GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Finished article on ex-racing driver past best? (4-3-4) 13 Group without right on holiday has to justify itself (3,3) 14 Offering illegal tickets initially discounted for trip (6) 16 Odd parts in firm even not requiring payment (4) 17 Prices changing in India and Middle East? That’s inaccurate (9) 18 Alcohol drunk after leaving house here? (5) 19 Dirty place by yard? That’s a shame (4) 20 Logo in red designed for canal boat operator (9) 22 Rabbit given a French name in past (5) 23 Know-all upset Carl’s mate (5,4) 27 Communicating just outside the field of play? (2,5) 30 Recall help at southern arenas (6) 31 Aristocrat gets praise in hearing (4) 32 Run-down area facing pressure in depression (5) 35 Top tennis player reportedly has to give up (4) 36 Bet fine work confers advantage (7) 38 Strike car’s instrument panel (4) 39 Secretary with civilised chap takes in a colourful procession (7) 42 Shift in remote bright phenomenon (6) 45 Obvious group of Dover tourists (5) 46 Elevated road in France overly regulated (7) 47 Rank neckwear with scarves essentially (4) 48 Concession covers hospital’s retail outlet (4) 50 Loathe some French pastry dish loaded with spice firstly (7) 52 Large group of police circles university? That’s clear (5) 54 Some extra velocity for journey (6) 56 Familiar routine in school gets sign of approval (7) 57 Liveliness shown in British carnival site (4) 59 A Celt is reformed being flexible (7) 61 Elderly French painter restricted after retirement (4) 64 Proposal of fellow accompanying monarch (5) 66 Extended story with appeal about a group’s leader (4) 67 Bachelor wears watch in wood (6) 69 I’m set possibly in middle of diet to make list (7) 72 Use instrument freely in work that’s staged with bass over some months (4,2,3) 73 Put off English lecturer in light period (5) 74 Egotistical chap’s first noticed in trouble touring Spain (9) 79 Aim to find Indian holiday destination close to Nepal (4) 81 Register unspecified number in revised role (5) 82 A pair of learners by four, perhaps, getting settled (3,6) 83 Leave car in green recreational area (4) 85 Drink belonging to us creates gossip (6) 86 Advertising expert defends new caper (6) 87 Best diet thus largely interfered with has to stop (4,3,4)
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1 Always strict barring outsiders (4) 2 Devilish type detains Republican ally (6) 3 Husband amid run of birdsong gets excitement (6) 4 Cheerful person making approach on course? (7) 5 Lester surprisingly runs off in wintry weather (5) 6 Understand factory worker requires discipline (4,2,4) 7 News about liberal sphere (5) 8 Ground from a cafe is not filmed (3,6) 9 Terrible floor brand regularly neglected (7) 10 Pace in part of Russian landscape, it’s said (4) 11 Son and mate mobilised around river in operation (2-6) 15 Oil, maybe, readily converted into cash (6) 21 Vitality initially missing in part of a pound? (5) 24 Male in troubled time has disorder (7) 25 Suppress extraordinary files about origin of treason (6) 26 Stylish young woman staying in Cyprus (6) 28 Award winner ready almost with a pot? (5) 29 Source of advice in taxi (3) 33 Support Rose and Ned in a mess (7) 34 Attic in Tredegar retained (6) 37 Book heading (5) 40 Female relative in Mediterranean resort picked up (5) 41 I tidy van after trip with no end of passion and eagerness (7) 43 Revolutionary name capturing hearts in moral system (5) 44 Lessen bright colour on cue possibly (6) 46 Fake felon’s original fraudulent sale (5) 49 Children’s author with yen for ceramics (7) 51 Dorian foolishly makes incursion (6) 53 Companion gets a rental property, Alpine house (6) 55 Panic produced by gangster with gun, say (5) 58 How one might describe a protester advancing? (2,3,5) 60 Shorten style in clothing? (3) 62 Follow four directions around middle of court (5) 63 Standard article, something for plotting in distinct piece of text (9) 65 Pursue advantage with a lot of people with base at college (6,2) 68 Paltry lunch, perhaps, when taking in sun close to bay (6) 70 What’s beside passion in the memory? (2,5) 71 Humourless cop fed a stew (2-5) 75 Carer with emphatic hope outwardly for nursery (6) 76 Obstruct young troublemaker supported by journalist online (6) 77 Desolate bishop facing unauthorised disclosure (5) 78 Bob with pound gets sea mollusc (5) 80 Where one goes with Kelvin to appear (4) 84 Climb in tower is electrifying (4)