CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
12 Debut together, say (4,3,4) 13 Greek river bird (6) 14 Are mistaken by child for logic (6) 16 Go with mum, back to (4) 17 Unexpectedly reveals news about Her Majesty and dogs (9) 18 Retracting, prepared to accept pop records (5) 19 While left hand is holding a whip (4) 20 Tackled the problem of how one should be spoken to? (9) 22 Join the club (5) 23 When most viewers are watching ‘Best Days Of Our Lives’ (5,4) 27 Create joint compilation of poems (7) 30 Seizing power. Sheer disaster for the planet (6) 31 Not bad, hence given an encore (2-2) 32 Saw, or spotted, a second before (5) 35 Anxious to know, inserting key (4) 36 Dynamic as a leader is? (2-5) 38 Understood London district domiciled knight (4) 39 Only by accepting it’s nonsense (7) 42 Meaning to take scamp and ball right to (6) 45 Get caught again when you say hello to (5) 46 Once in California, hide (7) 47 Knock back some gin (4) 48 Get aerated when you interrogate (4) 50 Shook when frightened (7) 52 Scolds for taking a rest break (5) 54 Honey is lacking in this. It’s a deficiency (6) 56 Transfers to another post in a very short time (7) 57 Forgot to include his name (4) 59 Rush around to order from restaurant (3,4) 61 Am winning, having backed ‘Mountain Lion’ (4) 64 He requires a little time to look around (5) 66 Sounds troubled inside and you open up (4) 67 Is to set out round about six, to return (6) 69 Couldn’t recall appearing on stage (5,2) 72 Is he halfway through his calculations by July or August? (9) 73 Fire around a thousand? Precisely (5) 74 Means ‘unable to see, hear, feel, taste, or smell’, silly! (9) 79 Opening item on the programme hasn’t started (4) 81 Turning, point at it. A monster (5) 82 The first to be reckoned with is me (6,3) 83 Move in with the child (4) 85 A little electronic difficulty (6) 86 Pictures of self getting married a long time after (6) 87 Not a sharp ‘No!’? (4,7)
DOWN
1 It flies up, hard for cat to follow (4) 2 Outdo, as a punter (6) 3 Bags, new, superspecial, fifty per cent off (6) 4 Teemed with and the wife had funny dreams about (7) 5 And by the way, are not provided with seats (5) 6 Verify that it’s Victoria and not George? (10) 7 Last two-thirds of month, nothing but pleasure (5) 8 For Delilah, stopgap staff member, switch on (9) 9 Suppose the pressure will continue (7) 10 ‘Unbelievable!’ as Lilliputians thought, on seeing Gulliver? (4) 11 Clear indication diners wanted light start to meal? (8) 15 Insect, winged insect, lit off little after (6) 21 Forced a number to be nomadic (5) 24 Winter wear for a painter? (7) 25 A newspaper story on each one (6) 26 Behind ‘52’, travelling north (6) 28 Horse is gentle one; not frisky (5) 29 In slump, a little less than wise (3) 33 Misbehaving, but that’s nothing to the year after! (7) 34 Wan and ill, being treated in home (6) 37 Was seeing as old-fashioned (5) 40 Old Bill, right? (5) 41 Writes to one concerning food and accommodation (7) 43 What’s in hole you think there’s nothing in? (5) 44 Tax, now, comes in for an angry outburst (6) 46 Weight of said vegetable (5) 49 Claim of journalists covering (7) 51 See pouring into a bottle in the bathroom cabinet? (6) 53 Features saint going from bow to stern in strait (6) 55 Fruit drink with pip in, removed (5) 58 Unprejudiced to begin with, objected to (4-6) 60 Bringing animal up, spoil (3) 62 Maiden over Saul botches. Handles clumsily (5) 63 Not convinced it mean ‘changeable’ (9) 65 Retired editor brought in to show proof (8) 68 Spurious coin given to me in takings (6) 70 Suffocate son and parent (7) 71 News about sport fiddle (7) 75 Country that is, for small woman, paradise (6) 76 Dial in bed, ill (4,2) 77 Available for pantomime, starts touring (2,3) 78 Royal male transforming kingdom (5) 80 Could be what caused the avalanche (4) 84 Why would a guy use hand cream? (4)