Jumbo 1408
Mostly straightforward but I do have an issue with the definition in 31A - more detail below. Hopefully someone can provide more support. I don't have any particular favourite among the other clues.
Across | |
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1 COSTA RICA - COST = charge, A(f)RICA = continent | |
6 STEWPOT - TOP = leading, WETS = Tory moderates, all reversed | |
10 DUCAT - DUCT = tube, around A = area | |
13 TENUOUS - TENS = decades, around U = university, (n)O(t) and U = university again | |
14 INERTIA - TER(r)AIN* around I = one | |
15 ROLLMOP - ROLL sounds like ROLE = part, MOP = cleaner | |
16 WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN - double definition, the second mildly cryptic | |
17 ADO - alternate letters in bAnDbOx | |
18 LOCALE - LOCAL = watering hole, (gazell)E | |
20 TELEDU - T.U. = trade union, around E = European and LED = prompted. I have come across this word on crosswords before | |
21 ARTHURIAN - (TURN A HAIR)* | |
23 MORATORIUM - MUM = old lady, around ORATORI(o) = choral work | |
25 REED BUNTING - RED = colourful, BUNTING = flags, around E = eastern | |
29 INTRO - INTO = knowledgeable about, around R(achmaninoff) | |
30 TRANSACT - T.T. = races, around RANSAC(k) = rifle | |
31 CLAYMORE - C(ontractor), LAY = put down, MORE = additional. I have a problem with the definition here as I can't find anything suggesting a claymore as a pipe. A pipe bomb for the anti-personnel mine definition of claymore also does not seem reasonable as I believe a claymore mine sends a shrapnel-filled bomb into the air to then explode. I can't find any other word to fit the wordplay in the clue and checking letters | |
34 SHREWISH - SH = quiet, WISH = desire, around R.E. = soldiers | |
36 SPILLAGE - (expose)S, PILLAGE = depredation | |
37 OCTET - O = old, CT = Connecticut, ET = film | |
39 HANDICAPPER - HANDY sounds like HANDY = practical, CAPPER sounds like KAPPA = Greek character | |
41 RITORNELLO - (TRIO OR)* around NELL = girl | |
43 FOSTERAGE - FO(r), STAGE = part of theatre, around E.R. = leading lady | |
45 HAUNCH - HUNCH = suspicion, around A | |
47 TWINGE - TWIN = Remus, perhaps, GE = E.G. = for example, reversed | |
49 LEI - LEI(sure) = rest | |
50 HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD - double definition | |
52 NINEPIN - NINE sounds like NEIN = no in German, PIN = device for identifying | |
53 EPICARP - EARP = Wyatt, around PIC = film | |
54 AVIATOR - A(scend), VIA = by way of, TOR = rocky peak | |
55 STEAL - S = second, TEAL = duck | |
56 MASONRY - MARY = woman, around SON = close relative | |
57 INTEGRATE - IN = current, TEG = sheep, RATE = charge | |
Down | |
1 COTSWOLD - COTS = sleeping places, W(elcomed), OLD = elderly | |
2 SINGE - SINE = function, around G(rub) | |
3 AMONTILLADO - A, MON = day, TILL = up to the time of , A DO = a party | |
4 ISSUED - ISSUE = children, D = duke | |
5 ARITHMETICAL - (THE ART I CLAIM)* | |
6 STEEPLE - STEP = action, LE = the in French, around E = English | |
7 EXTRACURRICULAR - EXTRA = additional, CIRCULAR* around UR = old city | |
8 PEACEMAKER - PACEMAKER = heart stimulator, around E = European | |
9 TURNOUT - double definition | |
10 DELINQUENCY - (CINDY, LEN)* around QUE = that in Paris | |
11 CAMPANILI - CAM = river, PAN = vessel, IL = the in Italian, I = one | |
12 TYPHOON - TYCOON = magnate with C = key removed and replaced by P = quiet and H = hotel | |
19 CROFTER - CR = creditor, OFTER = with greater frequency | |
22 CONTESSA - CO = firm, NA = AN reversed, around TESS = Hardy character | |
24 MISAPPREHENSION - MI'S = intelligence agency's, APPREHENSION = arrest | |
26 BILBERRY - (BRIBE, L(o)R(r)Y)* | |
27 GHETTO - GET TO = arrive at, around H = horse | |
28 KITSCH - KIT'S = Christopher's, CH = church | |
32 ORTOLAN - ORTON = British dramatist, around L.A. = US city | |
33 FAIT ACCOMPLI - FAT = stout, around I = one, ACCOMPLI(ce) = crony | |
35 WHITECHAPEL - (THE PLACE W(h)I(c)H)* | |
37 OVERWEENING - OVER = about, WING = projecting part of house, around E,E and N = quarters | |
38 SPEECHLESS - double definition | |
40 NESCIENCE - (NICE SCENE)* | |
42 GENDARME - GEN = information, DAME = titled woman, around R = runs | |
43 FILINGS - FLINGS = chucks, around I = one | |
44 ANTONYM - ANTONY = roman general, M(en) | |
46 UNITARY - UNI = college, TRY = test, around A(cclaimed) | |
48 STUART - START = set about, around U = uniform | |
51 EXTRA - EX(i)T = doorway, R.A = Burlington House |