In contrast to the last Jumbo I blogged on (1039), I thought this one was at the easier end of the scale, taking me 16 minutes.
As usual, * indicates an anagram.
As usual, * indicates an anagram.
Across | |
1 | ACROPOLIS – A CROP, + silo (reversed) |
6 | CRAFTSMANSHIP – MAN’S after RAFTS, surrounded by CHIP |
13 |
ADEPT – hidden in |
14 | CLAIRVOYANT – (actor vainly)* |
15 | GENRE – R (first letter of rain) in GENE. A nice reference to the film ‘Singing in the Rain’ |
16 | ELEPHANTINE – double definition. The first part refers to the song ‘Nellie the Elephant’ (all together, now – ‘…packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus…’) |
17 | PREDOMINATE – PRATE, around mode (reversed) + IN |
18 |
ISRAELI – ( |
20 | HISTORY – HI + STORY (relation in the sense of relating a tale/story) |
21 |
OCULIST – IS in O |
23 | IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME – (infuse menthol itself)* |
27 |
SOB – SO + B |
28 | NORMAL – NORMA + L |
29 | BUMPER – double definition |
31 |
BRASSERIE – |
34 | BLINDFOLD – LIND + F, in BOLD |
35 | REGAIN – REIN, around G + A |
36 | MANIAC – MA, + Cain (reversed) |
39 | USE – US + E | 40 | POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON – cryptic indication, referring to the nursery rhyme |
42 | DUSTMAN – DUST (defined by ‘cover with only a little’) + MAN |
43 | CHINOOK – O + O, in CHINK (CHINOOK is maybe better known in the UK as a model of helicopter, but it’s also a type of wind in North America) |
45 | TERRACE – TRACE around ER; ‘domestic row’ defines a TERRACE of houses |
47 |
RE-EMERGENCE – R |
49 | SHADOW PRICE – (hospice ward)*. I hadn’t come across the term SHADOW PRICE before, but it’s given in Chambers and other standard dictionaries |
51 |
UNION – |
52 | EVEN-STEVENS – EVE + N + STEVEN + S |
53 | ARENA – (an era), reversed |
54 | SMELLING SALTS – M in SELLING, + SALES with T replacing E |
55 | YESTERDAY – (redates)*, surrounded by Y + Y |
Down | |
1 | ACADEMICIAN – (a manic idea)* around C (the symbol for the speed of light) |
2 | ROE DEER – sounds like ‘rode’, + E’ER |
3 |
PITCH – PIT + C |
4 | LICENTIOUS – (client)* + IOUS |
5 | SLAVISH – SLASH around V I |
6 | CARPET SWEEPER – PETS WEEP in CARER |
7 | AMORPHOUS – AMOROUS outside PH |
8 | TRACERY – TRY around ACER |
9 | METROPOLITAN – (Ottoman peril)* |
10 | NEGRITUDE – (Intrigued)* |
11 |
HENNA – |
12 | PRESENTABLE – PRESENT, + B in ALE |
19 | EMERALD – RA, in E (key of E) + MELD |
22 | IN SERVICE – IN (at the crease, in cricket) + SERVICE (opening ball in a tennis rally) |
24 | TARDINESS – TAR + DINES + S |
25 | LAUNDRY – L + A + UNDRY. If something is wet it could be described as ‘un-dry’ |
26 |
FEBRILE – FE (Fe is chemical symbol for iron) + B |
30 | RIGHTEOUSNESS – (this generous)* + S |
32 |
SHATTER – hidden in |
33 | BOWLING GREEN – BOW (to BOW = to yield) + LING + GREEN (sage green) |
34 | BLUNDERBUSS – BLUNDERS, around sub (reversed) |
37 | CONFEDERACY – CON + FED + E, + RACY (indicated by ‘blue’, i.e. somewhat indecent) |
38 |
PENTHOUSES – THOU + SE |
40 | PIMPERNEL – double definition; reference is to the fictional character, the Scarlet Pimpernel |
41 | UNIVERSAL – UNI (short for university), + (reveals)* without one letter ‘e’ |
43 | CONKERS – sounds like ‘conquers’ |
44 | KNAVERY – Y, after K + N + AVER |
46 |
ANISEED – |
48 | ELITE – E + LITE |
50 |
PLACE – PLACE |
*the fact that even Magoo fell into the same trap is no consolation
This strikes me as a deliberate trap. Very cunning.
Edited at 2013-07-27 06:50 pm (UTC)