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ACROSS 12 Sensible (11)
13 Grasp (6)
14 Quantity (6)
16 Advantage (4) 17 So (9)
18 Plan (5)
19 Bound (4)
20 Peevish (9)
22 Step (5)
23 Oddball (9)
27 Songs (7)
30 Female name (6) 31 Boat (4)
32 Compartment (5) 35 Golf shot (4)
36 Succeeded in (7) 38 Leave (4)
39 Avoiding (7)
42 Marvel (6)
45 Neatness (5)
46 Craft (7)
47 Stand (4)
48 Back (4)
50 Urges (7)
52 Poison (5)
54 Assimilate (6)
56 Astound (7)
57 Section (4)
59 Course (7)
61 Sprain (4)
64 Afford (5)
66 Search (4)
67 Preserve (6)
69 Mailing (7)
72 Very good (5-4) 73 Range (5)
74 Curb (9)
79 Halt (4)
81 Box (5)
82 Pen (9)
83 Guaranteed (4) 85 Opened (6)
86 Clash (6)
87 In prison (7,4)
DOWN
1 Pointer (4)
2 Encore (6)
3 Thick mop (6)
4 Colour (7)
5 Cut (5)
6 Bawdy (10)
7 Rod (5)
8 Beating (9)
9 Motif (7)
10 Shut up (4)
11 Income (8)
15 Material (6)
21 Get to (5)
24 Dishonest (7) 25 Cold (6)
26 Well (6)
28 Ran (5)
29 Stupid (3)
33 Impassive (7) 34 Bad (6)
37 Game (5)
40 Catches (5)
41 Marked (7)
43 Clear (5)
44 Hurtled (6)
46 Furious (5)
49 Wishes (7)
51 Second-rate (6) 53 Snuggle (6)
55 Wounded (5) 58 Star in (3,3,4) 60 Bind (3)
62 Rule (5)
63 Quickly (9)
65 Indicating (8) 68 Pepper (6)
70 Humdinger (7) 71 Ease (7)
75 Carrying (6)
76 Possessions (6) 77 Coin (5)
78 Saw (5)
80 Indigent (4)
84 Scam (4)
CRYPTIC ACROSS 12
Having a flat roof is sensible (5-6)
13 Grasp it’s only an
excerpt from (6)
14 How much it will improve
the look of a picture? (6) 16 The lack of bluntness
is an advantage (4)
17 So their warning cry is heard (9) (THEIR FORE)
18 Plan for tea-time (5)
19 Bound to get the editor
agitated at first (4)
20 How peevish the
note was? (9)
22 Step that takes one
into the lead (5)
23 The role of the oddball (9) 27 Having fun jazzing
up sad songs (7)
30 She was last into the
bar to order (6)
31 What boat lovers get
a kick from? (4)
32 Compartment the
two duck into (5)
35 Crack shot (4)
36 Succeeded in getting the
old fellow to go ahead (7) 38 Leave late and I
have little time (4)
39 Avoiding a dousing
in the water (7)
42 It’s really amazing when
you muse about it (6)
45 Neatness is what
you ask for (5)
46 The arsonist
shows craft (7)
47 Stand back, now.
Is coming by (4)
48 Back, are sailing
on the river (4)
50 Puts the squeeze on
when one urges to (7)
52 To correct, move the
N in “poison” (5)
54 What the bookworm will
do, having nibbled at it? (6) 56 Surprise! Art concocted
with eggs (7)
57 Section you nail back (4) 59 Walk out, say, on
the course (7)
61 In short, Pat dropped
him off (4)
64 By spring again,
can afford it (5)
66 Search for something
in the handbag? (4)
67 Preserve from trouble (6) 69 Mailing the second
last part to (7)
72 The starting speed
is very good (5-4)
73 Range from cold to
hot in a flash (5)
74 Check when the tar is being poured into the hole (9)
79 To keep from,
shoots back (4)
81 The box got mixed
reactions, to start with (5) 82 With the pen, writing a
circle and a dot (9)
83 Guaranteed to get
us back again (4)
85 Going in, found one
had opened it (6)
86 Have a brush with, in
the confusion (6)
87 When food is dished
out in prison (7,4)
DOWN
1 A leash for the pointer (4) 2 Stuff and make a meal
from, same as before (6) 3 That little child with the
thick mop of hair (6)
4 Meant to mix a tiny bit of
green in, for colour (7)
5 Cut some of these
very small (5)
6 A bawdy word for
“sturdy”? (10)
7 Persevere with or switch (5) 8 Ill-considered article
about the rout (9)
9 The motif is apt:
surrealistic bird (7)
10 Thunder “Shut up!” (4)
11 Getting income from,
anyhow, enters into it (8) 15 The stuff on the bed is
not to be packed (6)
21 Get to “It’s her turn
to catch a cold” (5)
24 Dishonest and many
were cheated by (7)
25 A fellow stiff with cold (6) 26 Originate from water (6)
28 Ran left, the silly dope! (5) 29 In mid-turn, it’s stupid (3) 33 Not touched – in the
same place as before (7) 34 To set free would
be bad (6)
37 Rushes the game (5)
40 Catches “You’ll get them
at the hardware shop” (5) 41 Trod heavily on and
left marks (7)
43 About time to
make clear (5) 44 Stepped on it and tore (6) 46 Furious to find
discoloured (5)
49 Wishes, when one
looks at (7)
51 The bash arranged, by the by, is not at all sumptuous (6)
53 Point at the driving sleet
and snuggle into (6)
55 Wounded – shot by
the communist (5)
58 Are stars and cost more
than the others (3,3,4)
60 Bind when you
don’t win (3)
62 The tin has no contents,
as a rule (5)
63 How quickly express
mail travels? (9)
65 Indicating the reparation
of the brickwork (8)
68 It’s cold to the ear but
hot to the tongue (6)
70 He solves it – and it’s
a really good one (7)
71 Either comfort or
stupidly rile the girl (7)
75 Carrying the drink
– gin – out (6)
76 Animal you put among
“Possessions” (6) 77 Prison nearly
disheartened her (5) 78 Having hurried round,
I watched unseen (5) 80 No good – at bringing
home the bacon (4) 84 A scam – it’s not
on the level (4)