Solving time 20:18
I hadn’t noticed, when calling a previous Jumbo post “African Elephant”, that the other kind appears at 30D in this puzzle. A few tricky corners here – my copy has some crossing out of red herrings like FALSE HOPE for FALSE DAWN, and there are some words from the dustier corners of the dictionary and atlas.
Across | |
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14 | ALBIGENSIAN – (I ban a single)* |
21 | PECHORA – O in (a perch)* – you know it’s an obscure river when you read the words “this … article is a stub”. |
39 | ANI – a bird, the “black cuckoo” |
42 | ORGAN,ON – a system of logic (easily confused in my mind with organum – early counterpoint) |
54 | THE NOES HAVE IT – (in vote he hates)* |
Down | |
2 | THE OAKS – clue refers to the saying about tiny acorns and mighty oaks |
4 | ST.(AIR)WELLS |
5 | SIB=bis<=,SHIP |
10 | (cli)ENTELE,C,H,Y – maybe a slight slip from usual Times standards here – surface meaning seems unusually weak. |
25 | ORIG(A.M.)I(nates) |
30 | ASIAN ELEPHANT – (then is a plane a)* |
43 | BACTRIA – (air,ta(c)b)<= – which must be where the two-humped camels come from |
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