GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Stop article showing historical work? (6,5) 13 British PM once curtailed engagement (6) 14 Last word about copper showing sharpness (6) 16 Small fly intriguing naturalist partly (4) 17 Popular worker in papers is childish (9) 18 Artist in Scottish island hiding last wall painting (5) 19 Look, it’s said, in seaside feature (4) 20 Tim dogs a corrupt Frenchman showing high-handedness (9) 22 Fashion circle, perhaps (5) 23 Bishop gets to call complete convert (5,4) 27 Lions etc in major sports event (3,4) 30 Tom, maybe, new father put back short sleep (6) 31 Single element in army group (4) 32 Sizeable fellow entering the messy yard (5) 35 Appeal made to fellows is portent (4) 36 Boy’s first country walk to get prickly shrub (7) 38 Quaint woollen cloth is cut (4) 39 Spattered mud is at ground (7) 42 Period when not sitting in alcove (6) 45 Some winding or gentle valley (5) 46 Boss put out in pick-up point (3,4) 47 Issue in brief lacking introduction (4) 48 Solid concern (4) 50 Man’s taken with right-winger in past events (7) 52 Advantage in a second spell of tennis (5) 54 Flexible fastener put back in part (6) 56 Seek European with question in break (7) 57 Nothing found in blazer ordinarily (4) 59 Edgy person fiddling round very short American (7) 61 Diplomat disowning old jealousy (4) 64 Little sun by shopping centre (5) 66 Advance payment pocketed by German teacher (4) 67 Oscar disputed clear source of wisdom (6) 69 Law for all to see with time in country (7) 72 Scanty end to talk on place for oil in expert group (5,4) 73 Put up with duke’s facial hair (5) 74 Illusory wealth got old fop in trouble (3,2,4) 79 Ancient French artist mostly in retrospective (4) 81 College, say, upset by stunning lizard (5) 82 Claim Putin heartlessly concocted about a city? (9) 83 Cite celebrity (4) 85 Request in TV broadcast probing case of injustice (6) 86 Unruffled Frenchman after exercise? Not initially (6) 87 Tough rails a hand’s shifted (4,2,5)
DOWN
1 Avid skier regularly on middle of bend (4) 2 Expression in comedic tumbler (6) 3 A director given disagreement is cut loose (6) 4 Inspector following part of a circuit that’s scattered (7) 5 Situation observed in hearing (5) 6 Openly criticise vet, a chap ignoring cold OAP possibly (4,1,3,2) 7 Nonplus good man, judge devoid of anger (5) 8 Stand with mandarin, say, to have eventual success (4,5) 9 Brave young woman left a conservationist group (7) 10 First off supply joke (4) 11 Belief about those on board in rental building (8) 15 Draw off liquid in shop (6) 21 Duo I suspect beginning to magnify hatred (5) 24 Outstanding orchard’s first greenery overlooking river (7) 25 Jeremiah holding a pair of books gets to prattle (6) 26 Constraint sure to alter between daughter and son (6) 28 Information about kind of literature? (5) 29 Medical officer faces British rabble (3) 33 Mischievous desire to include poor gag (7) 34 Raise gradually dog and cat in effect? (4,2) 37 Mournful work, say, in cathedral location (5) 40 College supported by workers’ group (5) 41 Post that’s fixed in TV channel (7) 43 Banish former partner on French island (5) 44 Greek character’s found in middle of dismal break (6) 46 Intelligent person moved in bar (5) 49 Sentimental university in crazy policy almost (7) 51 Kitchen accessory, one at top of order? (6) 53 High-pitched soprano facing trouble after hour (6) 55 Foolish enclosure put up in centre of city (5) 58 Criminal men soon in Germany preoccupying one (2,4,4) 60 Prepared odd bits for sweet (3) 62 Key object kept in toilet lifted (5) 63 How one describes loosely packed clothes however (2,3,4) 65 A selfish type blocks lots in wood (8) 68 Out-and-out TV quiz show host losing head (6) 70 Second game with German produces surprise (7) 71 Rep hurt amid stir in wreck (7) 75 How endless slip is rectified? That’s wise (6) 76 Pleasant spirit largely shown by a learner (6) 77 Fret about argument over railway (5) 78 Canoe drifts in vast sea (5) 80 Milksop showing decline? About right (4) 84 Grind in factory (4)