CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 12 Gave the shivers to or had no effect at all (4,3,4) 13 Harm a weir with time (6) 14 Was a wanderer in a way, myself (6) 16 Said ‘Skedaddle. It bites!’ (4) 17 Prevail upon to do some travelling (3,6) 18 Nails with said levy (5) 19 List you’re lucky to be on? (4) 20 Eerie as a visitor from outer space would be? (9) 22 Needing pliers, perhaps, to move, though well-oiled (5) 23 Allows oneself to be dictated to and removes (5,4) 27 To be exact, prices are cut by a quarter (7) 30 No good making up lies about being unattached (6) 31 About a hundred entered for the competition (4) 32 Puffing and blowing, is scared (5) 35 Had been accepted by fewer English (4) 36 A film for the silver screen (7) 38 Always the day before, right? (4) 39 Wave a stick at — that means ‘Behave yourself’ (7) 42 Sound of footsteps and someone greeting a dog? (6) 45 On page, some scribbled verses (5) 46 Mailed earlier to arrive at Christmas, perhaps (7) 47 In which you plan to grow vegetables? (4) 48 For the record, day is cold (4) 50 Knock and they admit for treatment (7) 52 See this is wrong key to insert (5) 54 Caught by pop, she had hurled (6) 56 By a ‘Shut up!’ made terribly embarrassed (7) 57 Unsheathe and, turning, fend off (4) 59 Having made a lot of money from playing dice? (7) 61 I’ll amend to ‘young lady’ (4) 64 Refuge taken in Fifth Avenue (5) 66 Leave out ‘Marital Status’ (4) 67 Cut back on verbal tuition (6) 69 Reach right back into packed ‘28’ (7) 72 How prospector got lucky when lorry mired in clay (6,3) 73 About cold front and strength of wind (5) 74 In bad trouble, taking split second, fled (9) 79 Catching river fish is dull (4) 81 Might we, when in port, docked? (5) 82 Point of joke about taking lunch out in wood (5,4) 83 Hard to get top off. It’s a fight (4) 85 Possessions in Eastern country (6) 86 Sing — and be on song (6) 87 Sustenance for a hand-to-mouth existence? (6,5) DOWN 1 The heck he will! (4) 2 Layers of which a pie’s made up (6) 3 It looks like a horse’s head, sir (6) 4 Cryptic clues about race run (7) 5 Wide awake and having a beer right after (5) 6 Most unfortunate. It’s bent the grater? (4,6) 7 Hearty food for Dad’s Army (5) 8 Maybe a rod — cane, possibly (9) 9 Said ‘Hope it’s tied up’ (7) 10 Mean to hold one with a brace (4) 11 Of late, no longer miss (5-3) 15 Thinking the idiot is about to commit an offence (6) 21 Even standing right in the middle. The cheek! (5) 24 Needed prompting, but did help in the kitchen (5,2) 25 Plunge about in. It’s simply wonderful (6) 26 Why you’re wearing a woolly for a walk in the park? (6) 28 Part of body found in a box (5) 29 Ready, sweet? We must leave (3) 33 Sightseeing, did he not notice the obstacle? (7) 34 Shut up and quickly had something to eat (6) 37 Burly and with a gruff voice (5) 40 Double C and one L make an anagram for it (5) 41 Trace elements in particular (7) 43 A ‘66’? Wrong (5) 44 Run, heart pounding somewhat (6) 46 Either a really difficult question or a sitter (5) 49 Loathe having a copper guarding home abroad (7) 51 A peeved ‘This clue is not!’ (6) 53 Information about antique that’s valuable (6) 55 Work out to be only about five (5) 58 Early steps taken towards a career in films? (4-2,4) 60 Prevailed upon to dress up (3) 62 Funny clue about royal dosh (5) 63 Get up late, bide your time and prepare to attack (3,2,4) 65 Tries unsuccessfully to seek information about star (8) 68 Tick a date in the month (6) 70 Every now and again one misses the commander (7) 71 Shorten from ‘a structure forming passage over impediment’ (7) 75 From inside, call her name (6) 76 Thought ‘Not I. Flipping no!’ (6) 77 Lose concentration, though getting the gist (5) 78 Seat I am ensconced in daily (5) 80 Don’t allow duck to be caught by big animal (4) 84 Craze — European — that will wane (4)