THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Create a greater breach when you leave further behind (5,3,3) 13 What enabled the herbalist to save money? (6) 14 Go to another new home with takeaway? (6) 16 Catch and put duck in pen (4) 17 Free by unscrewing? (4,5) 18 A high of any kind (2,3) 19 Stab, producing blood (4) 20 Consequently, hold again in terrible assault case (2,1,6) 22 Meaning to accumulate in bank (5) 23 And in France, working as a cabaret artiste (3,6) 27 Plant with, perhaps, a husky bark? (3,4) 30 Also a great American (2,4) 31 Take off cross from top (4) 32 Bleak, with a light at the back end (5) 35 ‘English Boy,’ on the outside, is in first place (4) 36 As forecast, left to last (7) 38 When day light returns, measure (4) 39 He left her curled up asleep after a deterioration (7) 42 Mum, silly dear, gave away some of hers (6) 45 Awfully antisocial to start with, though having superficial gloss (5) 46 What’s inside? A coin, not surprisingly, is inside (7) 47 Do badly or all right (4) 48 Cut, fastens back (4) 50 Plays and, we’re told, plays for money (7) 52 Very funny tail is a requisite (5) 54 Crookedly, sire, the child has come into money (6) 56 Means to turn in. Needs break (7) 57 Understand one might be used as a divining rod (4) 59 Rush round to order from cafe (7) 61 Proposal, losing support, goes awry, too (4) 64 Be right about animal being a dog (5) 66 Pint — draught — for the two (4) 67 Be retreating inside. Feel bad. Weak (6) 69 Ran out. Hurtled, sick at heart (7) 72 Water music? (3,6) 73 Go over, showing you where you went wrong (5) 74 Looked at m-me coming in and s-said (9) 79 Not charged for accommodation (4) 81 Bid, for chest, a hundred less to start with (5) 82 To do so would be very helpful for tennis player (5,4) 83 Are playing to get point and deserve it (4) 85 Makes critical remarks. Car owner doesn’t want to hear them (6) 86 Being very keen on little girl, long to hug (6) 87 Day breaking, is it? (5,2,4)
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1 Cover hole beside pool (4) 2 Don’t give free rein to your anger? (6) 3 Reports from America (6) 4 The wife and I, early on, collapse exhaustedly (7) 5 Item of furniture in which key is hidden in story (5) 6 What building house on cliff edge would be? (5,5) 7 Seat I’d put back to front (5) 8 Trick is to start off with funny game (9) 9 Before duel is arranged, what led up to it? (7) 10 Complacent s-sap (4) 11 Hover about. Are prepared to eavesdrop (8) 15 On which greyhounds are taught to run? (6) 21 Scratch XX on? (5) 24 Biased. That’s plain (3,4) 25 Climb, following a trail (6) 26 Sponsor two boys (6) 28 In addition, the drier is broken (5) 29 It won’t debilitate a tree (3) 33 Dare to suppose (7) 34 He allows — people to occupy his property (6) 37 Cavities in Monsieur’s teeth (5) 40 A pip is a small sound (5) 41 Empathise and try to make contact with (4,3) 43 So then come, but without Tom (5) 44 It may prove that one’s a confirmed bachelor (6) 46 Very much want to have the firm appraise (5) 49 Ability, when you squeeze, to conceal cry of pain (7) 51 Don is worried about the fight ahead (6) 53 Follows, into back street, the perjurer (6) 55 Swimming stroke shown in slow motion (5) 58 Are as cheap as Little Tommy Tucker’s supper? (2,3,1,4) 60 Hair of the dog is knocked back (3) 62 Point a weed running riot in vegetable garden (5) 63 To finish with, floats off with everybody on it (4,2,3) 65 Going on and on about, yearn to put an end to (8) 68 Guarantee, before sun breaks through (6) 70 Care about nothing, ourselves, just make whoopee (7) 71 Spell ‘elasticity’ (7) 75 In a good mood, measure and cut round (6) 76 Aims to include me in changes (6) 77 Plunge right in, showing pizazz (5) 78 Was told a drover had penned (5) 80 Credit from a bloodsucker (4) 84 Fights rackets (4)