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GIANT CROSSWORD

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

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

13 Britain names ally in trouble certainly (2,3,5) 14 Tuneful clip at intervals with model playing (7) 15 A location that’s chosen in wide street (6) 16 Male cop upset when leaving a force (6) 17 Accept fool overlookin­g yard in broadcast (7) 18 Part of team at charity game (5) 19 Extended name put in diary (4) 20 Start being awkward (5) 21 Answer about work (5) 22 Give up proposal needing time to be put right (6) 23 Cloud, perhaps, envelops pair (5) 28 Top team at ground without ball or a try (7) 30 Question put by second of girls, quite in shaky state? (7) 33 Blog doyen composed for promising lad? (6,3) 36 One watching TV switched parts in survey (6) 38 One in a stir for ages? (5) 39 Dame fiddled with large decoration (5) 40 Fine fabric ruined in slum (6) 42 Patrick’s taken aback about mark that’s put on envelope (5) 43 Creep almost got out in funeral procession (7) 44 Jack has groan disentangl­ing gibberish (6) 46 Several hoarding constantly (4) 49 Bridge in European country I cleared (4) 51 Display second person put in faceless apartment (6) 53 Compendium describing holiday period, we hear (7) 55 Make up for time for lunch? (5) 59 First of tourists amid a break is not moving (2,4) 60 Green cloth in recesses mentioned (5) 61 Sudden thrust or dive first off (5) 62 Fashionabl­e trustee with daughter in eastern U.S. city (6) 63 Do staff so arranged provide chips etc? (4,5) 65 Hawaiian sports star, maybe, to get out of bed (7) 66 Puzzle expert endlessly excited when touring place (7) 70 Extinguish last of fires by body of water (5) 71 Annoy contempora­ry crossing street (6) 73 Small number on operation getting to pry (5) 75 Quick flier (5) 80 Rubbish put by a work schedule (4) 82 Servant beginning to vacate a rental property (5) 83 Green tavern unusually entered by director (7) 84 Allow hairstyle with appeal (6) 85 Marine after treatment has to stay (6) 86 Lot teen got wrong in short letter (7) 87 Stooping tendency shown by counterpar­t (4,6)

DOWN

1 Former boy and gent shortly in a tussle (6) 2 Turn angry with team — or the reverse? (8) 3 Bob before race gets to show amusement (5) 4 Herb is sparely dressed (7) 5 Attack idiot facing trouble (6) 6 Map revised by the French is sufficient (5) 7 Guy’s first to reduce scowl (6) 8 Dutch master in working n oted something left (7) 9 Be boisterous showing energy in varied lot of chat (3,3,4) 10 A companion kept in church hidden store (5) 11 Knowledgea­ble about rising attraction in fancy wine (4,2,2) 12 Poet from Scotland detailed stream there? (4) 24 Worry goes in a shot (7) 25 Produce figure on board behind end to sales (5) 26 State period for cricket statistic? (7) 27 Unyielding U.S. lawyer divides morning with worker (7) 29 Handle free entertainm­ent (5) 31 Female in part of kitchen is not suitable (5) 32 Surly type not good for remaining part? (4) 34 Miserable John is stuck in rotten gym (6) 35 Plan with some wide applicatio­ns (4) 37 Huge chaps occupy renovated semi (7) 41 Power held by small group concerning haunting fear (7) 45 Greek conceals awful tear in leg band (6) 47 One getting excessive fare? (7) 48 Successful­ly accomplish two lines on Oscar in promotiona­l piece (4,3) 50 Place for orchestra gets to decline? That’s a drawback (7) 52 Academic institutio­n, tense one maybe (4) 54 Intensely busy guy in charge (5) 56 Greek character and daughter, say, recalled gentle touch (5) 57 Source of informatio­n about courses? (4) 58 Sprinkle last bit of pepper in meat dish (5) 60 Crude lad in beef beginning to generate animosity (3,7) 64 Subtract grub to go? (4,4) 67 Discontinu­ation of electricit­y put crew off around back of studio (5,3) 68 Law is disclosed without introducti­on in country (7) 69 Happy company given new camping equipment (7) 72 Romeo, say, lifted leader of this uprising (6) 74 Ray and Ben swim not far away (6) 76 Quirk of retired bishop in French island (6) 77 Happening among diverse ventures (5) 78 Commonplac­e bitter when brewed initially discounted (5) 79 Card showing beach equipment? (5) 81 Uncovered sporting competitio­n (4)

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