Bank holiday Jumbo crossword
6 Monday January 3 2022 | the times
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Jumbo crossword No 1535
Bank holiday Jumbo crossword
The prize for each of the first
correct solutions to the Cryptic
and times2 Jumbo clues to be
opened will be a collection of
Times reference books —
including The Times Universal
Atlas of the World, Collins
English Dictionary & Thesaurus, and Bradford’s
Crossword Solver’s Dictionary published by
HarperCollins. Entries should be marked “Cryptic” or
“times2” and sent to: The Times Jumbo Crossword 1535,
PO Box 2164, Colchester, Essex CO2 8LJ; or emailed to:
[email protected], with “Cryptic 1535” or “times2
1535” in the subject line, to arrive by January 13. Open
to 18+, UK & ROI residents only. The winners and the
solutions will be published on January 15.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1213 1415 16 1718 19 20 212223 24 25 262728 29 30 313233 34 353637 38 39 404142 43 444546 47 48 4950 5152 53 5420 Root vegetable (7)
22 Become well-organised (3,2,3,8)
24 Growing older (6)
27 Eastern temple (6)
29 Greatly please (7)
31 French city on the Rhône (7)
32 Supposed cycle after which the
planets return to same positions
(8,4)
33 Variation in fortune (11)
35 Vocal supporter of a particular
cause (11)
36 Compound such as organochloride
or organofluoride (10)
38 Aboriginal throwing stick (9)
40 Ordered list of items (9)
41 State of calmness (8)
44 Speeches of praise (7)
45 Sweet wine (6)
47 Take hold of; fastener (5)
49 In advance (5)Cryptic clues
Across
1 Small home in the middle of
Glamorgan (5)
4 I am leading queen into tea — an
impossible dream (7)
8 Cruel oppressor of soldiers trapped
between hills (9)
13 Aware of arguments against
Conservative debt records (9)
14 Go-cart happily crashed?
Concerning how this looks (13)
15 Ham left unused by function (7)
16 What measures flow encountered
in a lake mostly (7)
17 Worked in steel able to be drawn
into wire (7)
18 Fruitful interaction smashing
socialist frontiers (5-13)
21 Accommodation in archaeological
sites (4)
23 Mine utterly, I admitted, is in a
poor way (9)
25 The setter after knowledge —
nothing for recipe for life, perhaps
(6)
26 Chaperone expected girl back (6)
28 One whose pics are grotesque and
scare rich naturists when stripped
(12)
30 Hurry pudding perhaps where
plates can be taken by fast
finishers? (10)
33 London, say, is Marx’s first subject
of his book (10)
34 Again give out warning sign one
second before salute (12)
37 Optical lab equipment — number
dead to be returned (6)
39 Attitude of man heading up church
(6)
40 Formatted text in page before a
newspaper strike had advert
removed (9)
42 Scruff needing new mirror (4)
43 Banned chemical initially shared
with Chelsea Football Club? (18)
46 Try catching the ling (4)
47 Obsessive, yes, suffering break
down (7)
48 Agency transport (7)
50 See company returning a small
sofa, in short a thing to watch (5,8)
51 Very urgent, I have to accept court
order (9)
52 Say, Oregon and Washington’s net
worth’s staggering! (9)
53 Perhaps club losing three seconds
cost series (7)
54 Smallest son seen in millstream (5)
Down
1 Routines on computer busy with
integrated circuit, as may be easily
seen (11)
2 No new cents and euros initially
coined for a specific occasion (5)
3 Putting in a new order clarifies
actions unusually (16)
4 Laugh as little time left in tedious
job (7)
5 Where many Falklanders are
missing English, tons invading at
once (9)
6 Who might study moths flying on
gloomiest night, ultimately (12)
7 Yum-Yum, a favourite I perform in
operetta after pressure (10)
8 Dynamic individual initially got
involved in row (5)
9 Feedback concerning first part of
play being performed (8)
10 Gas more than ever needs to be
produced (6)
11 Careful planner’s account on
getting into wreck of Titanic (9)
12 Wheeling smoothly, this bird gets
fish (6,5)
19 What sticks up on land? Blooming
oil-seed rape, perhaps (7)
20 Instrument I’m cutting in a part
that’s turned up (7)
22 Like books originally set out by
subject? (16)
24 Small fib about not drinking before
start of lunch (6)
27 Delicious drink at hand keeping
cold temperature (6)
29 Italian dish with crisp bottom but
not the sides (7)
31 One of the docks runs pub in
central region (7)
32 Poem tenderly composed — a
moving undertaking? (12)
33 Vulgar lad seen regularly outside
inclines to be barefaced (5-6)
35 Eastern and northern Chinese
people unite for beneficial change
(11)
36 Not loving one Italian grabbing
queen wildly excited about tango
(10)
38 One showing appreciation of a
very quiet music hall comedian (9)
40 Food aerated by yeast perhaps rose
up (9)
41 Want game for children in beach
area (8)
44 Heads of old British poetry (7)
45 Noisy movement beginning with
horns over oboes sounding harshly
(6)
47 Something valuable in a small
collection (5)
49 Country in feature article (5)Across
1 Hieronymus —, artist (5)
4 Take away (from) (7)
8 Disease of dogs (9)
13 Metallic element (9)
14 Trite, obvious (13)
15 Indic language (7)
16 Stage background (7)
17 Important part of diet (7)
18 Italian landmark (7,5,2,4)
21 Homeless child (4)
23 Row of supporting columns (9)
25 Throw out a jet (6)
26 Disclose (6)
28 Indoor climbing plant (12)
30 Dirty, unhealthy (I, not U) (10)
33 Watchfully, alertly (10)
34 Compulsive pilferer (12)
37 Early 20th-century artistic
movement (6)
39 Filled with horror (6)
40 Call to justify something (9)
42 Frozen rain (4)
43 Close by (4,5,3,6)46 Drink cooler (3,4)
47 Part of church near the altar (7)
48 Burn (a corpse) (7)
50 Impossible to explain (13)
51 Boxer’s protector (9)
52 Ordinal number (9)
53 Manuel —, deposed Panamanian
dictator (7)
54 Additional clause; equestrian (5)Down
1 Casual headwear (8,3)
2 Warning device (5)
3 Dish with paprika (9,7)
4 Using a car (7)
5 Graveyard memorial (9)
6 Fearful anticipation (12)
7 Touristic film or book (10)
8 God or goddess (5)
9 Habitually sullen person (8)
10 Newspaper head (6)
11 Seafront walk (9)
12 Grudgingly; enviously (11)
19 Joining by treaty (7)times2 clues
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