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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Danger for surfers? Gather risk has to be reviewed (5,5) 14 Partner is type to go after swindle (7) 15 This essay surprisingly, say, to be removed in dissertation (6) 16 Dark place close to fine hollow (6) 17 Profitable work in a gulf (7) 18 One hurrying heading off to be escort (5) 19 Very wet ground Ankara contains (4) 20 Put back day free for swimming (5) 21 First sign of gloop in hair? It’s something unpleasant for dogs (5) 22 Descend with idol now playing (2,4) 23 Spacious part of a house cut off beside minute yard (5) 28 Try to interrupt a motorcycle race essentially (2,5) 30 Wild crop mostly difficult to see in fruit garden (7) 33 Team behind board formulated verbal attack (9) 36 Unrestrainedly act with the French on journey (3,3) 38 Deign to halt around middle of woods (5) 39 Company came across space traveller (5) 40 Duke with German holds silver knife (6) 42 Busy sort outwardly fairly muscular (5) 43 Downgrade woman in sporting duel (7) 44 Go back right away to gain exit (6) 46 Cultivated shrub overlooking river is woody plant (4) 49 A councillor beginning to examine measure of land (4) 51 Domestic worker removing soft saddle (6) 53 Happen to meet figure snubbed in rearranged tour (3,4) 55 Manage to alter bet in Grimsby’s outskirts (3,2) 59 Comprehend thing measured by divers (6) 60 Take special thing to clean hands? (5) 61 Discover source of romance in British film director (5) 62 A neat group? (6) 63 Note some sign wrongly without doubt (2,7) 65 Fragile UK citizen talked on and off (7) 66 Bachelor beside crumbling rubble gets to cry (7) 70 Anger in U.S. novelist, it’s said (5) 71 Bright holiday destination almost complete (6) 73 Reel showing start of spectacular indoor game (5) 75 Penny and Dee entertained by funny guy of a fat build (5) 80 Unravel odd bits of fur on a pussy’s tail (4) 82 Fellow in bother gets sack (5) 83 Overturn traditional measurement for a schoolboy? (7) 84 Chant provoked tension with no end of insults (6) 85 Agree to back English record label (6) 86 Brief line before account about international college (7) 87 Husband in tone quite troubled secretly (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 Separate official papers found in seedy joint (6) 2 Pale bees swarming around Italian cheese (3,5) 3 Advantage in a second tennis session (5) 4 Gag Wayne endlessly broadcast in passage (7) 5 Last of this man ruling around Italy in winter sport (6) 6 Heartily eat and jeer (5) 7 Remove a French advertisement (6) 8 Rex munched a donut in circular building (7) 9 Two threats in the making, thinking most negatively (2,3,5) 10 Level, it’s said, in narrative (5) 11 Loads Des misjudged as a useless friend (4,4) 12 Make a mistake hiding good token (4) 24 Bring up objective to cut service? That’s lunacy (7) 25 Feel about guide’s top climbing equipment (5) 26 Develop square, say, at college (5,2) 27 One given to passing fashions did wrong in austere period (7) 29 Word of sympathy in that place (5) 31 Spanish wine and port gets approval from German (5) 32 Split with first piece missing in shelf (4) 34 Highly respect two bridge players given support and money (6) 35 Conceited son linked to fool (4) 37 Renovate farms here taking out a month for repairs (7) 41 British fighter enters awful stage in prolonged discussion (7) 45 Navigating instrument needing no introduction is around? (6) 47 Scar shown by Miles moving in sides of bath (7) 48 Boxer in attendance has a double nature (7) 50 Cry from Austrian skier, reportedly (7) 52 Malicious fiend doffing hat (4) 54 Final lines incorporated as a whole (2,3) 56 Flipping European with facile nonsense (5) 57 Runner in the North East’s sport (4) 58 Rascal photographed in part showing top of head (5) 60 Trouble for Giles about new set of papers, one after another (6,4) 64 Competitors consider limited admission price (5,3) 67 Source of tickets supporting Britpop group gets to speak unadvisedly (5,3) 68 Refined period of an interim ruler with no end of style and importance (7) 69 Petty Officer supplied a food from Italy (7) 72 Pour off first signs of claret accurately in hollow area (6) 74 Spoon I moved to get arsenic, maybe (6) 76 Agent shifted around back of cabin to see seabird (6) 77 Harsh leader of city abused rule (5) 78 Second quick kiss produces tiny mark (5) 79 Catlike carnivore I have seen in Connecticut (5) 81 Stagger with piece of stone (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Voracious marine animal (5,5) 14 Partner (7) 15 Dissertation (6) 16 Hollow (6) 17 Profitable (7) 18 Escort (5) 19 Unpleasantly wet (4) 20 Put back (5) 21 Animals’ skin disease (5) 22 Descend (2,4) 23 Spacious (5) 28 Substantially (2,5) 30 Fruit garden (7) 33 Verbal attack (9) 36 Unrestrainedly act (3,3) 38 Deign (5) 39 Heavenly body (5) 40 Knife (6) 42 Muscular (5) 43 Downgrade (7) 44 Exit (6) 46 Woody plant (4) 49 Measure of land (4) 51 Saddle (6) 53 Happen to meet (3,4) 55 Manage (3,2) 59 Comprehend (6) 60 Steal (5) 61 Discover (5) 62 Oxen (6) 63 Without doubt (2,7) 65 Easily broken (7) 66 Whale fat (7) 70 Anger (5) 71 Bright (6) 73 Reel (5) 75 Fat (5) 80 Unravel (4) 82 Plunder (5) 83 Overturn (7) 84 Chant (6) 85 Agree (6) 86 Brief (7) 87 Secretly (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 Separate (6) 2 Italian cheese (3,5) 3 Advantage (5) 4 Passage (7) 5 Winter sport (6) 6 Jeer (5) 7 Disconnect (6) 8 Circular building (7) 9 Most negatively (2,3,5) 10 Tale (5) 11 Useless ally (4,4) 12 Token (4) 24 Lunacy (7) 25 Fondle (5) 26 Develop (5,2) 27 One given to passing fashions (7) 29 In that place (5) 31 Spanish wine (5) 32 Shelf (4) 34 Highly respect (6) 35 Conceited (4) 37 Make new again (7) 41 Prolonged discussion (7) 45 Living (6) 47 Scar (7) 48 Double nature (7) 50 Cry (7) 52 Sinister (4) 54 As a whole (2,3) 56 Nonsense (5) 57 Be dressed in (4) 58 Top of head (5) 60 One behind another (6,4) 64 Admission price (5,3) 67 Utter unadvisedly (5,3) 68 Importance (7) 69 Cornmeal (7) 72 Pour off (6) 74 Toxin (6) 76 Seabird (6) 77 Savage (5) 78 Tiny mark (5) 79 Cat-like carnivore (5) 81 Stagger (4)
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