CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
13 Associate with a certain type of comedy (5,5) 14 Duplicate it, taking a ridiculous time about (7) 15 He’d grabbed the ball, all right. Caught it (6) 16 Mum comes round in a jiffy (6) 17 Vehicle bought by me is red (7) 18 Advantage in being a small group (5) 19 Fish you won’t find swimming with others? (4) 20 What a good cook would never do to an egg? (5) 21 Not so many were compiled by a female (5) 22 Bent, after a little time leant on, wobbling (6) 23 Measure the fisherman’s catch (5) 28 The French, dear, add in grated cheese (7) 30 If a new bait proves to be a flop (7) 33 Plan to go to a sad picture (9) 36 Point to figure. Figure shown by scales (6) 38 Anything that produced a little laughter (5) 39 Hard to make a snow-man (5) 40 Sluggish, prod it to move (6) 42 ‘Very unpleasant fever’ is unspecific (5) 43 Aren’t moved when one’s outside, crying (2,5) 44 It reveals a slight fall (6) 46 Be presented to in the flesh, so to speak (4) 49 Card from a social organisation (4) 51 The junkie did a runner at court (6) 53 Getting down to family background (7) 55 Carried by ship and aircraft, came here from China (5) 59 One’s aim, when camping (6) 60 Did nothing survive but a tree? (5) 61 Can afford to be merciful (5) 62 Frank and Edward were the first (6) 63 It’s taken for a walk — and it gets back (9) 65 False report about the band from an inveterate liar? (7) 66 Result of ordering everybody to leave? (7) 70 Sneaked, as the sneak thief did (5) 71 Complains when greeting interrupts news broadcast (6) 73 Turned right off by fish (5) 75 Note the swan gliding by is nibbling at (5) 80 The story of the airman, I rejected (4) 82 Nip back to get the horse (5) 83 Attacked and took money from (7) 84 Refugees from islands, according to ‘11’ (6) 85 Plenty after gaol strayed again (6) 86 Are constructing a refuge. It’s serious (7) 87 Admired, as one did a beautiful moon (6,2,2)
DOWN
1 Said ‘Nearly there’, to encourage (6) 2 Busy breaking code. I hold trophy in it (8) 3 Escorted by an Army man (5) 4 Feeling sorry for boy suppressing cry of pain (7) 5 On the street, are caught very fast (6) 6 Bright, gives solution to: 6 x 2 + 500 (5) 7 Following awful court order (6) 8 Efficient, gets jack into place, manoeuvring (7) 9 Myself and an unnamed individual: a friend (10) 10 Talks to the animals for about an hour (5) 11 Frenchman returns ‘French street is given French name’ (8) 12 A lot of traffickers do so (4) 24 Caught at once, is imprisoned, in short (7) 25 Try to move east — to the East End (5) 26 They’re criticising some of the building industry’s top workers (7) 27 They allow us to make up words (7) 29 Does one laugh, saying ‘Hello girl’? (5) 31 Fish in beer is no good (5) 32 What she did when the alarm went off? (4) 34 Ran off when we’d gone round and threatened (6) 35 Insect mum... er... exterminated (4) 37 Note the noise and complain (7) 41 ‘Hunt the Tot.’ Silly game (7) 45 I went out to be met by rain and it’s cold (6) 47 Fought and was wounded a couple of times: interned (7) 48 Writes one on ‘Finance for the Senior Citizen’ (7) 50 Compassionate, allow nine strays to shelter in (7) 52 A little break and a little something to eat (4) 54 Animal brought into church in a box (5) 56 Just imagine, 500 – 500 — sheets of paper! (5) 57 Stand outside an English pub (4) 58 Plus there’s no standing in the bus (5) 60 Allowing palmist to see line that means ‘generous’? (4-6) 64 I got through later on — bad connection (8) 67 Go on playing, once one is back inside (8) 68 Travelling by ship, how cheese may be served (2,5) 69 Put in the shade, or alfresco (7) 72 Someone imbibing dope (6) 74 Entertain with stories about awful weather? (6) 76 For a change, what about going in with a garland? (6) 77 Chose ‘Poet’, running the day after (5) 78 A bit young for the jamboree (5) 79 Noticed the number entered is a small number (5) 81 A metal pointer (4)