QUICK CLUES
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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Elevated gin and vodka, say,
giving one cheerful mood (4,7)
13 Lower the value of fancy
beads worn by European (6)
14 Mark something indicating
way to get vegetable (6)
16 Hearing-impaired characters in
promenade affected to an extent (4) 17 Man admitted by trainer
working at the back (2,3,4)
18 Joint at bottom of pins? (5)
19 French article found in sides
of black, shelf-like bed (4)
20 Clear up trouble stymied by
heartless functionary (9)
22 Henry entering city uneasily having
uncomfortable feeling (5)
23 Lodger Don cultivated plant
with yellow flowers (9)
27 Fragmentary fight linked to
outsiders in property (7)
30 Trainee one after the
other, reportedly (6)
31 Some leap on young horse
of a small size (4)
32 Friendship with German
in a fraternity lately (5)
35 Obstruct entrance to clearing
with piece of timber (4)
36 Double time taken by ordinary
female in part of Lincolnshire (7)
38 Smooth section of
sleeve, noticeably (4)
39 Put right Conservative
rector making a slip (7)
42 Restricted thing used in archery
after end of competition (6)
45 Point out resemblance in link
devised around Spain (5)
46 Search for leisure activity? (7)
47 Young guy carrying
nothing in pack (4)
48 Circle of light has cheap
look regularly (4)
50 Honour independent fellow probing archaeological site normally marginalised (7)
52 Part of fun clearly for
male relative (5)
54 Severe reprimand for
thing used by NASA? (6)
56 Diet Tom prepared is left out (7)
57 Question one quietly making
witty remark (4)
59 Distribute set of cards in public (4,3) 61 Poll in Venezuela of troubled
electors principally (4)
64 Canoe capsized in huge
body of water (5)
66 Writer reproduced
internet image (4)
67 Device to fit a plug found in variable
stock around back of store (6)
69 Allure shown by a trustee
engaged in diplomacy (7)
72 Depressed actress Halle gets fruit (9) 73 Piece of dishonesty about
element in food (5)
74 Friend Patti nervously facing
end of case gets to quiver? (9)
79 Mass first regularly observed
is unchanged (2,2)
81 Suffer ruin sadly after accepting
first part of contract (5)
82 Square lie about event
in a football game? (9)
83 Dog reacting somewhat
is monstrous type (4)
85 Poor creature, right, put
in damp clubhouse (6)
86 Fool in front of children
has spasm (6)
87 Put together in a new way
broken fence with rigour (11)
ACROSS
12 Cheerful
mood (4,7)
13 Lower the
value of (6)
14 Vegetable (6)
16 Hearingimpaired (4)
17 At the back (2,3,4) 18 Lower joint (5)
19 Shelf-like bed (4) 20 Make easier to
understand (9)
22 Having an uncomfortable feeling (5)
23 Plant with yellow
flowers (9)
27 Disjointed (7)
30 Trainee (6)
31 Small horse (4) 32 Friendship (5)
35 Obstruct (4)
36 Double (7) 38 Smooth (4)
39 Put right (7) 42 Restricted (6) 45 Equate (5) 46 Chase (7) 47 Burden (4) 48 Circle of light (4) 50 Invest with
honour (7) 52 Male relative (5) 54 Projectile (6) 56 Left out (7) 57 Witty remark (4) 59 Distribute (4,3) 61 Poll (4) 64 Huge body of
water (5) 66 Internet
image (4) 67 Device to fit
a plug (6) 69 Allure (7) 72 Fruit (9)
73 Roughage (5) 74 Beat rapidly (9) 79 Unchanged (2,2) 81 Suffer (5) 82 Goal to level score (9) 83 Monster (4) 85 Poor creature (6) 86 Spasm (6) 87 Newly put together (11) DOWN 1 Extensive (4)
2 Suspicious (6)
3 Strip to support a bone (6) 4 Indulge (7) 5 Staying power (5) 6 Shift in activity (4,6)
7 Artificial
waterway (5)
8 Failing (4,5)
9 Looms (7)
10 Food (4)
11 Confirmed (5,3) 15 Resilience (6) 21 Shine (5)
24 Figure (7)
25 Detach (6)
26 Seem (6)
28 Portend (5)
29 Mine (3)
33 Hybrid
artwork (7)
34 Walk
unsteadily (6) 37 Gloomy (5)
40 Rub (5)
41 Aristocratic
territory (7)
43 Panic (5)
44 Small
component (6) 46 Luxurious (5) 49 Unused piece
of footage (7)
51 Hardened (6)
53 Grant (6)
55 Shield (5)
58 Bane (10)
60 Exclamation of
disapproval (3) 62 Unspoken (5)
63 Censure (9)
65 Blister (4,4)
68 Body of work (6) 70 South American
dish (7)
71 Woodwind
instrument (7) 75 Remove contaminants from (6)
76 Feeding
container (6)
77 Feeble (5)
78 Tree of the
birch family (5) 80 Stuff (4)
84 Uncommon (4)
DOWN
1 Extensive feature of cricket? (4) 2 Move close to intermediary that’s suspicious (6)
3 Rift about new thing to support a bone (6) 4 Indulge head of government over sanction? (7)
5 Speak of entertainer Tommy’s staying power (5)
6 Outfit with some cash for shift in activity (4,6) 7 Container found by a large artificial waterway (5) 8 Defective kit and weapon that’s failing (4,5)
9 This person’s extra note about finale is looming (7)
10 Guy’s first problem getting food (4) 11 Unit outwardly supporting Asian island? That’s confirmed (5,3) 15 Resilience in copper, maybe, mentioned (6) 21 Former string player dropping list gets to shine (5)
24 Run male organised for figure (7) 25 Release uniform hung initially in corner (6)
26 Look in a titled figure, we’re told (6)
28 Fortune teller, a chap almost in centre of Bury (5)
29 Cavity in enclosure for animals (3) 33 Hybrid artwork, one replacing picture lately in educational site (7) 34 Rodney, perhaps, avoiding river, gets to walk unsteadily (6) 37 Gloomy element found among budding youths (5)
40 Warm up here before going in place to get warm drinks (5) 41 Aristocratic territory scheduled to host king and party with money (7) 43 Panic found in regional armoury (5)
44 Small component with weight
I had to obtain in short (6) 46 Advantage over hotel of a luxurious sort (5) 49 Dismissed opinion in unused piece of footage (7) 51 Hardened or ruined after going bust (6)
53 Have discussions with force to be
mobilised around November (6)
55 Insurance policy for one in field? (5) 58 After parking, see client, criminal
source of trouble (10)
60 Sound of mild disapproval
from teachers (not half!) (3)
62 Worthless material about Channel
Islands? It’s left unsaid (5)
63 Frown on decree apt to
be misunderstood (9)
65 Doc’s role in treatment
for blister (4,4)
68 Expression of surprise by quiet
American in body of work (6)
70 This French chive is mixed in
South American dish (7)
71 Part of an orchestra? It’s something helpful to inspire a couple of sopranos (7)
75 Clean promotional work about unionist provided with latest in hospitality (6)
76 Something for feeding animals
in point of low activity? (6)
77 Feeble fighter supported by bar (5) 78 Tree of the birch family is
more plain without top (5)
80 Stuff poorly designed seat (4)
84 Extraordinary registrar
ejecting nurses (4)