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ACROSS: 1 Close, 4 Pull one’s socks up, 14 Shaft, 15 Unlit, 16 Cloudburst, 17 Total, 19 Ire, 20 Jealous, 21 Bride-tobe, 22 Primed, 25 Penthouse, 27 Pirate, 28 Serene, 33 Ballooning, 35 Boo, 36 Static, 37 Stag, 39 Vow, 41 Coerced, 42 Muesli, 43 Untrained, 44 Scrim, 45 Carefree, 50 Co, 51 Infantry, 55 Delta, 58 Principle, 59 Salver, 60 Corrupt, 61 Soh, 63 Eyed, 64 Porous, 65 Ilk, 66 Spellbound, 68 Setter, 69 Censor, 71 Apologise, 76 Acumen, 77 Apportion, 79 Stalked, 81 Odd, 84 Shine, 85 Interweave, 86 Humid, 87 Adept, 88 Daylight robbery, 89 Fever. DOWN: 2 Landed, 3 Swill, 5 Ugly, 6 Louvres, 7 Nobody, 8 Strut, 9 October, 10 Kite, 11 Upturn, 12 Rapid, 13 Steeple, 14 Slumber, 18 Auctioneer, 23 Motif, 24 Stratum, 26 Enlarge, 27 Proviso, 29 Extinct, 30 Pagoda, 31 Obese, 32 Kitten, 34 Glut, 36 Sward, 38 Giddy, 40 Data, 45 Copse, 46 Raiment, 47 Fact, 48 Employ, 49 Bliss, 50 Cashier, 52 Footlights, 53 Nervous, 54 Ripens, 55 Devotee, 56 Fluke, 57 Lens, 62 Sells, 67 Request, 68 Scholar, 70 Sapling, 72 Proverb, 73 Retina, 74 Stereo, 75 Revise, 76 Added, 78 Octet, 80 Louse, 82 Feel, 83 Over.