(I believe I’m blogging on the correct Jumbo this time – apologies for the dual posting on 963, which sghanson had already covered beautifully).
My solving time was around 22 minutes. I found this one mostly straightforward, but I had to check the meaning of TABARET, and I reckon HALF SEAS OVER is a pretty archaic euphemism for tipsy!
Across | |
1 | TURKISH BATH – K in (habits hurt)* |
7 | MARK MY WORDS – MARKS around MY WORD (something I should keep) |
13 | EXCEL – EX = (old) flame + CEL(lo) |
14 | PROBLEM – PROLE = worker (proletarian) holding B = book, + M = marks |
15 | MONETISED – (moistened)* |
16 | CAMEMBERT – MEMBER = fellow (of society etc.) in CAT |
17 | SHORT STORY – SHORTS + TORY |
20 | AMNESIA – M(i)NE (explosive) in ASIA |
22 | STATURE – STATUE = figure, around R |
24 | SOLVENT – SOL = sun (source of light) + VENT. |
25 | TRUE GRIT – TIT, around (urge)* + R |
26 | DOUBLE NEGATIVE – cryptic indication |
28 | BOOZE – OOZE = seep, well up behind B (rear of pub) |
29 | NERVES – SEVEN (reversed) around R = resistance |
30 | TINKER BELL – BELL = ring behind TINKER |
33 | ANTITHESIS – (seat in this)* |
35 | RED-HOT – refers to the flower, red-hot poker |
37 | TRIAD – I in TRAD |
39 | PLATINUM BLONDE – (all pointed)* around NUMB = dead. I’m not sure why a platinum blonde is “not entirely fair”, though! |
41 | SPOTLESS – double definition |
44 | CHEMISE – HEM IS in CE = church (of England) |
45 | THITHER – T = craft’s “stern” + HIT + HER (referring to a boat) |
46 | WARLIKE – R + L (opposing sides, right and left) + I in WAKE |
47 | SEA ANEMONE – (one man a)* in SEE |
49 | CRITIQUED – it (reversed) + QU in CRIED |
53 | WALLABIES – AB = sailor in WALLIES. I loved this clue! |
54 | TABARET – BARE in TAT. TABARET is a type of fabric sometimes used for upholstery |
55 | DUVET – V = against in DUET |
56 | PARTY ANIMAL – green indicates the Green Party |
57 | WAR ON TERROR – WANT around OR (other ranks) reversed, + ERROR |
Down | |
1 | TRENCHANT – R (last letter of singer) in TEN + CHANT |
2 | RICHMOND UPON THAMES – (monarch impounds the)* |
3 | ISLAM – IS + LAM |
4 | HYPHENATION – HYPE = publicity around H, + NATION. “Dashing through manuscripts” is a nice oblique way of referring to hyphens (dashes) |
5 | APOSTASY – A + POST + AS + Y |
6 | HALF SEAS OVER – (solve afresh a)* |
7 | MUMBO JUMBO – MUM + job (reversed), + UMBO = boss |
8 | REMIT – timer (reversed) |
9 | MINUTE STEAK – MINUTE = little, + STEAK which sounds like stake = pale in the sense of fence material |
10 | WATER FLEA – sounds like “war to flee” (maybe, depending on your pronunciation!) |
11 | ROSE – double definition (“vacated bed” = got up) |
12 | SIDE – a rather weak double definition |
18 | HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER – now there’s a word you don’t often see in a crossword! HE, + DEMISE in MIMI (heroine of La Boheme), + QUAVER |
19 | STEEPLED – STEEPED around L = 50 |
21 | SEGMENT – G-MEN in SET |
23 | EYESIGHT – EIGHT around YES = sure |
27 | FRUIT BAT – (rub it)* in FAT |
28 | BRAT PACK – BACK = returned, around RAP around T |
31 | ROTATOR – cryptic definition |
32 | BEND THE ELBOW – double definition |
34 | ENUMERATION – (mountaineer)* |
36 | TYPEWRITTEN – (try it)* around PEW, + TEN |
38 | HORIZONTAL – (c)HORIZO + N + TAL(l) |
40 | ITINERARY – (rare nit I) (reversed), + Y = (mathematical) variable |
42 | SPEEDSTER – S, + PESTER = bug, around ED = editor (journalist) |
43 | PROCURER – (cup error)*, with “one getting” defining PROCURER |
48 | EPSOM – MOPE = moon (reversed), around S. Reference is to Epsom race course |
50 | INDIE – IN + DIE |
51 | SWAP – PAWS (reversed) |
52 | SLUR – initial letters of “spread leaving unsightly residue” |
I don’t know why PLATINUM BLONDE should be “not entirely fair” either.
I suspect I occasionally use the term HALF SEAS OVER, but I suppose I’m a bit archaic myself nowadays. (Sigh!)
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