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1 Shorten (7)

4 Approximately (4,2,4)

9 Furtiveness; surreptitious movement (7)

13 Brewing ingredient (4)

14 Blackboard sticks (6)

15 Of mountains (6)

16 Appropriate (7)

19 A hectic inn (anag) (10)

20 Mirage (8)

21 Slope (5)

24 Movement (6)

25 Polish composer (6)

27 Kindly charitable or helpful person (9)

32 Wooing song (8)

33 Public house (6)

34 Small axe (7)

38 Holiday keepsake (8)

39 Looked after (6)

40 Decision-blocking vote (4)

41 Swear (5)

42 Possession (5)

45 Near physical collapse (2,4,4,4)

52 Kills (5)

55 Leaf mould (5)

56 Tart (4)

57 Delight in (6)

58 Inmate (8)

61 Cajole (7)

62 Seabird (6)

63 Fragrant (8)

66 Stopper remover (9)

68 Put into words (6)

69 Split (6)

73 Fulcrum (5)

74 Hard to grasp (8)

76 Exhaustively (10)

81 Noughts (anag) (7)

82 Fence board (6)

83 Cavalcade (6)

84 Top up (4)

85 First in importance (7)

86 Beyond recovery (3,3,4)

87 Stabs of pain (7)

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1 Confess to (5)

2 Move to a new place (8)

3 Moral code (6)

4 Mediterranean island (5)

5 Corrode (4)

6 Round of applause (7)

7 A spell (anag) (6)

8 Croons (5)

10 Clip (4)

11 Feeler (7)

12 Knotted mass (6)

17 Incomprehensible or confusing in speech (10)

18 Neighbourhood pub (5)

22 Hunger (8)

23 Tobacco roll (5)

24 Memory loss (7)

26 Practical joke (4)

28 Advent (7)

29 Sheep breed (6)

30 Dodges (6)

31 Dairy cow breed (6)

33 Of tides (5)

35 Sadistic (5)

36 Takes to court (4)

37 Male deer (4)

43 Toughs (anag) (6)

44 Ooze out (5)

46 Inert gas (4)

47 Provide a commentary for (7)

48 Season of growth (6)

49 Parcel out (5)

50 Australian state (8)

51 Story in parts (6)

52 Distrustful (10)

53 Skin problem (4)

54 Injecting instrument (7)

59 Similar (5)

60 Bay (4)

64 Reprimand (5)

65 Illumination (8)

67 Tree-dwelling marsupial (7)

68 Long-distance traveller (7)

70 Alcoholic drink (6)

71 Alleviation (6)

72 Accounting entry (6)

75 Keyboard instrument (5)

77 Throng (5)

78 Egg centres (5)

79 Wall opening (4)

80 As far as (2,2)