CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
13 ‘Cured,’ said, or articulated, in a cultured voice (4-6) 14 Lie about having caught with angling equipment (7) 15 Moans like mad about the French (6) 16 Girl, caught by brother, colours (6) 17 Know the serial has been translated to English (7) 18 Laughs at Scotsman’s expression of surprise (5) 19 Go off — for a walk (4) 20 Occupant of mobile home in the garden (5) 21 Listen to half — middle part (5) 22 Sickness bad, taking day off (6) 23 Until the point penetrated the material (5) 28 Visualise, or picture, hiding in (7) 30 Go to pieces in clutches of awfully cruel doctor (7) 33 Land a little to the south (5,4) 36 A whopping great metal bar? (6) 38 Campaign with vim and vigour (5) 39 Put the squeeze on the media (5) 40 With which child’s hope of more pocket money goes bang? (6) 42 Pretend the pound note is coming back (3,2) 43 Again, rhyme with ‘back’ (7) 44 Gets out of shape, fed overdose of starchy food (6) 46 Flap on man-hole (2-2) 49 By afternoon, now, turning a little wet (4) 51 Unwilling to include Queen’s Avenue (6) 53 Final crack at me does enrage (7) 55 Unpalatable to readers who want bland writing? (5) 59 Are given stick about having yelled (6) 60 To small mind, are alarming (5) 61 Laugh about ‘a modicum of sense’ (5) 62 Soft currency (6) 63 Letter from an oddball (9) 65 About cryptic clues for ‘hermit’ (7) 66 Good behavior of the crew? (7) 70 Inclined, as before, to carry on (5) 71 Get mum to sort out the holiday wear (6) 73 Say it’s a sun visor (5) 75 Lumber with someone dull and boring (5) 80 Therefore, on the subject of back leave (4) 82 ‘Circa’ with the first two letters missing (5) 83 Make a mistake getting into row with soldier (7) 84 How about a luxury car or a topnotch school? (6) 85 Short time it takes mother to get to hospital department (6) 86 The usual kinds given to learner (7) 87 After another blow, recovered vigour (6,4)
DOWN
1 Master is in control and will continue to be (6) 2 Looking for a synonym for ‘ricocheting’ (8) 3 Game, see right through (5) 4 Avoided wearing a kilt? (7) 5 Not just cloudy (6) 6 Refuse to admit I mind (5) 7 Yell ‘Leave key on the inside’ (6) 8 How you blithely said ‘I travel with little luggage’ (7) 9 What results from shaking citrus fruit tree, sweeties? (5,5) 10 Answers to ‘What caused that dent?’ will embarrass (5) 11 Given, to be packed (8) 12 It’s erected right by prison (4) 24 In a funny old conveyance, were brought down (7) 25 One is up against, again. Get used to it (5) 26 Semi-trained soldiers occupying? Great! (7) 27 Roughly traces a figure in the red (7) 29 Why cat is so interested in your computer? (5) 31 Are worried one’s trapped in lift (5) 32 Drinks up mineral water (large) (4) 34 Stick together. Had split up, before (6) 35 Chuck at and run (4) 37 Catching a second right, boom! (7) 41 Taking advantage of, to use as a base (3,4) 45 Daughter called up to speak (6) 47 When dad is out, pop round with the fish (7) 48 Arms back and leg dangling, make yourself comfortable (7) 50 Are not bothered about the hour extra (7) 52 Said angrily ‘Stopcock’s the wrong way round’ (4) 54 Lots and lots of ball boys carrying (5) 56 Jump over net (5) 57 Just got married prior to (4) 58 Creep off late on Sunday (5) 60 Persist with, when these cut up rough (3,7) 64 Rehearses the bit where one knocks down with car? (4,4) 67 Getting burnt stupidly — have to have tan! (8) 68 Bars good for sailor to go to (7) 69 Heckle a r-right back about (7) 72 Equally upset, get fed up with mickey-taking (6) 74 For clergyman, something annoying about religious instruction (6) 76 Left in the cold snow playing, fools around (6) 77 Not all young at the bash (5) 78 Question the new girl: a pupil (5) 79 Quiet one had done very well (5) 81 Creature with feathers — or fleece (4)