Saturday Telegraph Cryptic 25,440

[Lipsiot]

Having a mental block morning over the top right corner!

10A Steeplechaser, one taken aback after spring (4-6) ?U?P-?O?K?? I assume this is JUMP-JOCKEY but don't understand the "one taken aback" bit

9A Above having gradual increase reaching excessive size (10) O?E??????H Assuming this is OVERGROWTH

6D Resembling sin? (4) If the above two are right, then this is ?G?Y Could this be UGLY - but why?

7D Necktie card-player may have (4-2-4) ????-?N-?A?D

11A Romeo has order for gown (4)

[betterman]

11a. Robe

[kayakamina]

10a Jump Jockey....Jump =spring...Jockey goes 'on back'
6d Ugly as sin
7d Four in hand ....a tie
11a R obe

[sarumite]

7d Four-in -hand

11a Robe

[kayakamina]

Forgot 9a Overgrowth

[spursfan]

Hi Lipsiot
6D Ugly(as sin)
7D Four-in-hand
11A Robe
The other answers are ok
spursfan

[Lipsiot]

Thanks betterman - that now gives me FOUR-IN-HAND for 7D, which confirms 9A as OVERGROWTH.

But I still don't understand the clues for 6D (if is UGLY) and 10A if it is JUMP-JOCKEY

[Lipsiot]

Thank you sarumite, kayakamina and (the unfortunately named!) spursfan (only joking my wife suffers from this syndrome as well!)

No excuses not to get into the garden now !

[Lipsiot]

Thanks everyone

[tizzi2]

why is it robe?

[DSJ]

R for Romeo & OBE is an order. Robe is another name for a gown.

[tizzi2]

Doh!!! thank you so much!

[barbrajay]

10A is JumpJockey - the taken aback after spring is for "jump" as in "spring" and aback is riding.

9A is correct

6D is UGLY from the expression "ugly as sin" !

11A am still working on that one as well as 7D

[airmech]

10A one taken aback a horse- a jockey

6D UGLY as sin

7D Four-in-hand- an old type of necktie

11A Guess it's R(OBE) although can't see why R is an abbreviation for Romeo

[johnalex]

Hi airmech - R = Romeo in Nato alphabet . . . .

Alpha India Romeo Mike Echo Charlie Hotel = AIRMECH