I
thought this a nice middle-of-the-road Jumbo with plenty of
straightforward clues to get you going and then a few that needed more
effort. Only one unknown for me, the word "mahlstick" in the clue for
18A, so no obscurities to hold me up. Indeed, when I got to the Down
clues, numbers 1-11 all went in at the first reading. I was all but
finished in 35 minutes, but then held up at the end by having SLIDE
instead of SIDLE as the (perfectly plausible, I contend) answer to 54A,
making CABOODLE my LOI after nearly 10 minutes of headscratching. Some
neat wordplay (e.g 30A, 6D, 31D and, my COD, 49D) raised a few wry
smiles. Thank-you setter. How did everyone else get on? What were your
favourites?
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