Clues:
ACROSS:
1. Dull, lacking colour.(4)
3. Seafaring thief.(6)
6. Dismal.(4)
9. River and national park in Kenya.(4)
10. Pull this when telling tall tales.(3,5,3)
13. Ubiquitous trouser press.(5)
16. For geeks:
18. --- Wallach, Ugly from "The Good, the bad and the Ugly".(3)
19. Andrew Lloyd's partner.(3)
20. We say "Less" when we should say "-----",(5)
21. An easy one, to begin.(5)
23. Me? no.(3)
24. Puts back to default settings.(6)
27. Cup-holders, rarely used unless to give tea to a dog.(7)
30. Unwell.(3)
31. Employ.(3)
32. Possibly one time too many.(3,5)
35. Like this clue.(6)
37. Agreement from an individual.(6)
39. Cruel.(8)
42. For geeks: invert the following logic.(3)
43. Large, flightless bird. Not you, lynny.(3)
44. Required for endurance sports, and for compiling crosswords.(7)
45. Concocted, as in beer.(6)
47. Ancient hill. Lots of these in New Mills.(3)
48. Three of these made a terrible racket then went back to opera.(3)
49. Language of Iran.(5)
51. Trick.(3)
52. Become 30 across.(3)
54. Female dancer.(3)
56. Can be past, present, future or nervous.(5)
58. Blues legend, aka McKinley Morganfield.(5,6)
61. Corrosion.(4)
62. ---- to self: write better clues.(4)
63. Can be flat, toe-clip or SPuD.(6)
64. In a short while.(4)
DOWN:
1. Paint in a slapdash fashion.(4)
2. Can be salted, hot, or "I can't believe it's not".(6)
3. Grounds.(8)
4. Irish indy rock band.(3)
5. Listening device.(3)
7. Eye discharge.(5)
8. The seat of consciousness.(4)
9. Medieval weapon.(4)
11. Not from heaven.(7)
12. "Tarka curry, it's like chicken but it's -----" - my favourite joke.(5)
14. Zombies do this repeatedly.(6,2,3)
15. Variety of Tree.(3)
17. They can be wild, chosen or bit-of-a.(4)
22. "A dark and hungry God ------", Stephen Donaldson novel.(6)
23. Young people.(6)
25. When we'll be there. Abbreviation.(3)
26. Test.(11)
28. Slang word for power or influence.(5)
29. Can be King, dirty or shithouse.(3)
33. Pole.(5)
34. Make sterile.(6)
36. Ringed planet.(6)
38. Ingest.(3)
40. Female pronoun.(3)
44. Ah, the sound of these on a frosty winters morning. I miss it.(7)
45. Borrow, colloquial.(4)
46. Ate.(5)
49. Thermal containers.(6)
50. To compost.(3)
51. Tailed celestial body.(5)
53. Flammable moss.(4)
55. Norse god.(4)
57. Deserve, as in respect.(4)
59. Can be lucky, sheep or salsa.(3)
60. Stash of money, colloquial.(3)
ACROSS :
ReplyDelete3 - PIRATE
9 - MARA
10 - THE OTHER LEG
23 - MOI
27 - SAUCER
30 - ILL
43 - EMY
45 - BREWED
52 - ILL
56 - TENSE
61 - RUST
62 - NOTE
63 - PEDDLE
DOWN :
2 - BUTTER
5 - EAR
7 - TEARS
36 - SATURN
33 - STICK
55 - THOR
51 - COMET
THAT WAS FUN ... BYEEE