CRYPTIC QUICK

ACROSS 12

Energetic, having eaten a big vegetarian meal (4,2,5) 13 The last five, topped, will go into the vegetable drawer (6)

14 New tenor one discovered

in the East (6)

16 The broad isn’t French! (4) 17 Put it down to a personal

characteristic (9)

18 Gets fed up with its

rattling about in (5)

19 Try to join the

search party (4)

20 Awful storm on travelling

to America (9)

22 A bit small to take

part in the game (5)

23 Runs smoothly but you have to pay cash for, now (5,4)

27 Show Daisy playing to

capture the record back (7) 30 Dresses oneself in and

starts cooking (4,2)

31 Twaddle! They’re

kept as pets! (4)

32 Say it’s a potential

test case (5)

35 Plant I’d transplanted

for a friend (4) 36 Arrogant, like the model

in the poster (5-2)

38 It’s an achievement,

getting the indenture (4)

39 A red gun in a nice

new holster (7)

42 “Teeter,” you understand,

was misspelt (6)

45 Fix a cut in the garment (5) 46 A decrease for

the TUC (3-4)

47 May speak for the child (4) 48 Every flower has

one in spring (4)

50 Lose your footing

after a snowfall (7)

52 Secures and brings round

a soft folding seat (5)

54 It’s a long speech.

Turn it off dear (6)

56 Mad the code

was solved (7)

57 Stage for the blue-eyed

boy’s comeback (4)

59 An unusually tough

environment for a haunt (7) 61 Pant as you speak

softly to (4)

64 Insurance for a fielder (5) 66 She gets thirty days (4)

67 Won’t agree to let us

in free, anyhow (6) 69 Soup sent back

again – gee! (7)

72 Taking it to be a party (9) 73 Very important figure

given a tail wag (5)

74 After a time I acted,

prepared to stamp out (9) 79 He gets soaked

coming back (4)

81 Planned to change the

name? To what end? (5) 82 Not convinced it means

“changeable” (9)

83 As soon as one gets

caught in (4)

85 Bores the doctor

with ailments (6)

86 Making an awful din, a Scotsman with a foreigner (6)

87 In an instant, cracked

another (5,6)

DOWN 1

Will take us back again, of course (4)

2 Biased views on banks (6) 3 A couple of fellows look

after the business (6)

4 Not included – among

those re-admitted? (4,3)

5 Is an unruly pupil, acknowledged to be slow (5)

6 A bland “lacking

experience” (10)

7 Figure it has got to,

just the same (5)

8 Attacks with “Is a rotten

compilation” (5,4)

9 Abandon, in the

interest of (7)

10 Unbelievable places

golf balls get to! (4)

11 Return, as it does pique

one’s curiosity (8)

15 Bustles us into hers

unceremoniously (6)

21 Think you’ll have a

ball: long to go to (5)

24 Best choose one that

has a mother (7)

25 Give way and shut up (6) 26 Pull in and stop (6)

28 Is too hot in trousers (5) 29 Ned when small (3)

33 Sing, accompanied by an

instrument; ordinary (7)

34 Does it make a din when

you play with it? (6)

37 When pet is running

to catch stick (5)

40 Observed going back to a

home on the outskirts (5)

ACROSS

12 Energetic (4,2,5)

13 Salad vegetable (6) 14 East (6)

16 Vegetable (4)

17 Ascribe (9)

18 Wearies (5)

19 Attempt (4)

20 Awful (9)

22 Card game (5)

23 Runs smoothly (5,4) 27 Show (7)

30 Dons (4,2)

31 Animals (4)

32 Say (5)

35 Plant (4)

36 Arrogant (5-2)

38 Indenture (4)

39 Red (7)

42 Teeter (6)

45 Garment (5)

46 Decrease (3-4)

47 Child (4)

48 Spring from (4)

50 Trip (7)

52 Secures (5)

54 Harangue (6)

56 Broken (7)

57 Stage (4)

59 Haunt (7)

61 Pant (4)

64 Insurance (5)

66 Month (4)

67 Decline (6)

69 Relation (7)

72 Party (9)

73 Very important (5) 74 Stamp out (9)

79 Cook (4)

81 Planned (5)

82 Changeable (9)

83 Formerly (4)

85 Bores (6)

86 Foreign (6)

87 Instant (5,6) 41 Don’t last: I get

over the rage (7)

43 Write in, roughly,

“teenager,” with no age (5) 44 A ring cleaner (6)

46 Eligible potential partner

there’s a snag to? (5)

49 Wrongly teach yours

truly to carry a knife (7)

51 He attacks one head

on in the dairy (6)

53 Discipline? That’s a

joke, with his laxity (6)

55 It’s your due, ok? (5)

58 Hard to please? Not

in general (10)

60 Jack has turned

against her, rather (3)

62 The little stone one dropped round is charming (5)

63 Under the car rug I

figure there’s a gun (9)

65 Pass the music (8)

68 As if possibly the company

could be a flop! (6)

70 List I seem to have

scribbled on it (7)

71 Bear out the relations

have had a burglary (5-2) 75 Foreign, is taken in

hand to train (6)

DOWN

1 Certainly (4)

2 Banks (6)

3 Business (6)

4 Omitted (4,3)

5 Pest (5)

6 Inexperienced (10) 7 The same (5)

8 Attacks (5,4)

9 Abandon (7)

10 Untruths (4)

11 Return (8)

15 Hurries (6)

21 Think (5)

24 Best (7)

25 Give way (6)

26 Stop (6)

28 Trousers (5)

29 Donkey (3)

33 Ordinary (7)

34 Din (6)

37 Stick (5)

40 Observed (5)

41 Rage (7)

43 Register (5)

44 Ring (6)

46 Snag (5)

49 Knife (7)

51 Fat (6)

53 Discipline (6)

55 Prerogative (5)

58 Fussy (10)

60 Sailor (3)

62 Charming (5)

63 Gun (9)

65 Advance (8)

68 Flop (6)

70 List (7)

71 Burglary (5-2)

75 Language (6)

76 Option (6)

77 Examine (5)

78 Nonsense (5)

80 Cured (4)

84 Ice cream (4) 76 There is an alternative

option that’s excellent (6) 77 Cram in the room (5)

78 Gammon you get from

the butcher (5)

80 Released from hospital?

Surprise, surprise! (4)

84 Cold, not much above

zero, and there’s ice (4)