Absurd address to judge is keeping most of court in uproar (9)Īnswer: LUDICROUS (i.e. “article”, being a word like a, an or the). “cake decoration” – again to Chambers: “a genus of umbelliferous plants with large leaves and double-winged fruit… its candied leaf-stalks and midribs, used as a decoration for cakes etc”). Very sweet article for cake decoration (8)Īnswer: ANGELICA (i.e. “What’s…in” indicates the solution has been hidden in the clue, while “recalled” indicates the solution has been reversed, like so: ANOTH(ER AR)EA. Not often put forward or what’s recalled in another area (4)Īnswer: RARE (i.e. When written as EX-ACT the solution also satisfies “retired performer”. 
“nice” – over to Chambers: “done with great care and exactness, accurate”). Clue plays on G being a recognised abbreviation of “grand” and P being a recognised abbreviation of “piano”, and also how you’d play “notes” on one in a musical “key”.
GP producing notes after key treatment? (5,5)Īnswer: GRAND PIANO. “oil producers”, specifically the Organization of the Petroleum-Exporting Countries), like so: K(OPEC)K. Solution is K and K (both “kings”, a recognised abbreviation used in chess) wrapped around or “besetting” OPEC (i.e. “small amount”, specifically “a Russian coin, the hundredth part of a rouble, no longer having any significant worth” (Chambers)). Kings besetting oil producers for a small amount (6)Īnswer: KOPECK (i.e. first “half of family”), like so: I-N(FAM)OUS. common “sense”) wrapped around or “accommodating” FAM (i.e. I sense accommodating half of family would be shocking (8)Īnswer: INFAMOUS (i.e. “Russian currency”), like so: ROU(G-HAND-TUM)BLE. “corporation” – setters love using a variant meaning of the word, being a pot belly) all placed “in” ROUBLE (i.e. Solution is G (a recognised abbreviation of “good”), HAND (i.e. Good worker getting corporation to invest in Russian currency in scramble (5-3-6)Īnswer: ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE (i.e. “support”) followed by E (a recognised abbreviation of “English”) and AC (ditto “account”) once both are placed in or “penned by” DON (i.e. Support English account penned by academic and cleric (10)Īnswer: ARCHDEACON (i.e. the first letters of “in” and “Colorado”), like so: NATUR(A-L)IST-I-C. “uncovered person”) wrapped around or “circling” A and L (a recognised abbreviation of “lake”), then followed by I and C (i.e. Representative uncovered person circling a lake in Colorado initially (12)Īnswer: NATURALISTIC (i.e. arranges or “displays”) with the Y removed (indicated by “with no end of luxury”, i.e. French town displays with no end of luxury (5)Īnswer: ARRAS (i.e. “figure in Russian history”) wrapped around or “circling” E (a recognised abbreviation of “European”) and RIM (i.e. Figure in Russian history circling European border – this one? (9)Īnswer: PERIMETER (i.e. “selection”) with its first and last letters removed (indicated by “limitless”) and the remainder followed by TA (i.e. “opera item” – over to Chambers: “a little aria or air”). Opera item limitless selection getting cheers (7)Īnswer: ARIETTA (i.e. My Chambers and Oxford don’t seem overly willing to support this one, but it is listed in my Bradford’s). Solution is B (a recognised abbreviation of “book”) followed by ROOMS (i.e. Book hotel accommodation with flash support for cleaner (10)Īnswer: BROOMSTICK (i.e. 
“vessel”, specifically a recognised abbreviation of a steamship) and followed by HIP (i.e. “expert”) both placed in or “aboard” SS (i.e. “quiet”, specifically a recognised abbreviation of “piano” used in musical lingo) and ACE (i.e. Quiet expert aboard vessel, stylish craft (9)Īnswer: SPACESHIP (i.e.
Till next time, stay safe out there, kids. It’s always interesting to hear how fellow solvers fared once they set down their pens. Thanks again for the kind words and input. Elsewhere there are the usual ancient book reviews and a story of mine. If a recent Jumbo has secretly smeared aniseed all over your shoes and you’re wondering why stray dogs keep chasing you then you might find my Just For Fun page of use, where you’ll find links to solutions for hundreds of the things. Probably a coincidence, given these things are often compiled months in advance, but still.Īnyway, setting the awfulness of the situation in Ukraine to one side for a moment, you can find my completed grid below along with explanations of my solutions where I have them. It was a weird one to solve, too, given it also contained solutions like INFAMOUS, NOTORIOUS, SCANDAL, OUTCRY, STEAL and MARCHING ORDERS, not to mention things like BELLIGERENCE, SENILE, PROPAGANDIST and LUDICROUS that could be used to sum up Putin and his cronies. It would appear this week’s Jumbo hasn’t been too badly affected by the Russian sanctions, what with a salvo of three Russian references barely a quarter of the way into the puzzle.
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