Solution to Jumbojae(unclued lights are in brackets)
ACROSS: (1 Like slicks of sealing-wan) 14 Halfway 16 Set upon 17 Moonshiny 18 Inept 19 Struan 21 South Australia 22 Reliability 25 Kinder (28 It was a turkey he) 29 Cinnae 30 Esker 34 Arena 35 Panel 36 Estover 37 Eaveolate 39 Rosiname 42 Haunt 44 Subsidised 45 Rereads 47 Snub 49 Barrie 5I Negate 53 Suet 54 Refrain 56 Reassemble 57 Uredo (61 On his legs) 63 Love-apple 64 Overset 66 Rotor 68 Poses 73 Pipul 74 Tandem 75 Stretching-iron 76 Elodea 77 Misbeseemed (79 Short in a minute) 81 Tidied 82 Digit 83 Masterful 84 Russell 85 lsodoma 86 Deputy elected by the Lord.
DOWN: I Lumbriciform 2 Isomeric 3 Ennui 4 Tchr 5 Canalise 6 Fantasia 7 Esparto 8 Leisure 9 Nutrient (10 Would have snapped 'cm off) 11 Xenarthra (12 Could never have stood up) 13 Escalator 15 Footwear 20 Minerals 23 Garnishee 24 Hullabaloo 26 Under 27 Healed 31 Astir 32 Hosier 33 Bedevil (38 That bird he) 40 Onus 41 Reserve 43 Unbelting 46 Ensure 48 Burg 50 In- termeddled 52 Genet 54 Revelled 55 Egesta 58 Parameter 59 Spent 60 Congested 62 Spirited 65 Sweetest 67 Organist 69 Sunbeamy 70 Bedeguar 71 Scantly 72 Titmice 78 Enrol 80 Etch.
Name The quotation at 28A, 12D, 6IA, 38D, 10D, 79A and IA is from A Christmas Carol (600 and
81A, see OED; 25A, 320 and 70D, see Brewer; 84A, Jane Austen).
Winners: First prize (£30): Stephen T. Willis, 60 Staley Hall Rd., Stalybridge, Cheshire; Runners-up (£15 each): Paul Dendy, 4 Ffordd-y- Rhos, Treuddyn, Mold, Clwyd, N. Wales, and John E. Brown, 22A Sewell House, Belmont Rd., Winscombe, Avon.
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