GIANT CROSSWORD

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

13 Possibly sole importance is to get thinner (4,6) 14 Small onion Henry put in opening (7) 15 Remain with role devised to install computers etc? (6) 16 Think about stunning feat within sides of canyon (6) 17 Old vessel beginning to exhibit worth around river on reflection (7) 18 Graze first part of shirt and another (5) 19 Dog with lead in long twist (4) 20 Ken’s a dubious, shifty person (5) 21 A tragic woman rejected property (5) 22 Choke is left for repair (6) 23 Crazy British group of soldiers (5) 28 Lady now switched deposit (3,4) 30 Man Lucy upset in slander (7) 33 Hated star sadly gets prior advantage (4,5) 36 Make much of discussion at college (4,2) 38 Dismiss haul of fish (5) 39 Shed locks? (5) 40 Posh Republican lady’s partner is calling for attention (6) 42 Perfect plan followed by lecturer (5) 43 Strength perhaps extremely evident in pincers (7) 44 Motto, for example, favoured by leader of gang (6) 46 Take note of stain (4) 49 Affectedly pretty flower clipped (4) 51 Pass hours without coat in shade (6) 53 Something done by hunters as employment (7) 55 Husband engaged in trick for a period (5) 59 Tiny lass taking off jacket changes to remain at home (4,2) 60 Taste, maybe, shown in chosen series (5) 61 Urban woman entertained by military supremo (5) 62 Vet almost well dressed as a figure (6) 63 Prepackaged dish made early for distribution (5,4) 65 Valuable material in rural workplace for part of body (7) 66 Grim year largely reconstituted in mental pictures (7) 70 Customary nurse unable to make regular appearances (5) 71 Waste ages in play admitting two bridge players (6) 73 Stream for all to see in place (5) 75 Spineless little deputy leaving English place (5) 80 Some club located for group of parties? (4) 82 Line with curved shape in tree (5) 83 Set off with theatrical employee behind theatre’s entrance (7) 84 Stop instead for refreshment with sun gone (6) 85 Complicated suture for part of woman’s body (6) 86 Something wine experts appreciate is a bunch of flowers (7) 87 One tent is assembled around hotel elaborately (2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Contemporary fashion shown with odd pieces in ring (6) 2 Cover part of a watch for ordinary sailor (8) 3 A number following extremists in bizarre party (5) 4 Selfishness got miser endlessly in trouble (7) 5 Compete with first of runners, one in torn vest (6) 6 Male teacher deadheaded plant (5) 7 Worries about soprano getting sign of affection (6) 8 Light material recently found in film (7) 9 Terrible fault lots initially hide with very great speed (2,4,4) 10 Hearty fan consumes litre (5) 11 Diagram one put in revised chapter (3,5) 12 Dread shown in feeble actor when depleted (4) 24 Frenchman in rear at sea is seaman (7) 25 Take some car’s wipers (5) 26 Promote power in American gym exercises (4-3) 27 Radio employee in a compromise first off has to decide (7) 29 A place receiving patients gets prize (5) 31 French put out by mad prank (5) 32 Term retained in suburban America (4) 34 Where pupils go in train (6) 35 A person with obsessive interest brought up fish (4) 37 Kelvin, northern Australian, to a huge extent shows dishonesty (7) 41 Home Gus put in order for detective (7) 45 Papers supplied by Olympic officials over year showing stupidity (6) 47 Money wasted around firm in management of resources? (7) 48 Brief pair of directions to move faster (7) 50 It’s news that’s disturbed bystander (7) 52 Bone kept by skilful naturalist (4) 54 One who hoards bar receipts, principally (5) 56 Celebrity chef ignoring ordinary piece of offal (5) 57 Reject section of regressive topic (4) 58 Heavy tread shown by Mike in post at work (5) 60 Room taken by pair given honour for thing used in exploratory research? (5,5) 64 Degree improperly created? It’s a very sure thing (4,4) 67 Substantial colour with no end of distinction in bird (5,3) 68 Shy fellow in club has altered after leaving college (7) 69 Problem raised by trio after cooking Mexican dish (7) 72 Dine in bistro, say, in Spain with a solicitor (3,3) 74 Messy place upset tidy GPs without director (6) 76 Nonsense in organised campaign supported by liberal (6) 77 Using a lot of water, clean hand (5) 78 Obscure film ending in mystery (5) 79 Dread wild snake (5) 81 Set of candidates heading off behind schedule (4)