Times Jumbo 876 (Sat 19 June 2010)

* = anagram

ACROSS
1 ASSESSORS ASSES SORTS less T
6 LOMBARD MBA in LORD
10 Grandma MOSES US painter MOSEYS less y
13 ISADORA DUNCAN US dancer I SAD O RADA less A UN CAN
14 LIVERWORT LIVE R WORT(h)
15 UNDERGO G in UNDER (working for) O (nothing)
16 MALTHUS MALE less E (energy) THUS (so) He predicted problems from rising population
17 STINKER Stress TINKER
18 TEN-GALLON HAT (Ann get all hot)*
20 FIBREGLASS FIB REG (little fellow) LASS
23 CROSS CROSSWORD less WORD
24 SCHILLING Austrian currency replaced by euro bankS CHILLING
25 BASTION ASTI in NOB reversed
26 ENTERPRISES ENTER “Prizes”
28 PENNYWEIGHT PENNY W EIGHT
30 RESTATEMENT REST and ME in A TENT
32 CHIROMANCER CHI ROMANCER
34 EARSHOT Cryptic definition
36 SPOTLIGHT POT in SLIGHT
38 THETA THE TA
39 SAND MARTIN AND in SMART IN (home)
41 PALINGENESIS L in PAIN GENESIS (good book – Book of the Bible)
45 TROUNCE (recount)*
46 CHINESE CHINES E
47 ACROBAT ROB (fleece) A (ace) in ACT (performance)
49 POSTILION POST I LION This word can be spelt with one or two Ls
50 PROGNOSTICATE (Operating cost)*
52 DRYAD DRY AD
53 SOLVENT V in SOLENT
54 WEDNESDAY (local) Derby (football match) may be between Sheffield WEDNESDAY and Sheffield United

DOWN
1 ALIQUOT A LIQUOR less last letter R Test
2 STANDING OUT STAND-IN GOUT
3 SPOOR O (round) in SPOR(t)
4 ON A ROLL Double definition ref; Piano Roll for pianola
5 SOU SOUL less L (pounds)
6 LOCAL CALL LOCAL (pub) C ALL
7 MANCHU MAN CHUM less M (married)
8 A BLESSING IN DISGUISE (I said business niggle)*
9 DIVISOR DI VISOR
10 MARRIAGES A RR (bishop) in I’M reversed AGES
11 STOCKTAKING STOCK TAKING
12 SITAR I in STAR
16 M ANCHESTER SHIP CANAL M (motorway) (Lancashire chap sent)*
19 AUSTRIA AU (gold) (it’s a r)*
21 SANATORIA (sonata)* Air (going up)
22 BIOPIC Cryptic definition
23 CHEERLESS CHEER LESS
24 SERPENT An obsolete musical instrument guita R PEN (pound) in SET
25 BOYCOTT BOY C OTT
27 SET-TOS Reverse ie coming up S (singular) OTTERS less R
29 ELASTIN E LASTIN’
31 STRENUOUSLY (surely not us)*
33 CHEESEBOARD Cryptic definition, Leicester is a type of chess.
35 HUMANKIND HUM (to be lively) A N KIND (kind = kidney = class)
37 LEAVES OUT Double definition
40 RE-EDITS E in (direst)*
42 GRASSED Double definition
43 SATIETY (I eat)* in STY
44 SIMPLE MP in ELI’S (reversed)
45 TOPED depot (reversed)
48 RAISE (put up) PRAISE less P (piano)
51 NOW won reversed