CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
12 Still dithering? That’s just not done! (11) 13 I stop off to get large gun (6) 14 Small item of furniture, not wobbly (6) 16 Look for the dog you hear (4) 17 Royal brought in unveils a fiasco all round (9) 18 Shy at English class (5) 19 Location? It’s out East (4) 20 What the sad, moved, are disposed to do (4,1,4) 22 Only backward, boy, loveless and fat (5) 23 A lot disturbed by broken homes. Very nasty (9) 27 Underwater photographer? (7) 30 Show her he has abandoned and leave devastated (6) 31 Had run through, finding arduous (4) 32 Tough for Oliver or Thomas (5) 35 Unprofitable, be supported by (4) 36 What’s bringing in crowds at the art exhibition? (7) 38 Diary I lost out in the patio (4) 39 Sympathy felt and blame for taking to drink (7) 42 On a stuffy day, shut (6) 45 Got involved ourselves in, with enthusiasm (5) 46 Sun and sand all round — or Baked Alaska, perhaps (7) 47 Called, ruing that I had left (4) 48 ‘Hasn’t paid’ elicits audible cries of surprise (4) 50 Good. Merlin exorcised the little devil (7) 52 Strain to get her name (5) 54 Scam that hasn’t been kept quiet? (6) 56 Made a fuss. Acted ridiculously about being shut inside (7) 57 Little creature that comes up just to my knee (4) 59 Afraid the rain seeping through had left a mark (7) 61 Project for housing a number, criticise (4) 64 The medicine will put on weight, I figure (5) 66 Are able to welcome many into the family (4) 67 Also an increase in sound (2,4) 69 Awful fellow given a piece of one’s mind (7) 72 Accompanied by, tired-looking and reserved (9) 73 Municipal backing, too (5) 74 One is in prison, sir. An old person (9) 79 Recognise a rejection when you hear it! (4) 81 In other words, she is about to support (5) 82 A girl Gene took out for a drink (6,3) 83 Credit given by a bloodsucker (4) 85 Rancour felt towards a married woman (6) 86 Identifiable ship in the Mediterranean (6) 87 Nonetheless, not amended in any way (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Not being encored is a little disconcerting (4) 2 He’d been infused with love, all right. Ensnared (6) 3 Sum put in a horse (6) 4 Able to bear a cost. I worked out the figure (7) 5 Axed a man a day (5) 6 The kid’s dad is a twit! (5,5) 7 The usual things for sale in the market (5) 8 As well as numbers of sporting garments (4,5) 9 Because nest’s been built on, agrees (7) 10 Give the OK to a gentle animal (4) 11 At wrong moment, when one was feeling off colour? (3-5) 15 Suppose it’s a problem in a rough sea (6) 21 So goes inside when certain (5) 24 Is he more intelligent than those who play fair? (7) 25 Sloppy, as soldier is over girl (6) 26 Having tea at M and S delights (6) 28 How one says ‘These trousers are too hot?’ (5) 29 Repair all but the top and base (3) 33 Go into various names of tropical fruit (7) 34 It’s a M-Michelmas daisy, boss (6) 37 Complain, or nag, about on return (5) 40 Managed to get two keys onto the chain (5) 41 Say after a month there will be a real change (7) 43 Scowl at an inferior (5) 44 Determined the odd bad egg should be turned in (6) 46 They’re amphibious, sweetie (5) 49 ‘Pain’s awful, mum’ in a foreign language (7) 51 Gets paid by p-pupil who’s being taught (6) 53 Honestly! How could you! (6) 55 Surpass again, coming up with a pungent sauce (5) 58 They fly round, incapacitating enemies (10) 60 The note said it’s a female (3) 62 ‘An inspiration’ does make one laugh (5) 63 Light meals for birds? (4-5) 65 Later on teased about one being Asian (8) 68 Why, outside the local, you know there’s a horse about? (6) 70 Understood the good padre’s upset by (7) 71 The man turns, says goodbye and leaves (7) 75 Watch the storm (6) 76 To be fencing us into is stupid (6) 77 Confront with the book and read out (5) 78 Object to ‘Murder endlessly rehashed’ (5) 80 A little wan, not allowed to finish (4) 84 Invitation from the firm to myself (4)