CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 13 A rest and drink at the jetty (10) 14 That’s quite big for a girl, silly mum! (7) 15 Were I to perform a number in the show (6) 16 A little forward, for a lackey (6) 17 Girls in Siam — back home (7) 18 Cut a big hole right inside (5) 19 She has lines to speak (4) 20 Spotted about five: a small number (5) 21 Less than fifty per cent redundancy, for a change (5) 22 Given an hour, in haste packed cases (6) 23 Squash, unadulterated and English (5) 28 Say how well you sing, though more off key? (7) 30 About a quarter adjusted, I grasp, to being economical (7) 33 Just managing, or securing through the agency of (7,2) 36 Relent with the little son of ten (6) 38 Traffic at the West End, dear, is awful (5) 39 Father returns a good service — fast (5) 40 Misfortunes, yes. Most definitely (3,3) 42 Falling early in the race (5) 43 Say ‘Come round, love. Mash and sausage’ (7) 44 Shoe, black, acquired by Scamp (6) 46 Shamed, am evicted from the building (4) 49 Hold out — the only one remaining (4) 51 Line — line missing in — does keep irritating (6) 53 Craze the silly sap is getting over (7) 55 By also turning in the illicit goods (5) 59 Keeps tally of grievances to be settled (6) 60 Back in the car, they find (5) 61 Returned right to the cooler in a twinkling (5) 62 Why the film ended up over budget? (6) 63 Buddy on paper only (3,6) 65 Grimly wily about rent fiddle (7) 66 For rip off, really good, lock up (7) 70 Report second attempt to get ball in (5) 71 C for ‘communication’? (6) 73 Don’t allow the darling to grab the little book (5) 75 Bill snatched a run — bit of luck (5) 80 At the end, reformed by a woman (4) 82 The officer, I figure, is going to volunteer (5) 83 Would he lug drink back to save paying for delivery? (7) 84 Allow three quarters of the Lebanese to escape (6) 85 Maker of the previous one (6) 86 I note changes, myself, in the ex (3-4) 87 Determined to have and to make a home in (6,4) DOWN 1 Get there right at four. Are outside (6) 2 Obvious, if the mother has a nest to protect (8) 3 Brandish at small fly (5) 4 Endurance of mainstay is endless and astonishing (7) 5 Prepares a concoction, say, for the contusion (6) 6 Quick to provide the figure in imperial measures (5) 7 Plays — and the fellow takes chances (6) 8 Problems create an irritation he’s concealing (7) 9 In those two places everything’s going to be all right (5,5) 10 Ask for gold, getting red mistakenly (5) 11 Notify a clear run out (8) 12 Reversible watches (4) 24 Lifting me up, the two gave me a hug (7) 25 Plans to change the name, adopting the son (5) 26 Something that prisoners don’t enjoy (7) 27 As it wandered back home, in need of a wash (7) 29 Unattached, travelling solo to the East (5) 31 Identify the soft material (5) 32 From the north, are awfully mean (4) 34 Hard work for star performing in (6) 35 Pretty, but a tree is concealing (4) 37 Renegade? Nonsense. The one man that’s upstanding (7) 41 Whip unsheathed, attack (4,3) 45 A grand down, look furious (6) 47 ‘Plaster cast,’ I went on, ‘doctor is extreme’ (7) 48 In my plant, having complete dominion (7) 50 A nice conversion. Ain’t half old! (7) 52 Metal leash (4) 54 Yet it’s up by fifty pounds (5) 56 That’s public transport, when there’s bad weather, to aT! (5) 57 Shut up in prison. Given time (4) 58 Determined to go to Sunday school (5) 60 Why the novice is limping? (10) 64 Are working in companies that make weapons (8) 67 Fight to get through the cars ahead (8) 68 The male kept shut inside was furious (7) 69 Order the friend, as well, inside (7) 72 Caught in the drain, going off, is sour (6) 74 Go by the east, a mistake (6) 76 Grants the walls are faulty. Hollow inside (6) 77 Get on, sounding fed up (5) 78 In date of birth, again coincide (5) 79 Pretty girl said she may give you a ring (5) 81 With medication from the doctor, going to work (4)