GIANT CROSSWORD
Choose between cryptic and quick clues to tackle the Giant crossword – both lead to the same answers.
QUICK ACROSS
12 Au revoir (3,3,5)
13 Cashier (6)
14 Come to (6)
16 Quarter (4)
17 Remind one (4,1,4)
18 Delightful (5)
19 Swallow (4)
20 Puzzle (9)
22 Rise (5)
23 Right (9)
27 See (7)
30 Poem (6)
31 Quantity (4)
32 Shabby (5)
35 Support (4)
36 Mimicked (4,3)
38 Catch (4)
39 Odd (7)
42 Slipped (6)
45 Now, now! (5)
46 Bird (7)
47 Game animal (4)
48 Photograph (4)
50 Picks out (7)
52 Chose (5)
54 Meal (6)
56 Assumes (5,2)
57 Pack (4)
59 Cure-all (7)
61 Back (4)
64 Raise (5)
66 Rent (4)
67 Struck (6)
69 Horrible (7)
72 Angry (2,1,6)
73 Clear (5)
74 Lying (9)
79 Understand (4)
81 Pursuit (5)
82 Shipshape (4,5)
83 Sign (4)
85 Argument (6)
86 Hired (4,2)
87 Understate (3,2,6)
DOWN
1 Close (4)
2 Avoid (6)
3 Wrinkle (6)
4 Ways (7)
5 Ban (5)
6 Dog (10)
7 Catch (5)
8 Striking (9)
9 Beats up (7)
10 Unfriendly (4)
11 Came back (8)
15 Continued (4,2)
21 River (5)
24 Garment (7)
25 Gloomy (6)
26 Bound (6)
28 Minded (5)
29 Go off (3)
33 Happy (7)
34 Follows (6)
37 Lets out (5)
40 Fool (5)
41 Fish (7)
43 Female name (5)
44 Tyrant (6)
46 Cry (5)
49 Here (7)
51 Character (6)
53 Soft (6)
55 Capital (5)
58 Employed by (7,3)
60 Playing card (3)
62 Give (5)
63 Wretched (9)
65 Famous (8)
68 Toxin (6)
70 Savoured (7)
71 Swap (5-2)
75 Crustacean (6)
76 Shake (6)
77 Material (5)
78 Dressed (3,2)
80 Snatch (4)
84 Gun (4)
CRYPTIC ACROSS
12 Au revoir till after the sightrestoring operation (3,3,5)
13 He would have you know he’s used to handling money (6)
14 Come to beside a hill (6)
16 Quarter back for a time (4)
17 Remind you to go to church? (4,1,4)
18 We prepared to frame it. It’s delightful (5)
19 Swallow with soft, fine feathers (4)
20 what’s this I see before me? Drat! (9)
22 And at half past get up (5)
23 Lead and wood, right? (9)
27 See cinders scattered about (7)
30 Child of ten composed the poem (6)
31 A beer at “The Tailless Horse” (4)
32 Notice the dingy outside: shabby (5)
35 Give birth to and support (4)
36 Mimicked the other pilot? (4,3)
38 Catch the Italian turning tail (4)
39 Odd way to release anger (7)
42 Slipped off with the assortment, delighted (6)
45 You get right inside and don’t worry! (5)
46 The comedian at the end gets the bird (7)
47 Love, love in the return game (4)
48 Game, still (4)
50 Picks out the ones without partners (7)
52 Went for the spinning top, the boy did (5)
54 Lovely and quiet inside for the meal (6)
56 Assumes, when one hires (5,2)
57 Pack in his towels, too (4)
59 Criticise one – a cure-all (7)
61 Are trailing; right at the back (4)
64 Raise the bed again to put into (5)
66 Rent the centre of theirs out (4)
67 Struck and spoke crossly to (6)
69 By spreading tales in, proving to be nasty (7)
72 The stupid painter upset me, coming in angry (2,1,6)
73 “Take six twice a day.” That’s very clear (5)
74 Animal in a funny poster lying down (9)
79 Understand it could help a bird build a nest (4)
81 Caught, as he ran after in pursuit (5)
82 The neatness and tidiness a salesman wants (4,5)
83 It shows you’re right. He’s most unpleasant (4)
85 Spilling tea on the bed clumsily creates an argument (6)
86 Hired a man to help inside (4,2)
87 To say “Don’t express bitterly” is to understate (3,2,6)
DOWN
1 Bordering on the parsimonious (4)
2 Avoid, through having a ticket (6)
3 On the coat, a line, or ridge (6)
4 Ways in which people show courtesy (7)
5 Don’t allow the man to return to the pub (5)
6 Nothing’s caught up inside – don’t beg, silly dog! (10)
7 Catch and hug (5)
8 Running in for striking (9)
9 Beats up members of the baseball team (7)
10 “Unfriendly” is a common complaint (4)
11 Came back troubled. Read the awful news in (8)
15 Continued to upset the old (4,2)
21 That’s her floundering about in the river (5)
24 A useful garment, on the whole (7)
25 Gloomy rooms, convertible to a point (6)
26 Bound to come to mind (6)
28 Caught by a left, was anxious (5)
29 Go off, back to the river (3)
33 Quite happy inside (7)
34 Is a follower of and supports (6)
37 Lets out a “Don’t move”, for you to hear (5)
40 The silly ass goes off about nothing (5)
41 Was forced to cut short, to have something to eat (7)
43 She’s the one in the Land Rover (5)
44 Remove the taint of tyrant from? (6)
46 Cry “Which of you will take on work?” (5)
49 A tense “Here” (7)
51 I being the one captured in his heart (6)
53 Soft bread (6)
55 Capital answer to “What’s a clue for ‘average’?” (5)
58 An employee of, is proving to be successful (7,3)
60 One giving excellent service (3)
62 Give everything up to follow (5)
63 Somehow bear a wry smile about being unhappy (9)
65 Famous owner out to get a home back (8)
68 One spoon, roughly, imbibed will kill (6)
70 Struck one as having been suggestive of (7)
71 Art goes back to Enid to arrange the swap (5-2)
75 Little creature quiet and terribly prim (6)
76 Will it stop baby crying in a shake? (6)
77 Material I’m at home in (5)
78 Dressed, having come back from taking the pug round to (5)
80 Snap up some bargains (4)
84 Young beast with a gun (4)