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CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

12 You won’t hate eccentric no

longer in favour (2,3,3,3) 13 Lament man, bore with no right to

ramble (6) 14 English novelist, one taking

bow? (6) 16 Mediocre show repeated at odd

points (2-2) 17 Posh politician last to vouch in legal

case is victorious (9) 18 Clubs amended rule that’s very

harsh (5) 19 Approaching part of fine arena (4) 20 Undisciplined son in home? That’s

nonsense (9) 22 Suspicious swimmer close to

quay (5) 23 Liverpudlian singer gets to see

place of trouble (5,4) 27 Unsettle director, terrible purist (7) 30 Depend on approval in group and

circle (4,2) 31 Leader of regime facing revolutionary period? That’s uncommon (4) 32 Foam in Scottish river with

interchange in one place (5) 35 Join group of mellow elders (4) 36 Engineer with quartet, we hear,

needs chastening (4,3) 38 Desperate character touring West

in the beginning (4) 39 Skilful sailor captivated by place at

sea (7) 42 Look for merit shortly in school (6) 45 Recall some irregular effigy in

wild (5) 46 Here day’s disturbed overlooking

river for bumpkin (7) 47 Nail course of action (4) 48 Opinion that is dividing five

women (4) 50 Experienced and strangely wily

lord leaving institute (7) 52 Advantage from sun in a spell of

tennis (5) 54 Nigel is upset about source of

gentle or minor criticism (6) 56 Laborious sort of list followed by

tense newsman (7) 57 Excess fat in fellow with

experimental site (4) 59 Slippery eel around U.S. island very

hard to catch (7) 61 Feeling shown in struggle

enveloping Belgium (4) 64 Fit of temper from celebrity

shunning a work (5) 66 Price in Greek island taverna at the

outset (4) 67 A large inlet or recess (6) 69 Greatly revere first of indefatigable

oldies at work (7) 72 Fetch seat when assembling for

informative paper (4,5) 73 Gush possibly about Rex making

dubious gesture (5) 74 Acclaim bar with officially

approved yard (9) 79 Opening gained by old soldier

round November (4) 81 Compact study by outsiders in

service (5) 82 Some in local wrong when missing

a line or punctuation mark (9) 83 Greek character regularly seen in

minor team (4) 85 Counter with line for small cart (6) 86 Old U.S. actress losing diamonds in

store (6) 87 Unusually morose waiter finally linked to fault in hotel hospitality (4,7)

DOWN

1 Release group in ground

obviously (4) 2 Definite winner at home after a lot of

filming (4-2) 3 Change button (6) 4 Cleanliness elevated by Kelly, say, in

speech (7) 5 Fake person knowing nothing (5) 6 Husband sadly loathed essentially

soft kiwi fruit, maybe (6,4) 7 Use a form of words for sofa (5) 8 Popular councillor in packed year is

very active (2,4,3) 9 Old man left in port area security

device (7) 10 Closely examine second chapter and

article (4) 11 Notice a boxing match to

consider (3,5) 15 One visited for consultations getting

to dwindle (6) 21 I love exotic pitted fruit (5) 24 Tavern’s disorientated domestic

employee (7) 25 Bestow first of crowns on fine

queen (6) 26 Words garbled by unknown

character make one sleepy (6) 28 Race competitor’s additional

clause (5) 29 By the sound of it, inferior

hand (3) 33 Supporter given food gets rapturous

reception (7) 34 Andrew confused prison

official (6) 37 Resistance shown by colleague in

political gathering (5) 40 Uplifting company among all getting

tipsy in pub (5) 41 Pete and Liam sadly with no latitude

for pastry dish (4,3) 43 Something legally promulgated in

the dictionary (5) 44 Woman’s keeping hooter making

glaring mistake (6) 46 Strain to lift home equipment and

various else initially (5) 49 Rule overturned by Kelvin dismissed

in industrial strike (7) 51 Weaken revamped diet when consuming pounds for all to see (6) 53 Bob with a bent shape has

disease (6) 55 Some role vaguely brought up for

auctioneer’s hammer (5) 58 Why a biker’s treated

marginally (2,1,7) 60 Finish Pernod at regular

intervals (3) 62 Get ready for plague (5) 63 Dogma once in circulation gets to

fluctuate (4,3,2) 65 Economic dispute warranted possibly with no end of deception (5,3) 68 Sociable companion taken with card

game first off (6) 70 How days are arranged is

murky (7) 71 I’m captivated by rendition of blues

that’s majestic (7) 75 Stay cycling erratically

somewhat (6) 76 Pester Greek character with victor vigorously after vacation (6) 77 Confront female TV presenter (5) 78 Glaswegian, say, having pocketed

nothing gets to leave quickly (5) 80 Thing put on car is exhaust, we’re

told (4) 84 Fold fixed without last of pins (4)

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