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ACROSS

13 Get thinner (4,6) 14 Small onion (7) 15 Dally (6) 16 Think (6) 17 Ancient galley (7) 18 Graze (5) 19 Twist (4) 20 Shifty person (5) 21 Property (5) 22 Suppress (6) 23 Crazy (5) 28 Assert (3,4) 30 Defamation (7) 33 Prior advantage (4,5) 36 Make much of (4,2) 38 Trap (5) 39 Shed hair (5) 40 Pressing (6) 42 Perfect (5) 43 Pincers (7) 44 Motto (6) 46 Stain (4) 49 Affectedly dainty (4) 51 Hue (6) 53 Chase (7) 55 Period (5) 59 Remain at home (4,2) 60 Meaning (5) 61 Urban (5) 62 A dozen (6) 63 Prepackaged dish (5,4) 65 Part of limb (7) 66 Mental pictures (7) 70 Customary (5) 71 Waste (6) 73 Stream (5) 75 Spineless (5) 80 Group of nations (4) 82 Tree (5) 83 Set off (7) 84 Stop (6) 85 Womb (6) 86 Bunch of flowers (7) 87 In the most showy way (2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Contemporary (6) 2 Ordinary sailor (8) 3 Party (5) 4 Selfishness (7) 5 Vie (6) 6 Plant (5) 7 Fondle (6) 8 Mouldable (7) 9 With maximum speed (2,4,4) 10 Deceptive act (5) 11 Diagram (3,5) 12 Dread (4) 24 Seaman (7) 25 Steal (5) 26 Gym exercises (4-3) 27 Decide (7) 29 Prize (5) 31 Prank (5) 32 Term (4) 34 Train (6) 35 Edible fish (4) 37 Dishonesty (7) 41 Detective (sl) (7) 45 Stupidity (6) 47 Thrift (7) 48 Accelerate (7) 50 Bystander (7) 52 Bone (4) 54 One who hoards (5) 56 Gland (5) 57 Reject (4) 58 Heavily tread (5) 60 Unmanned research craft (5,5) 64 Totally sure thing (4,4) 67 Songbird (5,3) 68 Shy (7) 69 Mexican dish (7) 72 Dine in restaurant (3,3) 74 Messy place (6) 76 Nonsense (6) 77 Sudden flow (5) 78 Obscure (5) 79 Snake (5) 81 Tardy (4)