GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Chef Raymond, chap, say, that’s brought back a sweet dessert (10) 14 Grapple with others
getting tips on leisure (7) 15 Shout ahead after setback
for hoisting device (6) 16 Join up lines scrawled
by artist ultimately (6) 17 Search through strange
publication linked to Spain (7) 18 Learner given rate for
swimming afterwards (5) 19 One that’s taken
in seabird (4) 20 Inexpensive element in
pastiche, apparently (5) 21 Place totally marginalised
has soft paste (5) 22 European in a mess after
scattering edible seed (6) 23 Second tea or coffee (5) 28 Penny-pinching Frenchman is ahead of schedule after leaving area (7) 30 Power unit in series
of small cages (7) 33 Dame upset after mistreatment
gets very angry (7,2) 36 Shortly throw around gold
coin of old provenance (6) 38 Gain admission in back of residence with fluctuating rent (5) 39 Stroke of luck following
Mark’s successor (5) 40 Boxer, perhaps, followed by good journalist showing tenacity (6) 42 Wrongly took shawl (5) 43 Back up here, essentially,
for token (7) 44 Charlie gets recipe in hour possibly for a fried dough snack (6) 46 Escapade in lake requiring
rescue vessel (4) 49 Remnant of a thing is bust
after breakage (4) 51 Something disturbing peace
in fraudulent activity (6) 53 Progressive type, fellow
encapsulated by varied titles (7) 55 Pivot is something
easily covered (5) 59 The Italian caught in
strong wind in swell (6) 60 Female relative given a line
in material for ropes (5) 61 Redesign shape for stage? (5) 62 Sue’s partner in house and
yard of a cosy nature (6) 63 Concerning look in a ship (2,7) 65 Mollify American given a
guess that’s faulty (7) 66 Group of rugby players
get on a bundle? (7) 70 Some investor examining
retail outlet (5) 71 Be of use carrying weight
or go off course? (6) 73 Children painting,
maybe, table (5) 75 Look happy beginning
to start race (5) 80 Indian dress seen in
Amritsar, incessantly (4) 82 Exotic tang about Dutch
alcoholic drink (1,3,1) 83 Belittle trade needing
regulation by court (7) 84 Breather taken amid
exercise in dive? (6) 85 Pester guy stripped in
beach at St Tropez? (6) 86 Compel compliance with police after two directions (7) 87 Indirectly support
factory worker (6-4)
DOWN
1 Back away from fighter
left in clubhouse (6) 2 Foresee English vegans getting
upset about second part of diet (8) 3 Friendship in a U.S.
college over year (5) 4 Pal runs off in problem created
by heavy traffic (5-2) 5 Hard term I devised for recluse (6) 6 Use bad language to make
solemn statement (5) 7 Note church with empty
spaces in alcove (6) 8 Doctor also sat baffled (2,1,4) 9 Recent item after manufacture
shows measurement of length (10) 10 Special university given respect outwardly for sudden period of growth (5) 11 With time gone, help to lug
awkward thing found in sink? (8) 12 Small duck seen in crate a lot (4) 24 Loftiness from Henry, film
director of originality? (7) 25 Fail to pass Latin amid enjoyment
over end of coursework (5) 26 Budding celebrity is one revered
later after broadcast (7) 27 End of rush on ward somehow
achieved after effort? (4-3) 29 Fashionable rental
property in cove (5) 31 Place to store junk in restricted
Greek region (5) 32 General meaning after expulsion
of Democrat in split (4) 34 Dashing woman’s love in charge (6) 35 Wet mass kept by dim
U.S. hospital (4) 37 Give a new tag to rock kept by
scientific site? The opposite! (7) 41 A mug I’ll fancy has
silvery-white metal (7) 45 Varied U.S. trees with no end of
foliage in reddish brown colour (6) 47 Argument with bachelor in estate,
for example, getting heavy lever (7) 48 Assist Pole with hut in a jumble (4,3) 50 Matching clothing? It’s new after
tailoring close to outlet (7) 52 Part of motel’s extended
otherwise (4) 54 Intonation shown by tense
comic around November (5)
56 Silence around middle of July
in place of detention (5) 57 Paul sags on a regular
basis sadly (4) 58 First sign of withering summer
condition for cereal (5) 60 Insider we’d suspect is one
prone to rattling? (10) 64 Income broken down in ranges (8) 67 A chum OK surprisingly about
black fermented drink (8) 68 Please Gary fit for deployment (7) 69 Defend detective in
ramshackle port (7) 72 Last objective certain to lack
success principally (6) 74 Vehicle for a departure? (6) 76 Very famous type in
traditional story (6) 77 Concur with a figure supporting the environment endlessly (5) 78 Guide horse without
tail over river (5) 79 Soprano in a confined
space is exhausted (5) 81 Talented learner found in
Lincoln among friends? (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Sweet dessert (10)
14 Grapple (7)
15 Wheel on axle (6)
16 Join up (6)
17 Search through (7)
18 Afterwards (5)
19 Seabird (4)
20 Inexpensive (5)
21 Soft paste (5)
22 Edible seed (6)
23 Coffee (5)
28 Penny-pinching (7)
30 Power unit (7)
33 Very angry (7,2)
36 Old coin (6)
38 Gain admission (5)
39 Stroke of luck (5)
40 Tenacious (6)
42 Shawl (5)
43 Token (7)
44 Fried dough snack (6)
46 Escapade (4)
49 Butt (4)
51 Din (6)
53 Progressive type (7)
55 Pivot (5)
59 Swell (6)
60 Fibre in ropes (5)
61 Stage (5)
62 Cosy (6)
63 Concerning (2,7)
65 Mollify (7)
66 Bundle (7)
70 Hoard (5)
71 Deviate (6)
73 Table (5) 75 Grin (5)
80 Indian dress (4)
82 Alcoholic drink (1,3,1)
83 Belittle (7)
84 Dive (6)
85 Pester (6)
86 Compel compliance with (7)
87 Indirectly (6-4)
DOWN
1 Wince (6)
2 Foresee (8)
3 Friendship (5)
4 Tailback (5-2)
5 Recluse (6)
6 Curse (5) 7 Alcove (6)
8 Baffled (2,1,4)
9 Unit of length (10)
10 Gush (5)
11 Sink outlet (8)
12 Small duck (4)
24 Loftiness (7)
25 Fail to pass (5)
26 Budding celebrity (7)
27 Achieved after effort (4-3)
29 Cove (5)
31 Loft (5)
32 Split (4)
34 Valiant (6)
35 Pulp (4)
37 Give a new tag to (7)
41 Silvery-white metal (7)
45 Reddish brown (6)
47 Heavy lever (7)
48 Assist (4,3)
50 Matching clothing (7)
52 Otherwise (4)
54 Intonation (5)
56 Labour camp (5)
57 Sadly (4)
58 Cereal (5)
60 Rattlesnake (10)
64 Income (8)
67 Fermented drink (8)
68 Please (7)
69 Guard (7)
72 Last (6)
74 Funeral vehicle (6)
76 Traditional story (6)
77 Concur (5) 78 Guide (5)
79 Exhausted (5)
81 Talented (4)