Times Jumbo 1034

Author   helenoughamPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
I didn’t solve this in one session, so I can’t quote a time, but I thought it was reasonably straightforward.

As ever, * indicates an anagram.

Across
1 COASTER – double definition
5 ASCENDANT – DAN in A SCENT (DAN was one of the tribes of Israel)
10 STUD – T, in SUD (French for south)
14 WHEELER-DEALER – cryptic indication. I’m not too sure about the ‘reason’ part of the clue
15 CHAROLAIS – I think the secondary indication is meant to indicate that the answer sounds like ‘cha au lait’, or ‘char au lait’, with ‘tea’ indicating the ‘cha(r)’ part. If that’s correct, it’s a very loose interpretation of the usual pronunciation. ‘Not from this beast’ indicates that CHAROLAIS is a breed of cattle used for beef, not milk, production
16 GRAND-UNCLE – GRAND (£1000) + UNCLE. UNCLE is a term for a pawnbroker, and ‘pledged’ can mean ‘pawned’
17 EVANESCENCE – nave (reversed), + ESCENCE (sounds like essence)
18 LINEN – Neil (reversed), around cleaN
19 LIMITATION – L + IMITATION
21 AMOEBA – A MB + A, around OE
23 SWEETCORN – WEE + Tim in SCORN
25 DRACO – RAC, in DO (short for ditto)
26 POINTED – INTEnD after PO
28 FINNEGANS WAKE – FINN + EG, + ANSWEr around A K
31 YORKSHIRE – (hero risky)*
33 LEASTWISE – LEWIS around A ST, + Ecstasy
35 OFF ONE’S ROCKER – double definition
37 SPARTAN – PART in SANatorium
38 TOILS – double definition. TOILS is an old-fashioned term for a snare, often a net or nets
40 AGREEABLE – A GREEk + ABLE
42 GARNET – ARNE (composer) in GreaT
44 HANG-GLIDER – (heralding g)*
46 ORRIS – mORRIS
48 ANTIOXIDANT – ANT + I, + OXIDANT (sounds rather like Occident)
50 CIRCUMFLEX – CIRCLE + X, outside U + Mimic + French
52 MILLENNIA – MILL, + ENNI (sounds like any), + A
53 WATCH THE CLOCK – double definition (sort of)
54 NODE – ODE, after N (last letter of Willesden)
55 CATHEDRAL – (Chard late)*
56 NURSERY – NUR (National Union of Railwaymen) + SE + RailwaY

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Down
1 COWL – a very nice clue, managing to include two cryptic indications (COW + L; C + OWL) and a definition (it’s a habit) in only 8 words
2 ABERRANCE – ABE (Abraham Lincoln) + RAN + CE, around first letter of religious
3 TALK NINETEEN TO THE DOZEN – cryptic indication
4 RORQUAL – hidden in poweR OR QUALity
5 AMERCEMENTS – A MERCEr + MET + S, around N
6 COLLECTED – COLLECT + E + Divine
7 NERVE – double definition
8 ARCHAEOLOGY – cryptic definition
9 TRAVEL – all-nighT + RAVE + L
11 TRAINEE – TEE, around IN after RA (Royal Academician)
12 DISREGARD – DI’S REGARD
13 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER – cryptic definition
18 LUSTFUL – LT around US, + alternate letters of ‘foully’
20 TEA-LEAF – double definition. TEA-LEAF is Cockney rhyming slang for a thief (‘Light-fingered Londoner’)
22 APPRISER – APPRaISER
24 ORATIONS – A T, in ORION’S
27 THICK – double definition
29 NYALA – A between NY and LA (New York, Los Angeles)
30 ADORING – RING after A DO
32 EARLESS – fEARLESS
34 EXTRAVAGANT – EXTRA (indicated by ‘run’; the obligatory cricket reference) + VAGrANT
36 NEANDERTHAL – (heard late nn)*
37 SIGNAL MAN – SIGNAL (of great importance) + MAN
39 SOLICITOR – double definiton
41 BARGEPOLE – BARE POLE, around G
43 RATTLED – double definition
45 ROUGHEN – first letters of ‘grand hotel’, in ROUEN
47 PICNIC – sounds like ‘pick nick’ (nick = police station, indicated by ‘place for Old Bill’)
49 TAWSE – With + SE, after TA (Territorial Army)
51 OKAY – O + KAY

3 comments on “Times Jumbo 1034”

  1. Lost track of the time, but no doubt over an hour. LOI AMERCEMENT; was thrown off by the ‘silk’. DNK CHAROLAIS, and the TV detective. Was TAWSE in a recent cryptic? Somehow I ‘remembered’ it, although I wouldn’t have been able to define it if asked. And is sweet corn healthy?

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