GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Beef-based dish? Cook got a
piece around end of feast (7,3) 14 Sully this rank somehow
after disowning king (7) 15 Bother having left time to
get foreign currency (6) 16 Get rid of piles in a mess
behind back of ground (6) 17 Hasty note penned
by skater John (7) 18 Mention of chap’s appearance (5) 19 Attendant in shop,
a gentleman (4) 20 Farmers lastly to possess crop (5) 21 Following date possibly
is preordained (5) 22 Smart medic has written
work dismissing article (6) 23 Small cuts as bargains (5) 28 Southern character eating fries regularly is marked with blemishes (7) 30 Defamation for all to see accepted by my clan surprisingly (7) 33 Examine in order
work completed (2,7) 36 Sailor to obtain objective (6) 38 Special approval required to admit old intelligence operative (5) 39 Long for end to danger in
underground area (5) 40 Awkwardly move to get material
for furniture in the U.S. (6) 42 Bob in front of children loses
control as a driver (5) 43 Alter moves associated
with a line sideways (7) 44 Caper frequently linked to folk
essentially in charge (6) 46 Faculty reportedly in location (4) 49 Aid a British establishment
when vacated (4) 51 Director Spike with a
year as latitude (6) 53 Pale container close to
bag is deficient (7) 55 Slightly drunk type is staggering
after taking last of wine (5) 59 Very large area, one kept by entertainer, for floor decoration (6) 60 Mawkishness shown by second learner with American hospital (5) 61 Male duck beginning to dawdle
by garden implement (5) 62 Truck twice viewed at intervals —
and a motorised rickshaw (3-3) 63 Hard German, left-wing extremist, is eager to begin (3,2,4) 65 Illegally import and lug gems
of a suspect nature (7) 66 Chocolate filling is plainer
when chewed (7) 70 Bet high-quality meat is cited (5) 71 Lizard residing in
Antiguan arboretum (6) 73 Quarrel about
European weapon (5) 75 Group has midmorning
meal right away (5) 80 Young cow kept in local farm (4) 82 Fancy canape without a nut (5) 83 Procedure varying in tour
associated with Spain (7) 84 Leader of battalion marshalled
these in command (6) 85 Precious metal? A small piece
cut off is slightly adjusted (6) 86 Regular exercises to preserve
fine appeal (4-3) 87 Early screen entertainment
left in slim work (6,4)
DOWN
1 Perfect Eastern
European language (6) 2 Design post concerning
break in a journey (8) 3 Sprightly American with
short sleeveless jacket (5) 4 Distinctive place is to
be renovated (7) 5 Educational qualification
made Greek to an extent (6) 6 Money’s taken up for
piece of furniture? (5) 7 Fellow with energy in dilapidated
yard worn at the edges? (6) 8 Frenchman freely lingered with no hesitation and was sociable? (7) 9 Cashier not to be replaced in
one in a series of shops (5,5) 10 Voracity shown by good grazing
animal on reflection (5) 11 Meet by chance tramp
before awful point (4,4) 12 Sell German car in an
elevated state (4) 24 Tim and Peg are excited having acquired new colouring matter (7) 25 Singer Tom of secondary
importance (5) 26 Observe junior scout coming
up wearing stiffened fabric (7) 27 Companion supported by
woman has wine cup (7) 29 Eccentric Conservative
standing (5) 31 Greatly love party held in
revolutionary period (5) 32 Small cut in prison (4) 34 Embarrass a fake
entrepreneur principally (6) 35 Couple making quiet
broadcast (4) 37 Aide got unconventional plant (7) 41 Mike is given thrill seeing
footballer’s error? (7) 45 Disembarked and led astray (6) 47 Mollify Pat and Alec
after mishap (7) 48 Musical group over period
getting medical support? (7) 50 Dismiss and sound disapproving
of one operating for profit (4,3) 52 Be next to a cask for
beer largely (4) 54 Fall behind path in
the countryside (5) 56 Reject with disdain incentive
over November (5) 57 Caprice shown by husband amid exercise in water without sun (4) 58 Uproar contained in past or minimised (5) 60 Nervously keep gas on having consumed cold food for tea? (6,4) 64 Opinion found on quintet getting to have a short rest (4,4) 67 Lightheartedly dismiss joker on holiday (5,3) 68 Clean uniform found in type of spacecraft (7) 69 Look over lilies on and off for small antelope (7) 72 Daughter in a dispute lacking a secure connection? (6) 74 Stripe devised for cleric (6) 76 Lots for recreation in Cyprus is expensive (6) 77 Provide the stimulus for last of events with urban amenity (5) 78 Society beset by obligation that’s grubby (5) 79 Shivering by one dark wood (5) 81 Singer Craig missing introduction is enthusiastic (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Beef-based
dish (7,3) 14 Sully (7) 15 Russian
currency (6) 16 Banish (6) 17 Hasty (7) 18 Appearance (5) 19 Attendant (4) 20 Crop (5) 21 Destined (5) 22 Smart (6) 23 Bargains (5) 28 Marked with
blemishes (7) 30 Slander (7) 33 Examine in
order (2,7) 36 Objective (6) 38 Ghost (5) 39 To long
for (5) 40 Burden (6)
42 Loses control
as a driver (5) 43 Sideways (7) 44 Caper (6) 46 Location (4) 49 Aid (4) 51 Latitude (6) 53 Deficient (7) 55 Slightly drunk (5) 59 Floor
decoration (6) 60 Mawkishness (5) 61 Male duck (5) 62 Motorised
rickshaw (3-3) 63 Eager to
begin (3,2,4) 65 Illegally convey (7) 66 Chocolate filling (7) 70 Bet (5) 71 Lizard (6) 73 Pointed weapon (5) 75 Clump (5) 80 Young cow (4)
82 Nut (5) 83 Procedure (7) 84 Command (6) 85 Precious metal (6) 86 Regular exercises (4-3) 87 Early screen entertainment (6,4)
DOWN
1 Gloss (6) 2 Break in a
journey (8) 3 Sprightly (5) 4 Distinctive (7) 5 Extent (6) 6 Backless seat (5) 7 Worn at the
edge (6) 8 Socialised (7) 9 One in a series
of shops (5,5)
10 Avarice (5) 11 Meet by
chance (4,4) 12 Sell (4) 24 Natural colouring
matter (7) 25 Trivial (5) 26 Stiffened fabric (7) 27 Wine cup (7) 29 Eccentric (5) 31 Greatly love (5) 32 Notch (4) 34 Embarrass (6) 35 Couple (4) 37 Plant (7) 41 Footballer’s slip (7) 45 Disembarked (6) 47 Mollify (7) 48 Swathe (7) 50 Dismiss (4,3) 52 Be adjacent to (4)
54 Row (5) 56 Reject with
disdain (5) 57 Caprice (4) 58 Uproar (5) 60 Soft baked
food (6,4) 64 Have a short
rest (4,4) 67 Lightheartedly
dismiss (5,3) 68 Wash and
iron (7) 69 A small antelope (7) 72 Unmoored (6) 74 Cleric (6) 76 Expensive (6) 77 Fiery particle (5) 78 Grubby (5) 79 Dark wood (5) 81 Enthusiastic (4)