Times Jumbo 1169

Author   helenoughamPosted on Categories Jumbo Cryptic
I found this Jumbo unusually easy, but enjoyable – I liked the ‘mini-theme’ at 16ac and 50ac.

As always, * indicates an anagram.

Across
1 MAHARAJAH – jar, reversed, + A + H, after oMAHA
6 DOGWOOD – DO, + W in GOOD
10 COBRA – double definition
13 ROTATOR – ROT + A TOR
14 RECCE – CC in gREEn
15 TIDEMARKS – (dark times)*
16 LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – for which the abbreviation is LSO, the alternate (odd) letters in ‘Lisbon’
17 CHEESE – CHE (Guevara; ‘revolutionary’) + ES (French for [you, singular] are, or ‘thou art’) + Exhibited
18 SCENARIO – (cornea is)*
19 THROW-IN – THIN around ROW
22 BUTTERWORT – BT, around UTTER + row (reversed). Interesting that ‘row’ forms part of two consecutive answers
23 PITTER-PATTER – PITT + hEaRd, + PATTER
27 THETA – ThourougH + EfficienT + A
29 RIMBAUD – BAD around U, after RIM
30 AQUILINE – A LINE, around QUI
32 HOPELESS – cryptic indication, referring to Anthony Hope, the author of the novel “Rupert of Hentzau” (sequel to “The Prisoner of Zenda”)
34 KETCHUP – KETCH UP. Jack KETCH was a famous executioner in English history
36 BOHEA – BA, around O + HE (His Excellency)
39 HALF-TIMBERED – Buildings in HALF-TIME, + RED
41 OPTIONALLY – OPT (indicated by ‘plump’, as in ‘to plump for’) + ALLY, around I + ON
44 PERUSAL – SAL after PERU
46 TOMMY-ROT – TROT, around OM + MY
48 ENOSIS – (sis + one), reversed
50 ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY – the abbreviation is RSC, the first letters of ‘rehearse Shaw’s Candida’. Another one like 16ac
53 GARIBALDI – GARI (could sound like ‘Gary’) + BALD + I
54 ATILT – A TILT
55 EXTERNE – TERN in EXE
56 TASTE – Squadron in TATE
57 STEWARD – E + W in STAR, + D
58 SUSPENDED – S + US + PENDED

Down
1 MURAL – (la rum), reversed
2 HOT UNDER THE COLLAR – HOT, + UN + DER + THE (‘articles in various languages’), + COLLAR
3 RETROUSSE – RE + TROUSSEau
4 JURIST – JUST, around RI (Rhode Island)
5 HARUM-SCARUM – H + A RUM’S + CA + RUM
6 DECKHAND – DECK + HAND
7 GLEANER – Girls + LEANER
8 ORTHODONTIA – (it had no root)*
9 DEDICATOR – D + E + DICtATOR
10 COMPEER – COMPERE, with last two letters swapped
11 BERET – E in BERT
12 ABSTAINERS – A BS, around (retsina)*
17 CUBIT – sounds like ‘cube it’
20 WITH NO HOLDS BARRED – cryptic indication
21 SWERVE – SERVE around W
24 INDITE – bookleT in INDIE
25 AD LIB – DA (reversed) + LIB
26 TACKLE – double definition
28 AVERT – AdVERT
31 UNPAID – U, + I in N PAD
33 SHEATH KNIFE – (shaken thief)*
35 HIPPOCRATES – HIPPO CRATES
37 ABYSS – ASS around BY
38 SHIPWRIGHT – HIP in SW (indicated by ‘Cornwall, possibly’), + RIGHT
40 MOLEHILLS – Spooner might have said ‘whole mills’
42 NANOMETRE – N + A + NO + MET + RE
43 LYREBIRD – (rely)* + BIRD
45 SOLUBLE – L in (blouse)*
47 MASCARA – A after MA’S CAR
49 ACCESS – double definition
51 YARNS – say, reversed, around RN
52 YIELD – double definition

6 comments on “Times Jumbo 1169”

  1. I don’t usually bother, but I did this as I was at a loose end and it was raining; I was surprised how easy it was, if you had the patience to persevere. Took about half an hour I think. I’ll do this week’s and see if it’s the same – pleasant but straightforward. A smile for the hippo crates.
    1. They’re not usually this easy! I did this one in under 20 minutes, which doesn’t happen very often.
  2. Easy’s the word, all right: 40′ for me, almost definitely a pb. I wonder if the setter is the same as yesterday’s.
  3. Also pleased to have completed it, how is RECCE-case, l am only familiar with reconnaisance meaning. (Ong’ara, Nairobi)
    1. To case, usually in the phrase ‘case the joint’, is a slang term for carrying out a reconnaissance (or RECCE).

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