GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Teacher with bike funnily gets
to relax atmosphere (5,3,3) 13 Improvise to reach party (4,2) 14 Priest spraying oil by cross
is affected by verbosity (6) 16 Mention couple getting fruit (4) 17 Make a loud noise over part
of a bird turning sickly? (9) 18 First of blokes with fantastic
nous is ship’s officer (5) 19 Project at intervals for
one given to verse? (4) 20 Len’s prone to mobilise
workforce (9) 22 Put in advanced work having
received start of pay (5) 23 A treaty to be amended about Austria and Norway, whatever happens (2,3,4) 27 Dashing member of school
following an armed service (7) 30 Protect U.S. agent from
the East with ambition (6) 31 Team in film makes departure (4) 32 Range found in fresco, perhaps (5) 35 Amaze leader of tourists enthralled
by source of heat (4) 36 Western couple of journalists
are weary (7) 38 Disorder in carnival
site close to hut (4) 39 Church dignitary supporting
very old revered figure (7) 42 Exaggerate work of a dramatist
on the rise (4,2) 45 Insignificant worker at the
coalface, it’s said (5) 46 Brief agreement introduced
by committee (7) 47 Dance is genuine by
the sound of it (4) 48 Completed part of a
game of cricket (4) 50 Fearless duke with unusually
tough mentality ultimately (7) 52 Squeeze and twist circular
object, we’re told (5) 54 Ethel methodically packs
protection for the head (6) 56 Outline record of a
person’s preferences? (7) 57 Discharge regular characters
in team list (4) 59 Shady group besetting ordinary event in the Isle of Man? That’s corrupt (7) 61 Meat dish with time gone
is ready for eating (4) 64 Foolish son has misfortune
over year (5) 66 Darkness beginning to
panic everybody (4) 67 Revolutionary figure turning
key is impertinent (6) 69 Artistic work showing attractiveness,
needing no introduction (7) 72 Small drying cloth is a let-down
sadly after end of lunch (4,5) 73 Renown gained by 50 soldiers
in borders of Germany (5) 74 Only meet eccentric carrying black
alternative to a purse? (5,4) 79 Discontinue concession
around capital of Turkey (4) 81 Execrate section of a meal,
nothing less (5) 82 Bureaucratic clerk here spun
around grabbing page (3-6) 83 Kiss part of a bottle (4) 85 Improvement after period
of decline in spring (6) 86 Strip of wood cut around
back of cabin (6) 87 I call bigots out making
one become furious (2,9)
ACROSS
12 Relax
atmosphere (5,3,3) 13 Manage (4,2) 14 Verbose (6) 16 Fruit (4) 17 Turning sickly (9) 18 Ship’s officer (5) 19 Versifier (4) 20 Workforce (9) 22 Put in (5) 23 Whatever
happens (2,3,4) 27 Dashing (7) 30 Protect (6) 31 Departure (4) 32 Range (5) 35 Daze (4) 36 Weary (7) 38 Tumult (4) 39 Church
dignitary (7) 42 Exaggerate (4,2) 45 Insignificant (5) 46 Smallish (7) 47 Dance (4) 48 Completed (4) 50 Fearless (7) 52 Squeeze
and twist (5) 54 Head
protection (6) 56 Portrait (7) 57 Discharge (4) 59 Corrupt (7) 61 Ready for
eating (4) 64 Foolish (5) 66 Darkness (4) 67 Impertinent (6) 69 Impression (7) 72 Small drying
cloth (4,5) 73 High renown (5) 74 Strap carrying
cash (5,4) 79 Cease (4) 81 Blaspheme (5) 82 Bureaucratic
clerk (3-6) 83 Effrontery (4) 85 Recoil (6)
QUICK CLUES
86 Strip of wood (6) 87 Become furious (2,9)
DOWN
1 Unoccupied (4) 2 Marine
mammal (6) 3 Continue to
work (4,2) 4 Fully catered
for (4-3) 5 Quickly leave (5) 6 Flying
apparatus (4-6) 7 Manage (3,2) 8 Shrub (9) 9 Start (7) 10 Liquid dish (4) 11 Go on a spree (4,2,2) 15 Slight indentation (6) 21 Perform (5) 24 Rally (7) 25 Enfeeble (6) 26 Improve (6) 28 Trendy (5) 29 Female pig (3) 33 Give to
others (4,3) 34 Unhappy
person (6) 37 Sordid (5) 40 Napped
leather (5) 41 Interrupt (5,2) 43 Crowbar (5) 44 Small muddy
pool (6) 46 Crouch in
fear (5) 49 Disarranged (7) 51 Sermon (6) 53 People
admitted (6) 55 Stagger (5) 58 Greatly
please (6,4) 60 Obtain (3) 62 Rectangular
piece (5) 63 One devoted to own advancement (9) 65 Passivity (8) 68 Short task (6) 70 Coupon (7) 71 Impetuous
type (7) 75 In a weird way (6) 76 Exile (6) 77 Rubber
footwear (5) 78 Cachet (5) 80 Tree (4) 84 Cut (4)
DOWN
1 Some beer fortunately in turn
is attracting no charge (4) 2 Almost certain regulation to
arise for marine mammal (6) 3 Continue to work with male
relative around Scottish river (4,2) 4 Our people fell out over daughter
that’s fully catered for (4-3) 5 Quickly leave Glaswegian,
perhaps, imbibing round (5) 6 Girl had e.g. to change after acquiring new flying apparatus (46) 7 Manage to pass (3,2) 8 Fine history possibly associated
9 with Start a work shrub and (9) finish
with day gone (7) 10 A little money, pence,
for liquid dish (4) 11 Be on island, uplifting place,
and go on a spree (4,2,2) 15 Limped depression around (6) getting 21 Perform introduction to this
after overturning stick (5) 24 Report again on rally (7) 25 Grow frail with a knee
that’s twisted (6) 26 Improve concerning
record on course? (6) 28 Strong guy removing top in
confines of factory that’s trendy (5) 29 Female pig in this way
gaining weight (3) 33 Subcontract foremost of
functions with a gesture? (4,3) 34 Miserable person with limited expression turning up among women’s children (6) 37 Amid household work, starts to remove things of an unclean nature (5) 40 Inclined, reportedly, to
get napped leather (5) 41 Intrude, bearing rubbish (5,2) 43 One exiting audibly
to get crowbar (5) 44 Engineer duped about
large and small pool (6) 46 Show fear in Isle of Wight town
mostly overlooking river (5) 49 Rugby fellow shot off in
an agitated state (7) 51 I’m upset when beset by
sanctimonious moral talk (6) 53 A new group of students’ diet? (6) 55 Churl when intoxicated
has to stagger (5) 58 Greatly please stickler
essentially over colour (6,4) 60 Obtain piece of technology
(not half!) (3) 62 Rectangular area for a group of consumers (5) 63 One pursuing own advancement upset caterers around institute (9) 65 Popular term directors often use for passivity (8) 68 Going through crowd in the East End, managed short task (6) 70 Loosely hover around university and college to get coupon (7) 71 Henry and Oscar hated at work impetuous type (7) 75 European for sure avoiding victor in a weird way (6) 76 Expel in party Northern (6) independent 77 Rubber footwear fittingly put
on last part of gangway (5) 78 Party in UK’s lost cachet (5) 80 Tree found in camp in Ethiopia (4) 84 Cut cheek principally and
other facial feature (4)