coffee break 2
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 13 Continued — to break new ground? (8,2) 14 Large holes gang drilled in, way back (4,3) 15 Came from hospital: was sick (6) 16 Does feel at home in it (6) 17 Confidential talk I figure in (7) 18 Questions and the shoe salesman provides the answer (5) 19 How book was addressed that I received (4) 20 Tips off clients crookedly, admit (3,2) 21 How many will be housed in this, eventually? (5) 22 The gastroenterologist’s periodical? (6) 23 St-still upset about and grumpy (5) 28 Girl, taken in, fell stupidly for flattery (7) 30 Ape I somehow tame, having caught it (7) 33 Quickly realise picture is one you’ll want for your album (4,1,4) 36 Rather have the pair set free (6) 38 Saw it’s ten. Ten in the morning (5) 39 Series set in China (5) 40 Nuts for the bird (6) 42 The English man’s got hold of funds (5) 43 Do lose badly and you solace (7) 44 Contract, perhaps, for engineering work (6) 46 Blow up, exploding loudly (4) 49 Trip on a merry-go-round? (4) 51 Jack, by the way, is overseas (6) 53 A game little creature (7) 55 Shares with the animals (5) 59 Where there’s a shortage of water and dead trees, sadly (6) 60 Until the wife goes through the material (5) 61 Was told to pen a flock (5) 62 Left one in pain, blanching visibly (6) 63 Will get tent for teams to dress in (9) 65 Swilling gin and It, the man got lit up (7) 66 Rubs the wrong way and he’s creating conflicts (7) 70 Snap ‘Quiet!’ (5) 71 Game and set. Local entered made comeback (6) 73 Junior’s given a lot of the morning off (5) 75 Label beside it shows ‘domestic cat’ (5) 80 About love. Very incomplete (4) 82 Search, finding a number inside fire-damaged (5) 83 Desserts that don’t require a freezer, one sees (7) 84 Thanks to having been allowed to use one’s flair (6) 85 Shut up with fellow who has a gun (6) 86 Character that’s a strange O (7) 87 Transferring to, for remodelling (6,4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 13 Continued doggedly (8,2) 14 Way back (4,3) 15 Greeted (6) 16 Rabbit tunnel (6) 17 Confidential (7) 18 Dancing shoes (5) 19 Heavy book (4) 20 Admit (3,2) 21 Number (5) 22 Periodical (6) 23 Grumpy (5) 28 Flattery (7) 30 Ape (7) 33 Quickly (4,1,4) 36 Select (6) 38 Saw (5) 39 Series (5) 40 Bird (6) 42 Funds (5) 43 Solace (7) 44 Card game (6) 46 Blow (4) 49 Jaunt (4) 51 Overseas (6) 53 Insect (7) 55 Shares (5) 59 Wasteland (6) 60 Ribbed fabric (5) 61 Was told (5) 62 Blanching (6) 63 Will (9) 65 Lit (7) 66 Skirmishes (7) 70 Photograph (5) 71 Game (6) 73 Junior (5) 75 Brindled cat (5) 80 Finished (4) 82 Search (5) 83 Observes (7) 84 Flair (6) 85 Shut (6) 86 Eccentric (7) 87 Transferring (6,4) DOWN 1 Refer to (6) 2 Custodian (8) 3 Taught (5) 4 Assumed (7) 5 Eventually (2,4) 6 Not cloudy (5) 7 Certainly (6) 8 Run amok (7) 9 Rake-off (10) 10 Wraith (5) 11 Lethargic (8) 12 Period (4) 24 Mimicked (4,3) 25 Centre (5) 26 Trip (7) 27 Fruit (7) 29 Big (5) 31 Dispatches (5) 32 Flash (4) 34 Look like (6) 35 Couple (4) 37 Money (7) 41 Really good (7) 45 Fears (6) 47 Hobby (7) 48 Antique (7) 50 Excuse (7) 52 Bitter (4) 54 Stop (5) 56 Boat (5) 57 Punch (4) 58 Fun (5) 60 Novice (10) 64 Bear (8) 67 Male horse (8) 68 Means (7) 69 Abandon (7) 72 Shoe (6) 74 Earnings (6) 76 Prohibited (6) 77 Mark (5) 78 Kiosk (5) 79 Weight (5) 81 Small bottle (4) DOWN 1 Speak of to everybody due to travel (6) 2 Warden with gun carrying a raid out (8) 3 Taught how to position the poles outside (5) 4 Assumed by now to have chosen (7) 5 Eventually I take dented tin, myself (2,4) 6 Not cloudy but cold, A number are shivering (5) 7 Certainly popular action to take (6) 8 Run amok in fury. A policeman is brought in (7) 9 Rake-off the officer’s been given (10) 10 A good many conjured up at a séance? (5) 11 Are not as inclined to be lethargic (8) 12 Period from latter half of winter to beginning of March (4) 24 Was an impressionist and became popular (4,3) 25 Centre part of the article (5) 26 Lose your footing after the snow fall (7) 27 After exercise, yearns for fruit (7) 29 Having real trouble getting key in. It’s big (5) 31 Men mentioned in dispatches (5) 32 Flash a signal that all is well (4) 34 Look like a number 4 on the outside (6) 35 I mean to get hold of a couple (4) 37 Working, can bring in good money . . . (7) 41 . . . really good money (7) 45 On the subject of parents concealing fears (6) 47 Hobby I’m given stick about (7) 48 A chair, carved. Note appended: ‘Antique’ (7) 50 Before you send message with excuse (7) 52 From bitter cold, help to protect (4) 54 Stop and c-comfort (5) 56 There’s a rod — old — in the boat (5) 57 A swig of punch (4) 58 Kind of gentle, entering into the fun (5) 60 Offer support to a novice (10) 64 Bear, or carry, with real difficulty inside (8) 67 The horse, all in, is not running (8) 68 Means the tip isn’t, perhaps, sheathed (7) 69 Abandon because of taking to drink (7) 72 When back on land, changing to footwear (6) 74 Earnings from firm, mine to splash around (6) 76 Not allowed to say ‘Association’ (6) 77 Little brother, as well. Mark (5) 78 Small and a big kiosk (5) 79 The way one put on weight (5) 81 By and large, it’s used as a container (4)