A bit of a guess, but I’m pretty confident it’s correct given there are “twelve” signs of the zodiac (don’t at me, Ophiuchuses), each supposedly representing a 30-degree section of an imaginary belt in the heavens, i.e. “control”) wrapped around or “eclipsing” GA (a recognised abbreviation of “General Assembly”), like so: RE(GA)IN.Īnswer: ZODIAC. Get back control, eclipsing General Assembly (6)Īnswer: REGAIN (i.e.“church”, specifically the Church of England). “informative details”), like so: THEM-ON-ARCH-OFT-HE-G(L)EN.Īnswer: ACE (i.e. “man”) and L (a recognised abbreviation of “left”) once placed “in” GEN (i.e. shortened form of “often”), then HE (i.e. “those people”) followed by ON, then ARCH (i.e. “painting” by Sir Edwin Landseer, and an absolute beauty it is too). Painting those people on bridge, often man has left in informative details (3,7,2,3,4)Īnswer: THE MONARCH OF THE GLEN (i.e.

the first letters of “ Is Cheered At Lords”).

Current spinner is cheered at Lords at first appearance (7) – not (4), as printedĪnswer: TOPICAL (i.e.

When written as CLOSE UP the solution also satisfies to “shut”. the first letter of “British”).Īnswer: CLOSE-UP (i.e. commotion or “turmoil”) followed by B (i.e. One gotten solely from the wordplay.Īnswer: POTHERB (i.e. Solution is SCH (a recognised abbreviation of “school”) followed by A and RN (ditto “Royal Navy”), then an anagram (indicated by “novel”) of SHORT, like so: SCH-A-RN-HORST.

School has short novel about a Royal Navy battleship sunk in 1943 (11)Īnswer: SCHARNHORST (i.e.

One who manages to dispatch branch email (11)Īnswer: CHAMBERLAIN (i.e.

Solution is SHIP with its last letter removed (indicated by “mostly”) and the remainder wrapped “around” US (i.e.

Foreign food delivered by ship, mostly around America (5)Īnswer: SUSHI (i.e.

Solution satisfies “when there’s no drink to be had” and to ban or “bar” something.

When there’s no drink to be had in bar (11)Īnswer: PROHIBITION.

“firework”) with its initial letter removed (indicated by “not starting”).

Annoyance with firework not starting (5)Īnswer: ANGER (i.e.

Hands up who originally wrote CUMULOSTRATUS in the grid. Solution is an anagram (indicated by “when going round”) of CUT USUAL STORM.

Cut usual storm when going round cloud (13)Īnswer: STRATOCUMULUS (i.e.

“what happens in autumn”) once the initial letter has been removed (indicated by “with departure of the first”).

What happens in autumn with departure of the first bug (9)Īnswer: EAVESDROP (i.e.Until next time, stay safe, mask up and keep supporting the NHS and key workers everywhere. Let’s hope these blasted Covid rates keep dropping to reflect the vaccination rollout. They’ve meant a lot as lockdown continues to bite. Thank you for all the kind and appreciative comments in recent weeks. Meanwhile there are the usual dusty old book reviews and a story of mine. If a recent Jumbo has you stumped then you might find my Just For Fun page helpful, listing solutions to the last 100+ of these things. There were some good clues and steady progression to enjoy, but the vibes were let down by a couple of things that didn’t quite work, at least for this pseudonymous nobody.Īs ever you can find my completed grid below along with explanations of my solutions where I have them. ๑)ଓ ♡ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡)₍ᐢ._.Another medium strength puzzle this week, but one that felt a bit untidy in places.

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