CRYPTIC CLUES

CHOOSE CRYPTIC OR QUICK, THE ANSWERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, THE SOLUTION WILL APPEAR IN MONDAY’S PAPER.

ACROSS

12 Flattery about prettiness that will wash? (4,7) 13 Am having a snooze, back from the country (6) 14 I subsequently do a volte-face about and sell (6) 16 At long last, the boy is happy (4) 17 Don’t allow yourself much time to shred (3,2,4) 18 Fire randomly, holding large gun (5) 19 Twist, but not Oliver (4) 20 At concert I perform, showing potential (9) 22 Fire and try to bag a duck (5) 23 Explained it’s filtered (4,5) 27 Because not good English, vetoed (7) 30 Figure the wife is about to get cross (6) 31 See it will be irritating to the listener (4) 32 Name a pet (5) 35 You and I will fit (4) 36 Are prepared to order takeout from cafe (7) 38 In that case, the men don’t need one (4) 39 Clothes on the line — disaster (7) 42 Agree it’s because net’s tangled (6) 45 From the old days, a staple in kitchens (5) 46 Happy now, ensconced in moving train (7) 47 About river fish, is dull (4) 48 Something to do in retirement, too (4) 50 Sprinkle seeds right into dry areas (7) 52 Complete with child: a boy (5) 54 Would it be used to launch vegetable department in supermarket? (6) 56 Imagined the figure, dear me, was wrong (7) 57 Something to eat when day is hot (4) 59 Looking grim, sure is upset about nothing (7) 61 The cat’s turned up, mum (4) 64 Checks back and sees (5) 66 The flighty Jenny? (4) 67 He’s ensuring nothing will be stolen from the cupboard (6) 69 Seems pop is upset by fruit (7) 72 Funny, not having a label on it in the shop (9) 73 Rose was a candidate (5) 74 Hired daily to deter mess (9) 79 Layer of dust on the screen (4) 81 Note the rambling rose has yellow flowers (5) 82 Makes up for having got out of line? (9) 83 It means yes, it is harmful to animals (4) 85 Nearly a doctor: in last process (6) 86 The fish, black trout, is swimming round (6) 87 Suspected it’s liable to be rained on (5,1,5)

DOWN

1 Having grown so much it’s unbelievable? (4) 2 Figure-concealing fashions turn up hardly ever (6) 3 Isn’t working hard to produce this garment (6) 4 How long it takes you to associate it with coffee? (7) 5 Peevish. A trial to the young (5) 6 Lament awful warping of love in the wicked (10) 7 Try to grab a run but take your time (5) 8 Taken out of the oven much too soon: stupid (4-5) 9 Told to redo, went berserk and left (7) 10 Bird. It’s possibly a rook (4) 11 The impertinence, sending back the vegetable and fish (8) 15 Announcing the team, sounded unhappy (6) 21 Take her sailing round on the river (5) 24 When he was first caught, kept under restraint (7) 25 Trapped in back street, poor soldiers (6) 26 Area of land, as before, shown in blue (6) 28 I beg to differ. There is an L in ‘twaddle’ (5) 29 Boy brought up as a girl (3) 33 Hard part is training as a musician (7) 34 ‘That’s the problem,’ he snarls (6) 37 Money is, to yours truly, the answer (5) 40 Practice it took us a long time to build (5) 41 Not the little girl in the furniture shop (7) 43 It’s very steep and she returned (5) 44 Tired out when I get through, but it’s less messy (6) 46 Assesses as ‘a set-back at the end of October’ (5) 49 It’s in character to be upstanding and radical (7) 51 Rules the singer breaks (6) 53 Under-cooked the time before, went off (6) 55 Blue bottles heard in the wood (5) 58 Dread inspired in angels by a devil? (4,6) 60 He’s got out of shape, the fool! (3) 62 ‘Extra small’ in code (5) 63 Rust got into, after wrapping in foil (9) 65 Piece — piece on the page before (8) 68 The clue is not fair! (6) 70 Trips on the stairs (7) 71 Curb the child, a small son, young (7) 75 ‘Bounder. A scallywag’ covers him. A rogue (6) 76 Praises the one-time bad lots (6) 77 Learned stern note was received by (5) 78 Denoted below average time (5) 80 Frame of mind produced by a

reverse of fate (4) 84 Said ‘Blimey! A masterstroke!’ (4)