CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

13 Put on to hide a tear, it seems (10) 14 Above everything, its function is protective (7) 15 Better when he’d imbibed a drink (6) 16 Quickly take a picture of something overhead? (4,2) 17 Didn’t ignore, when cat crept into plant (7) 18 It goes round the back way, too (5) 19 Children that may be served in pubs (4) 20 Follow or t-track (5) 21 Where one learns to have style and elegance? (5) 22 Ticking off item in list of purchases from greengrocer (6) 23 Rat on fruit tree (5) 28 Setting snare, I caught a killer (7) 30 Of humble origin, having started life in the deep south? (7) 33 How the final score is registered, therefore (2,1,6) 36 Trousers that are small, doesn’t have (6) 38 Fat old boy, see demolishing (5) 39 Complain or nag about (5) 40 Land right in, resulting in minor injury (6) 42 Fruit is good. Variety of pear (5) 43 To the English, a cause that’s poignant (7) 44 More than twice, one’s scored high as a singer (6) 46 As trademark, nothing is on record (4) 49 Edit piece and cut last quarter. It’s a long story (4) 51 Getting fed up, give it back to the cartel (6) 53 Ball girl we intimidate (7) 55 Junior is on edge about returning (5) 59 With sun, frequently does melt (6) 60 Say the golf club has no parking, for a start (5) 61 With gore all over the place, turn in the villain (5) 62 Recover from a frenzy of anger I got into (6) 63 Tom’s family, without exception, is very clumsy (3,6) 65 Had they no choice in becoming vagrants? (7) 66 Keeping shop, given a key to enter (7) 70 Bringing back electrical vehicles is astute (5) 71 On every occasion law is broken, say change is needed (6) 73 The female — wife — is going to an Arab country (5) 75 Award given in US, though there’s zero physical damage (5) 80 So the monster is made to retreat (4) 82 Husband and son are employees (5) 83 Attack at pub. Become furious (7) 84 What shows Jack Brown comes from Scotland? (6) 85 A twinkling sign embedded in the mountain (6) 86 Became semi-demented about. It’s self-conceit (7) 87 With ageing, changing, become fat (4,6)

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