Across
4 Pinch
character’s left change (4)
TATE (mu)TATE
8 Girl forgets rule
to play sport (3)
MAY MA(r)Y
11 Civil War
general issues message directly (4)
FAIR FAIR(fax)
15 Change your term
of rental for gas (8)
DIMETHYL DIME + THY + (renta)L
16 Elder
comprehends nothing of coal-tar product (7)
ANILINE NIL in AINÉ
17 Members extend
in this attack position behind base (6)
ECARTE E (base) + CARTE
18 Hanging around,
need work: that’s not new (9)
OUDENARDE Anagram AROUND NEED less N (new)
19 What’s
power to lose height? (3)
MIG MIGHT less HT
20 He enters closed
road to be followed (3)
TAO A (he) IN to (closed)
21 Kop initially
boos some work (4)
BERG B(oos) + ERG
23 Bank to protect
duke from weapon (5)
AGGER DAGGER less D (duke)
24 Boy leaves old
ruler to heal (4)
SAIN SALADIN less LAD
25 Rustic parking
place? (6)
CARLOT 2 definitions (ref. CAR-LOT)
26 Pud not
accepted, following recipe finally (5)
NEAFE NE + A + F + (recip)E
27 Briefs lacking a
bite (4)
TANG TANGA less A
29 Shortly tip
about a gallon? (3)
HIN HIN(t)
30 Means to review
internal security ring (3)
ISO (isolated replay) IS (internal security) + O
31 There’s no
right to limit matter (5)
TOPIC TROPIC less R (right)
32 Look back around
park for artist (7, two
words)
EL GRECO REC in OGLE reversed
33 Male in shadow
is tigerish? (5)
TAMIL M in TAIL (ref. Tamil Tigers)
34 I’m unable
to shake off one cold for nurse? (3)
ANT I CAN’T less I + C
37 Take this
sponsorship and go make record (4)
EGIS R (take) + EGIS + TRY
41 Avoid section
head (5)
SCAPE S + CAPE
45 Coarse basket
for each departing (3)
HAM HAMPER less PER
46 Brown drops more
drink (3)
CHA (MO)CHA
47 Pitch about,
flying Spitfire? (8)
PINATUBO PIN + Anagram ABOUT
49 Perhaps stretch
in top court (7)
HALIMOT LIMO in HAT
50 Absolute
confinement curtailed Arab woman (4)
ABIR A + BIR(d) (prison)
51 Main
growth’s a large one (4)
ALGA A + LG + A
52 Have Matrix on — mark a bruise?
(9)
HAEMATOMA HAE + MAT + O + M (MARK) + A
54 Pass swimmers
shedding weight (3)
NEK NEK(ton)
55 Strengthen
republic without pressure (4)
NEAL NEPAL less P (pressure)
58 Most of family
rebuffed ego (4)
SELF FLES(h) reversed
60 Trusting
author’s in right (7)
RELIANT ELIAN in RT
62 With such
transport is comfortable (3)
ELL Compound Anagram W (with) + ELL = WELL
63 Dudes and I
advanced in Balkan region (6)
BOSNIA BOS + ‘N + I + A
64 Court scraps
second dwelling (5)
PLACE PALACE less second letter
65 Several grabbing
a Latin dancer (6)
SALOME A + L in SOME
66 Iron-clad
’ull makes Greville’s name (5)
FULKE ’ULK in Fe
67 Short of time,
carries nails (4)
TOES TOTES less t (time)
68 Filth around cut
exposed placebo (8)
SNAKE-OIL NAKE(d) in SOIL
69 Dope entering
harbour’s sandstones (7)
MOLASSE ASS in MOLE
Down
1 Educated soul
lifting congestion (5)
EDEMA ED + AME reversed
2 Local in charge
of wine boxes (7)
VICINAL IC in VINAL
3 Picture formation
the writer’s getting on (7)
IMAGING I’M AGING
4 Partly invest
returns to turn solvent (5)
TERTS Hidden reversal
5 Trim bound case
(7)
ATTACHÉ ATTACHE(d)
6 Almost greatly
limits game speculation (7)
THEORIC EO in THRIC(e)
7 Brief flash
captures one bird (7, two
words)
BLUE TIT I in BLUETT(e)
8 Hot dish excited
prince (6)
MADRAS MAD + RAS
9 Poison out of
barrels for ... (3)
ANE (b)ANE less B (barrels) definition = one (in 10d)
10 ... one deposit not initiated by father (3)
YIN PAY IN less PA
11 It’s blown
on service after floor time (9)
FLAGEOLET FL (floor) + AGE + O’ + LET (service)
12 A scarf round
circuit breaker (6)
AIR-GAP I (circuit) in PAGRA reversed
13 Dim and bailed
out with fine (11)
INDEFINABLE Anagram AND BAILED + F (fine)
14 Pitch again on
vote, switching sides (7)
RE-ERECT RE (on) ELECT changing L to R
21 Intimate note
taken from cracker (4)
BOON BONBON less NB (note)
22 Watch heist (4)
GLOM 2 definitions
23 Taking time off,
worthwhile resisting (4)
ANTI TANTI less T (time)
27 Irritation as
flushed from bad anaesthetics (10)
ITCHINESS Anagram ANAESTHETICS less both As!
28 King redrafted
email for booby? (7)
GREMIAL GR + Anagram EMAIL
35 Almost rush to
height in harrier? (4)
RACH RAC(e) + H
36
“Healthy” girl cut short leave (3)
VAL VAL(e) (ref. Valentine)
38 At school,
English play Tetris?
(4)
GAME GAM + E
39 Opera note
divides artificial languages (8)
IDOMENEO ME + N in IDO + NEO
40 Bristly rope
secures it (5)
SETAL T in SEAL
41 Big drop
shortening flood (4)
SPAT SPAT(e)
42 Is welcoming
neighbour aboard with vessel (8)
CIBORIUM BOR in 2 Is in CUM (with)
43 Game in same
cartoon (5)
ANIME NIM in AE
44 Old man slowing
with age diminished match (8)
PARALLEL PA + RALL + EL(d)
45 These animals
yet could be an easy touch (8)
HUANACOS Compound Anagram HUANACOS + YET = AN EASY TOUCH
48 Very neglected,
overtake quick mast-maker (7, two
words)
OAK TREE Anagram OVERTAKE less V (very)
53 Picket line to
area under valley (5)
RIATA RIA + T’ + A (area)
56 Beast leaving
daughter in haste (4)
ELAN ELAN(d)
57 Just decision,
about departing (3)
ALL (c)ALL
58 Notes of note (4)
SOME SO + ME
59 Rush pursuit of
Moby Dick? (4)
FALL 2 definitions
61 Points point (4)
NESS all letters are points of the compass