GIANT CROSSWORD

CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

12 Leaving home, maybe, is becoming unpopular (2,3,3,3) 13 Foul in game? It’s a mystery (6) 14 Frenchman in charge has servile follower (6) 16 Opposed to pollutant in houses (4) 17 Morgan with endless hope formulated treatise (9) 18 Clumsy style in poet after love vanishes (5) 19 Supply winebar lacking in a drink (4) 20 Mischievous Kelvin cutting funds is source of hostility (9) 22 Impetuous fellow that is by sides of roadway (5) 23 On reflection in my opinion island lake is moving (9) 27 Stifle second parent (7) 30 Senior cleric amid hubbub is hopeless (6) 31 Wander in small woods avoiding edges (4) 32 Tough quality in romantic U.S. novelist (5) 35 Sharpen exteriors of widish establishment (4) 36 Elements in cricket and athletics partly coincide (7) 38 River with no end of dirt makes one peevish (4) 39 Arrogant husband, guy with hat getting excitable (7) 42 Speed at which an Arab might go? (6) 45 Mistake in trader or retailer recalled (5) 46 Student with a line about university that’s measured (7) 47 Secure thing to put in wood? (4) 48 Act antisocially showing endless ill-will (4) 50 Patterned fabric is put in colourless yard (7) 52 Some cease lending support for a painting? (5) 54 Defective filter? It’s unimportant matter (6) 56 Frolicsome PA fully discharged (7) 57 Serve diners having importance, we hear (4) 59 Note wrinkle right away in baked dish (7) 61 Offensive urge (4) 64 Stop flighty creature entering part of hospital (5) 66 Switch halves in enormous match (4) 67 Totally soaked do ends in confusion (6) 69 Soprano and tenor speak and falter (7) 72 Withstand taunts dope endlessly flung (5,2,2) 73 Dapper master dressed exuding energy (5) 74 I’d end tiff that’s broken out being very modest (9) 79 Omitting essentials, hardly mention religious song (4) 81 Different part of ballot heralded (5) 82 Sites I’d use when struggling and short of time? Something of marginal relevance (4,5) 83 Rodent in alcove scurrying to avoid a cat principally (4) 85 Record set by American in athletics event (6) 86 More insensitive figure (6) 87 Prepared article on part of play to explain context (3,3,5)

DOWN

1 Clerical dignitary heading off soon (4) 2 Hard Republican in decline gets to wither (6) 3 Devised ways to go round middle of campus that’s waterlogged (6) 4 One trained in bars, maybe, gets many drunk with no end of wine (7) 5 France due to shift around German compromise (5) 6 Shot opener played nearing defeat (2,3,5) 7 A spirit about Austria once more (5) 8 Prepare to depart and create a change of residence (4,1,4) 9 Take off with it in India and China (7) 10 Rebuff newspaper employee carrying note (4) 11 Surprisingly sole female expert gets to suffer indignity (4,4) 15 Showy Spanish artist seen around a hotel (6) 21 Part of boom, phase showing vitality (5) 24 Figure getting a try in October and November (7) 25 Trouble found in standard column (6) 26 Amateur crashes losing end of race, shocking experience (6) 28 Complete lot at ground (5) 29 Selfishness embodied by obsessive golfer (3) 33 Fine bet after placement produces profit (7) 34 Small village play (6) 37 Role over year for political organisation (5) 40 Hearing regarding a clan after book comes out (5) 41 Characterise temper (7) 43 Horrify a Scandinavian when climbing (5) 44 Horseracing trainer in lead gets to begin to speak (4,2) 46 Estimate visitors leaving Thailand (5) 49 Tiny sort at sea with sun gone to attempt something risky? (3,2,2) 51 Casual shoe mistakenly for sale Bob removed (6) 53 A curse that’s damaged part of a service? (6) 55 Popular place for making contribution (5) 58 Tough supervisor takes trams for a change (10) 60 Dine in Leatherhead (3) 62 Harsh place at back of maritime vessel (5) 63 Orchestral leader with obsession finally before bed? (4,5) 65 Limited snack beside another? It’s piecemeal (3,2,3) 68 Mock dried bananas close to apple (6) 70 Postmortem so put off in a mortuary finally (7) 71 Hairy model sure hit (7) 75 Payment left by Philip’s partner for antenna (6) 76 Contrivance of French deputy (6) 77 Miserable European gets ingrained dirt (5) 78 Bathroom feature I’d bet is suspect (5) 80 Steal bunch of knickers (4) 84 Secure country (4)