Solution is an anagram of BEST MAN I SEE. Unreasonable non-attendance upset best man, I see (11)Īnswer: ABSENTEEISM (i.e. Protest with explicit section of population (11)Īnswer: DEMOGRAPHIC (i.e.“female’s news”), like so: NET-(HER-WOR(L)D).Īnswer: NORTHEASTER (i.e. “clear” of taxation, also spelled NETT) followed by L (a recognised abbreviation of “line”) once placed “in” HER WORD (i.e. Clear line in female’s news that’s hellish (11)Īnswer: NETHERWORLD (i.e.“party”) reversed (indicated by “returning”) and placed “after” TRIP (i.e. Support for shooting party returning after expedition (6)Īnswer: TRIPOD (i.e.“article”, being a word like a, an or the), like so: ANGLIC-AN. “innocent”) with the middle letter removed or “central point deleted” and the remainder followed by AN (i.e. Church member has central point deleted from innocent article (8)Īnswer: ANGLICAN (i.e.“I show embarrassment”) once wrapped “about” N (a recognised abbreviation of “new”), like so: I-G(N)O-RED. Good grief this took ages to spot!Īnswer: IGNORED (i.e. “Middle section of” indicates the solution has been hidden in the clue, like so: THEAT(RE’S OUR CE)NTRAL. Middle section of theatre’s our central facility (8)Īnswer: RESOURCE (i.e.the last letter of “land”, ignoring the misleading capitalisation), like so: A-MI(D)ST. “weather feature”) wrapped around or “in which … can be seen” D (i.e. Surrounded by a weather feature in which Land’s End can be seen (6)Īnswer: AMIDST (i.e.Solution is P (a recognised abbreviation of “pressure”) placed “within” an anagram (indicated by “dysfunctional”) of FAMILY, like so: AM(P)LIFY. Step up pressure within dysfunctional family (7)Īnswer: AMPLIFY (i.e.While I wasn’t keen on the Jumbo as a whole, this clue stood out for me. The remainder plays on how an anagram (indicated by “that’s drunk”) of the solution can be found at “either side” of (PHILA)DE(LPHIA). Bottle that’s drunk on either side of Philadelphia (5)Īnswer: PHIAL (i.e.BILATERAL means having two “sides”, while SYMMETRY can mean “balance”. “characteristic of noughts and crosses” – in this case I think the setter is referring to a zero character ‘0’ rather than a circle, the latter of course having an infinite number of lines of symmetry). Balance between sides that’s characteristic of noughts and crosses (9,8)Īnswer: BILATERAL SYMMETRY (which is “symmetry about a single plane” (Chambers), i.e.“boxing in practice”) with one of the middle Rs removed (indicated by “half-hearted”). Close-fisted, half-hearted boxing in practice (7)Īnswer: SPARING (i.e.descriptive of “setter and solver”) followed by AGE (i.e. What makes setter and solver mature? Practice (5)Īnswer: USAGE (i.e.Solution is SUN’S with the first letter removed (indicated by “leader moved”) and the remainder followed by KILLED (i.e. Sun’s leader moved then taken out as amateurish (9)Īnswer: UNSKILLED (i.e.“for” or in favour of) followed by PORT (i.e. “part of PR”, taking the initials to be Proportional Representation). Part of PR for harbour island lacked initially (12)Īnswer: PROPORTIONAL (i.e.“position”) placed after or having “up front” ASS (i.e. Support one position taken by fool up front (10)Īnswer: ASSISTANCE (i.e.Till next time, stay safe out there, kids. It’s always interesting to hear the thoughts of other solvers once they’ve set down their pens. Thanks again for the kind words and input. If a recent Jumbo has ground your gears then you might find my Just For Fun page of use, where you’ll find links to solutions for hundreds of the things. You can find my completed grid below along with explanations of my solutions where I have them. I was happy to chip away at it during the day, loving some of the inventiveness on show, but come HEPTAD, AUNTIE and the bottom left in general I’d had quite enough. A toughie this week, and along the spectrum between teeth-pullingly contrived and maddeningly brilliant this lies squarely in the middle.
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