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ACROSS 13 Circa (5,5)

14 Know (7)

15 Listener (6)

16 Reiterate (6)

17 Hands over (5,2)

18 Leading (2,3)

19 Knocks (4)

20 Take off (5)

21 Animal (5)

22 Puts off (6)

23 Game bird (5)

28 Cut (7)

30 Vacillating (7)

33 Fan (9)

36 Stand (6)

38 Gather (5)

39 Grab (5)

40 Rest (6)

42 Saint (5)

43 Shows (7)

44 Alarm (6)

46 Agree with (4)

49 Flower (4)

51 Disappear (6)

53 Surpassing (7)

55 The same (5)

59 Healthier (6)

60 Steed (5)

61 Tool (5)

62 Law-abiding (6)

63 Immediately (5,4)

65 Carriage (7)

66 Stepped (7)

70 Breaks (5)

71 Fault (6)

73 Opened (5)

75 Dance (5)

80 Colour (4)

82 Ascended (5)

83 Bound (7)

84 Innumerable (6)

85 Not speaking (6)

86 Digits (7)

87 Continues bravely (8,2)

DOWN 1 Instant (6)

2 Is left (8)

3 Hurry (5)

4 Hates (7)

5 Keeps (6)

6 Peeved (5)

7 Vetoed (6)

8 Dish (7)

9 Finish (3,7)

10 Form (5)

11 Clip (8)

12 Jump (4)

24 Squeezed (7)

25 Off colour (5)

26 Signal (7)

27 Intoxicants (7)

29 Big (5)

31 Picture (5)

32 Sway (4)

34 Be wearing (4,2)

35 Lead (4)

37 Give to (7)

41 Love (7)

45 Mild (6)

47 Supervised (7)

48 Information (7)

50 View (7)

52 Of course (4)

54 Very good (5)

56 Try (5)

57 Be told (4)

58 Appeal (5)

60 Providential (6-4)

64 Chanced (8)

67 Slump (8)

68 Pseudonym (3,4)

69 Slightly (7)

72 Marked (6)

74 Go by (6)

76 Bar (6)

77 Penned (5)

78 Rime (5)

79 Interposed (3,2)

81 Placed (4)

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

13 Encircling? Not exactly (5,5)

14 Know about the

seal I broke (7)

15 Are caught by her. One with an ear to the door? (6)

16 What was it you said about rewinding the tape? (6)

17 Runs amok in the can when one delivers to the police (5,2)

18 Leading at first, playing

pontoon (2,3)

19 Knocks back, in a fight (4)

20 Take off for a journey

to the sun (5)

21 About a champion

animal (5)

22 Interested in becoming finally converted, puts one off (6)

23 Fire bird (5)

28 Cut the lass off,

he had (7)

30 Unable to decide if he’s

into dirty tricks (7)

33 A fan who won’t let

one down? (9)

36 Stand the journey back,

just the same (6)

38 Gather it’s a comeback

of Mother Goose (5)

39 Manage to hear something you let drop? (5)

40 The rest adopt the same

attitude as before (6)

42 Not a repeat,

silly man! (5)

43 Exposes as the girl Lars

is running around with (7)

44 Fear it will be a battle

right through (6)

46 Agree with the sighed

utterance (4)

49 Wine out in the garden

in summer (4)

51 A vehicle is hard to

disappear with (6)

53 Surpassing, being

really good (7)

55 The same figure,

it has got to (5)

59 More apt to be in a

better state of health (6)

60 Or possibly he’s

caught the animal (5)

61 Correct procedure when you use an electric tool (5)

62 Hot notes being distributed by the law-abiding (6)

63 Getting one side off

immediately (5,4)

65 The surly-sounding person in the old carriage (7)

66 Put one’s foot down with “Do right. Go back home” (7)

70 Breaks in the spells

of cold weather (5)

71 Are not loyal to a fault! (6)

73 Opened to find a name,

“Georgia,” inscribed in (5)

75 What cheats do in a

dancing competition? (5)

80 A shade puffed,

you say (4)

82 Had mounted, giving

the reins a twitch (5)

83 Bound to get caught and

tear in, when released (7)

84 Many, indeed, not let

into the secret (6)

85 Mum is returning, having been allowed to borrow (6)

86 Lots of things to

deaden pain (7)

87 Continues bravely,

though in the wars? (8,2) DOWN 1 In a short time, Tom returns with the captive soldiers (6)

2 Is left the extraordinary

shrine that houses it (8)

3 Rush hour – getting a

seat, unusually (5)

4 Can’t stand, and also

throws out, the filling (7)

5 Keep in groups, standing

outside or inside (6)

6 Peeved by the

adversity (5)

7 Didn’t allow the group

to have an audition (6)

8 What tots out in

Brazil eat? (7)

9 Be connected with,

when you finish (3,7)

10 Say nothing and do as

I do: that’s the form (5)

11 A clip to hurry one up? (8)

12 Round about a

quarter jump (4)

24 Tried to persuade,

short of time (7)

25 The man, yes, is up and about, though off colour (5)

26 Lew is bothered about

this strange signal (7) 27 Whisks off to

have drinks (7)

29 Real trouble getting the

key in – it’s big (5)

31 For instance, am I to stand up for the picture? (5)

32 Sway to the music (4)

34 Be wearing, just

to tease (4,2)

35 No extra light! (4)

37 This time, hand it over (7)

41 A great love for I pass,

somehow, on to (7)

45 Kind to the dope,

let off (6)

47 Was supervisor and didn’t turn a blind eye to enough? (7)

48 Really mean to get

information (7)

50 Good vegetable all

round, is what I think (7)

52 Of course, America

is upset about (4)

54 A soft ice and it’s

really good (5)

56 Try and get a liking for (5)

57 Be told he was given

the air when I left (4)

58 Tea has many an

appealing quality (5) 60 Such a blessing

as rain is? (6-4)

64 Chanced to, just as

it took place (8)

67 Depressed and given a

fright by the slump (8)

68 Pseudonym of someone

in prison? (3,4)

69 Ain’t smart about

– or not very (7)

72 Sounded as though it had

been given the OK (6)

74 Go by, but at one

point fall back (6)

76 A bar room,

ducked into (6)

77 Penned, we held,

nonsense (5)

78 The cold conditions are

a disappointment (5)

79 “On a turned up box”,

one interposed (3,2)

81 Put the pan back (4)