The Guardian – Quiptic crossword No 969 – Jun 10 2018

Clues	Answers
A lone hermit	SOLITARY
Copy book for period in game	CRIBBAGE
Crafty lad gets around Scotsman for a nut	ALMOND
Daft tricks seen in cats playing	ANTICS
Decay after time to move moderately fast	TROT
Deceased student unknown until recently	LATELY
Disagreeable Nana lets up by mistake	UNPLEASANT
Dispense with outfit uncle got terribly hot in	UNCLOTHE
EU’s lot managed to make a mess	TOUSLE
Farm gent made up piece	FRAGMENT
Give in over Christian fast	RELENT
Hairy fly buzzing round you, say, very loudly	FLUFFY
Harass with live blockade	BESIEGE
I avoided DIY for awful family	DYNASTY

Clues	Answers
Linguist said parrot had good luck	POLYGLOT
New CIA list in emphatic kind of script	ITALICS
Obstruction tactic, if burliest characters are drunk	FILIBUSTER
Organised party for Frenchman without any particular purpose	RANDOM
Peg to go on endlessly about each rule, initially for person who’s juvenile	TEENAGER
Perhaps leaving set with missionary?	EVANGELIST
Perhaps let in car carrying instrument	CLARINET
Set off in pinstripe	TRIP
Shooting at the OK Corral?	GUNFIGHT
Smooth and put in order	FILE
Sun on knees, they say, causes symptom of a cold	SNEEZE
Timeless style is first model for this artistic movement	CLASSICISM
Traumatised, with no idea about level	STRATUM
Use keyboard of a kind	TYPE