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 + TRIC |
| 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 – G |
| 25 | SILAGE – alternate (odd) letters of ‘still’, + AGE |
| 26 |
SYSTEM – S |
| 28 |
EPIGRAMMATIC – cite, reversed, around (PIG + RAM + M |
| 30 |
COSTA RICAN – CO-STAR + I |
| 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 |
TWIT – |
| 43 | HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE – HANDLE BAR, + MUST ACHE around O |
| 46 | RATE-CAP – pace, reversed, after RAT |
| 47 |
RUSTLER – RUSTLE + R |
| 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 |
NUNNERY – |
| 54 | YOKEL – OK, in LEY (reversed) |
| Down | |
| 1 | GOLDEN EAGLE – GEN around OLD, + EAGLE |
| 2 |
REFER – |
| 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 – INSUR |
| 12 |
NEEDLEWOMAN – NEED + LEW |
| 19 | WEARIER – R + IE, in WEAR |
| 20 | SIGNORI – (iron GIs), reversed |
| 22 | HYDROELECTRICITY – (hero directly)* + CITY |
| 24 | LIMPLY – IMPLY after L |
| 27 |
STRICT – |
| 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 + D |
| 49 |
DRINK – D |
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!