Swallowed by pet, a luscious bone (5)
TALUS – Hidden in peT A  LUScious.
11 Boxer divides shares into a revised logical reasoning (15)
RATIONALISATION – ALI (Muhammad Ali; boxer) in RATIONS (shares), (into a)* [revised].
12 Oil producer left at home with children (7)
LINSEED – L (left) IN (at home) SEED (children).
19 Obstruction after outing, one of several (7)
TRIPLET – TRIP (outing) LET (obstruction).
20 Just — and even-tempered about it (9)
EQUITABLE – IT in EQUABLE (even-tempered).
21 Good Parisian article covering journal in Italian city (7)
BOLOGNA – LOG (journal) in BON (good in French; good Parisian) A (article).
22 Literary work dealing with idle ne’er-do-well (8)
LAYABOUT – LAY (short narrative poem; literary work) ABOUT (dealing with).
24 Branch of religion Britney Spears, Mike and I abandoned (15)
PRESBYTERIANISM – (Britney Spears M I)* [abandoned], with M for Mike, M in the phonetic alphabet. Fun anagram.
26 Nerve-wracking occupation for farm worker (9)
HARROWING – Double definition.
28 Used to be upset greeting the French, a short time ago but no longer (8)
EREWHILE – WERE (used to be) [upset] -> EREW, HI (greeting) LE (the in French). AN archaic word, hence the “but no longer”.
29 Work from Verdi’s time sent for revision (14)
DIVERTISSEMENT – (Verdi’s time sent)* [for revision].
31 Great success, one secured by President Hoover originally (7)
TRIUMPH – I (one) in TRUMP (President) and first letter of Hoover.
34 It supports logs as well as metal (7)
ANDIRON – AND (as well as) IRON (metal).
39 Doctor enticed extremely pliable creepy-crawly (9)
CENTIPEDE – [Doctor] (enticed p{liabl}e)*.
42 Foolish person to pay for weed (9)
GOOSEFOOT – GOOSE (foolish person) FOOT (pay for; pay the bill ).
43 Fish, cheese and eggs served up (8)
STINGRAY – YARG (Cornish Yarg; cheese) NITS (eggs of lice) all reversed -> STINGRAY.
44 Driver’s bet inspiring cricket side (7)
WAGONER – ON (side of the cricket field) in WAGER (bet).
45 Revelation of trade exhibition’s a laugh at first (7)
EXPOSAL – EXPO’S (trade exhibition’s) A L{augh} [at first].
46 Member of band, perhaps, finally accepted stranger (7)
DRUMMER – Last letter of accepteD, RUMMER (strangeer).
47 Seabird is shade of blue, reportedly (6)
PETREL – Sounds like PETROL (blue).
49 Flood from river surrounded by hilly ground (5)
DROWN – R (river) in DOWN (hilly ground).
51 Arrest former pupil, man of substance (5)
NABOB – NAB (arrest) OB (Old Boy; former pupil).
52 Artist’s supporter heading off sly individual (5)
EASEL – {w}EASEL (sly individual) without the first letter.

10 comments on “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1737 – 14th June”

  2. Wot Branch says about ‘shot’. I had no idea where Worthing is, but managed to parse 44ac finally, after biffing it. NHO blue=petrol; nor, it would appear, have ODE or Collins. NHO YARG, nor has ODE. Collins has it as a proposed new word (submitted in 2016, currently being ‘monitored for evidence of usage’. [on edit] Wikipedia has an entry for ‘Cornish yarg’, q.v.

      1. Thanks; not in ODE, but, as is often the case, my English/Japanese dictionary has it.

  3. Typo in the intro: 9D not 8D.

    I think I found this mostly quite easy as my print-out has no markings other than to note a couple of words I didn’t know. These were EXOSKELETON and OPPIDAN, although the archive reveals that both have appeared before, if very rarely.

    I also found that I was missing the answer at 54ac, NOISOMENESS, which I suspect was an oversight because if I simply couldn’t work the answer out I’d have used aids just to get the grid completed.

    1. Thanks. Intro fixed. It’s annoying when you accidentally submit without completing. I recently was puzzled to see I had a 99% correct score on a Concise Jumbo. It took me ages to spot I had a letter missing at the end of one word.

  4. Nice straightforward puzzle. If I were being picky, I’d say the cheese is called “Cornish Yarg”. There are other two-word cheeses that you wouldn’t shorten – Sage Derby, Lancashire Blue, Red Leicester – but, hey, it’s not hard

  5. DNF, defeated by PETREL as I’d never heard of the bird or of petrol as a shade of blue.

    – Dimly remembered OPPIDAN, probably from one of these crosswords
    – NHO SATINET but it sounded very plausible and the wordplay was kind
    – Also NHO DROP SCONE, where the wordplay made it less obvious
    – Relied on wordplay for the unknown LEISTER and ELKHOUNDS
    – Pother=commotion was new to me for POTHERB (though it may well have come up here before and I’d forgotten it)
    – ANDIRON has taken a while to lodge itself in my memory, but it’s there now
    – Didn’t parse STINGRAY as I didn’t know Yarg cheese

    Thanks John and setter.

    COD Etude

  6. We found this one quite easy, but fun and entertaining all the same. A couple of strange words, they were easy enough to construct from the clues.

    Back To The Drawing Board tickled my sense of humour!

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