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Baffled by 1d. Otherwise done.
As usual, I tell myself it (1d) must be an Americanism.....

To eighty-six is to ban or drop someone. Abbreviation of died, then he cries "out!" (think of baseball).

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/eighty-six-meaning-origin

another one for my little book, Mr A!

Rosalind

It often crops up in Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.

I would not watch one of his programs for serious folding money!

In other words, grunger, she's eighty-sized him.

-sixed

Solved and in the mail from Canada. Hope it can reach NYC in eleven days.

A US friend gave me a Harper's subscription for Christmas, as I'd asked her to download, print and mail my scanned solution to January 2021 issue crossword. Another thought mail from Canada would take no less time than domestic mail. I would like to see my name in print as a winner: the sending is satisfying as the solving. However, it will be nice to read commentary on current events and inform myself of global affairs during the Great Confinement.

I did indeed eighty-six him, along with Nigella. I quite like that expression! (86)