PUZZLES

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ACROSS

1 Near (5)

4 Make an effort to do better (4,4,5,2)

14 Vertical passageway (5) 15 Dark (5)

16 Sudden rainstorm (10) 17 Add up (5)

19 Anger (3)

20 Envious (7)

21 Engaged woman (5-2-2) 22 Made ready (6)

25 Top flat (9)

27 Buccaneer (6)

28 Tranquil (6)

33 Hot-air travelling (10)

35 A shout to frighten (3) 36 Radio crackle and hiss (6) 37 Male deer (4)

39 Pledge (3)

41 Pressured into doing (7) 42 Breakfast fare (6) 43 Amateur (9)

44 Hessian (5) 45 Happy-go-lucky (8) 50 Company (abbr)(2) 51 Troops on foot (8) 55 Fan-shaped river mouth (5) 58 Rule of personal conduct (9) 59 Silver tray (6)

60 Morally depraved (7)

61 Fifth note (3)

63 Watched (4)

64 Sponge-like (6)

65 Kind (3)

66 Entranced (10)

68 Dog breed (6)

69 Film cutter (6)

71 Say sorry (9)

76 Astuteness (6)

77 Divvy up (9)

79 Pursued stealthily (7) 81 Unmatched (3)

84 Gloss (5)

85 Plait, twine together (10) 86 Muggy (5)

87 Skilled (5)

88 Flagrant over-charging (8,7) 89 High temperature (5)

DOWN

2 Touched down (6)

3 Wet feed for pigs (5) 5 Grotesque (4)

6 Parallel window slats (7) 7 Person of no importance or influence (6)

8 Bracing bar (5)

9 Month (7)

10 Flying device (4) 11 Improvement (6)

12 Swift (5)

13 Church tower (7)

14 Sleep (7)

18 Bid taker (10)

23 Stitched design (5)

24 Layer (7)

26 Magnify (7)

27 Contract condition (7)

29 No longer existing (7) 30 Eastern temple (6)

31 Overly fat (5)

32 Young cat (6) 34 Overabundance (4) 36 Expanse of short grass (5) 38 Dizzy (5)

40 Computer input (4) 45 Small wood (5) 46 Clothing (7) 47 Actuality (4)

48 Use (6)

49 Ecstasy (5)

50 I search (anag)(7) 52 Stage illumination (10) 53 Jittery (7)

54 Sniper (anag) (6) 55 Fan (7)

56 Lucky accident (5) 57 Camera part (4) 62 Retails (5)

67 Ask for (7) 68 Student (7)

70 Young tree (7) 72 Saying (7) 73 Membrane in eye (6) 74 Home sound-system (6) 75 Swot up (6)

76 Said further (5) 78 Group of eight (5) 80 Parasitic insect (5) 82 Sense (4)

83 In excess of (4)