Times Jumbo 1224 (Monday August 29th)

A not-too-difficult (I thought) Jumbo for the Bank Holiday Monday.

As always, * indicates an anagram.

Across
1 GORKI – hidden in St PetersburG OR KIrov
4 TANTRIC – TAN + TRICc
8 ADDICTION – ADD + ICT + I + ON
13 LIFE CLASS – LIFE (prison ‘sentence’) + CLASS
14 LONG TIME NO SEE – (Legion met)* around NOSE
15 ERRANDS – ER’S around RAND
16 PIT PROP – tip (reversed), + PRO + P
17 NUMERAL – N + UM + ER + A L
18 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR – (chest of drawers done)*
21 MEOW – M, + woe (reversed)
23 GRANVILLE – Government + RAN + VILLE
25 SILAGE – alternate (odd) letters of ‘still’, + AGE
26 SYSTEM – SafetY + STEM
28 EPIGRAMMATIC – cite, reversed, around (PIG + RAM + MerciA)
30 COSTA RICAN – CO-STAR + Inviting, + CAN (‘ladies, maybe’ indicating a toilet)
33 MARTIAL LAW – MARTIAL (sounds like marshal) + LA + W
34 MARITIME ALPS – MAR I (March the first), + TIMES around A LP
37 IMPALE – PAL, in I + ME
39 ALWAYS – sounds like all way’s
40 CATHEDRAL – C + A + THE, + lard (reversed)
42 TWITouTWIT
43 HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE – HANDLE BAR, + MUST ACHE around O
46 RATE-CAP – pace, reversed, after RAT
47 RUSTLER – RUSTLE + Replenishment
48 HEIRDOM – (mo + dr + ie + h), reversed
50 STEERING WHEEL – (is gentle where)*
51 DANDIFIED – DIED, around AND + I + F
52 RASPBERRY – RASP, + BY around ERR
53 NUNNERYrUNNER in NY
54 YOKEL – OK, in LEY (reversed)

Down
1 GOLDEN EAGLE – GEN around OLD, + EAGLE
2 REFERpREFER
3 INCONTROVERTIBLE – IN, + CONVERTIBLE around (rt, reversed, + O)
4 TRANSIT – NS in TRAIT
5 NOSEPIECE – NIECE around (pose)*
6 RELATIONSHIP – R’S around ELATION, + HIP. HIP is more often indicated by ‘cool’ than by ‘hot’, but I guess the latter works too
7 CENTREFOLD – CENT + OLD, around REF
8 ACT UP – T in A CUP
9 DOMINION – DO + MINION
10 CINEMA – CIA, around men (reversed)
11 INSURGENT – INSURe + GENT
12 NEEDLEWOMAN – NEED + LEWd + OMAN
19 WEARIER – R + IE, in WEAR
20 SIGNORI – (iron GIs), reversed
22 HYDROELECTRICITY – (hero directly)* + CITY
24 LIMPLY – IMPLY after L
27 STRICTdiSTRICT
29 AVAILED – A, + VAILED (sounds like veiled)
31 CALORIC – hidden in subtropiCAL OR ICy
32 MARSHALL PLAN – HALL, in MARS + PL + A + N
33 MOISTURISER – (sour it)* in MISER
35 SILVER MEDAL – D in MEAL, after SILVER (Long John Silver)
36 FAR EASTERN – A in FARE’S, + TERN
38 POINTLESS – (on set slip)*
40 CAMBRIDGE – MB + RID, in CAGE
41 DAMPENER – DAMNER around PE
44 UNHANDY – UNHAND + Y (sounds like ‘why’)
45 SCARAB – CA, in bars (reversed)
47 ROWDY – ROW + DisorderlY
49 DRINK – DecanteR + INK

3 comments on “Times Jumbo 1224 (Monday August 29th)”

  1. Definitely towards the easier end of the spectrum, something that I tend to appreciate when it comes to jumbos

    I was curious as to why handlebar moustaches would be specified as Victorian as personally I tend to associate them more with the RAF .. but the Wikipedia entry seems to support that view.. can’t argue with Wyatt Earp & Buffalo Bill!

  2. I didn’t know the RAF went in for handlebar mustaches, so 43ac didn’t cause a problem. I did take a while to get 34ac, though, as I don’t think I’ve ever seen the name in English. DNK GRANVILLE, though I thought I knew a Grenville. COD to COSTA RICAN.

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