Thank you Lucian. I agree with you – this one just wasn`t nice (and not just because it was full of „underneath“ that you know is detestable). I love your description „word salads“ – and no, it wasn`t just you! As always a place of management before all this, if I may, I have some book references that are dusty here and an old story of me there. If you`ve been grieving with a recent Jumbo Cryptic, then my Just For Fun page might be just right, full of links to solutions for the last ninety buggers. 4. Refusal of receipt without ship identification (7) 33. I attack old spas with a knife containing boron (10) And as far as the LOSE (44d) is concerned.. ? FFS. Life is quite difficult, as it is now, without the Setters resorting to invented words. 30. Prosecution violated compliance with a delay of minutes (10) 37. Rider with spear, not the first person to send someone (6) Answer: UNTERTASSE (i.e. „part of China“ – ignore the misleading capital letter).
The solution is SAUCIER (i.e. „further forward“) with the self (marked by „the first person excluded“ – to demonstrate: first person: „I did something“; second person: „You did something“; third person: „he/she/they did something“). 1. Horrendou rates calculate an unsolicited receipt (4-7) 50. Too slightly injured in the workplace, metric work introduced, the fourth later (13) 8. Unconditional lip set (5,4) 8. Entrance of considerable width and high altitude (5) 11. The aristocratic loses kopf`s spoke of natural waste (9). The best clues are where you get the answer and leave „Oh yes, of course!“. I loved the business of Make it One and Finn.
But the last 10 answers were just a matter of ferocious sausages. Not much fun. 10. Parisian who prevents the married woman from returning to the worm (6) 24. It is covered with ypres sludge and receives a dirty mark (6) 3. Difficulty in creating extremely large Russian funds after watered-down aid? (8.8) 48th track composed by the couple of main actors of the Beatles? (3,2,2) Answer: DESORIENT (i.e. „out of class“). The solution also satisfies „Westernize“, since the East refers to the East.
Answer: DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (i.e. „savings goal“). The solution is ASSERT (that is. . .