GIANT CROSSWORD

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

13 Poor king more than once has to hesitate (5,5) 14 Writer with spirit encapsulates refined seabird (7) 15 Band formed around Oxford University gets to be prolific (6) 16 Way and place for a lord, we hear (6) 17 Fancy route leaving Spain is source of money for the travel industry (7) 18 Plant louse concealed behind a pot initially (5) 19 Observe Eastern person on a mission? (4) 20 Code formulated by Yankee as a trap (5) 21 Cheese with first sign of flavour in short (5) 22 Bad-tempered religious teacher avoiding institute in Cyprus (6) 23 Smart fellow boards tiny convertible (5) 28 Thing to eliminate garden rubbish is practical in brief possibly (7) 30 Reserve team gets to collapse (7) 33 Mark merely spending pounds in order to be festive (4,5) 36 Change of cast? It gets bad reception on radio (6) 38 Graduate with an argument against meat (5) 39 Side in pastry dish observed by Kelvin (5) 40 Rotting spice is decomposing? About time! (6) 42 Window frame conceals top of this hoard (5) 43 Time eg planned around November for assembly (7) 44 Caribbean lecturer close to being charged? That’s deliberate (6) 46 Game by river appears level (4) 49 Resounding sound retained by fine choreographer (4) 51 Stupid old boy mislaid suet (6) 53 Meat trader’s cruel type in action (7) 55 Patient lastly elevated part of leg (5) 59 Reportedly, U.S. soul singer’s small outpost (6) 60 Husband with dog missing lead gets dubious liquor (5) 61 Constrict a thing used by a driver? (5) 62 Publicised place showing quantity made? (6) 63 Unwell like one averse to liveliness? (3,6) 65 Second side lacking energy in Austria needs endurance (7) 66 Particularly mention cold condition in Scottish river (7) 70 Animal’s nose adjusted to sun (5) 71 Craft entering coves seldom (6) 73 Part of a teapot for all to see in place (5) 75 Complete entry to tournament that’s open (5) 80 Frenchman remains to get type of potato (4) 82 A lass stumbles in dance (5) 83 Record keeper represented a district with no court (7) 84 Again experience a lot of ease from stress when taking in verse (6) 85 Page with a demo composed for hair ointment (6) 86 Greek character analysed clues for centre (7) 87 Trying experience in the cinema? (6,4)

DOWN

1 Pastor hears loose expression (6) 2 Two cricket sides together occasionally (2,3,3) 3 Plain expression of frustration in turn by knight (5) 4 Jumble from Tim and Rex playing around middle of house (7) 5 Projection to stop river flooding (6) 6 Damage sides of soap on black commodity (5) 7 Coming work characterised by sayings? (6) 8 Unrestrained fugitive from justice? (7) 9 Upright character then developed Liverpudlian singer to be financially sound (2,3,5) 10 Number of cards obtained over year? That’s convenient (5) 11 Misplace U.S. magazine and fall behind? (4,4) 12 Break in card game (4) 24 Brute in complicated industrial machinery (7) 25 First signs of problems reappearing in car known to puncture (5) 26 Foolish like one last single figure? (7) 27 Vile belt, say, needing replacement (7) 29 Coach treats at intervals a group of eight (5) 31 A French piece of meat is intact (5) 32 Remove day of fasting to avoid a pain (4) 34 Thing to mind (6) 35 Indian dress kept in Amritsar incredibly (4) 37 Clump of grass stuck so in the wild (7) 41 Critical remark upset leading host somehow (3,4) 45 One prone to touch antenna (6) 47 Unfriendly hotel is undergoing alteration (7) 48 Reserve around cricket club with little hesitation gets to give way (7) 50 Companion provided source of fun performing in fine fabric (7) 52 Unhurried part of glorious lowlands (4) 54 Carlo soon regularly gets to sing (5) 56 Nonsense about queen being abrupt (5) 57 Tea precedes tense conversation (4) 58 Pair missing large two-door car (5) 60 Aunt hopes after struggle to keep Latin flower indoors (5,5) 64 Councillor cultivated a shrub for theatre outlet (5,3) 67 Charlie, one with energy, expressing appreciation for politeness (8) 68 In oblique fashion, put question to expert about Norway (7) 69 An aesthete likes this thing grown in labs? (7) 72 Tenant left with old chap skipping introduction (6) 74 Overly particular priest is surely needing vacation (6) 76 Alter to study before an exam? (6) 77 Tiny offshore place is rented (5) 78 Husband with troubling rash that’s severe (5) 79 Good British actor of old showing avarice (5) 81 A shot on front of glossy makes one eagerly expectant (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

13 Hesitate (5,5) 14 Flightless seabird (7) 15 Teem (6) 16 Way (6) 17 Travel industry (7) 18 Plant louse (5) 19 Observe (4) 20 Snare (5) 21 Concise (5) 22 Bad-tempered (6) 23 Smart (5) 28 Open-air burning (7) 30 Collapse (7) 33 Be festive (4,5) 36 Unmoving (6) 38 Pig’s flesh (5) 39 Side (5) 40 Putrefying (6) 42 Hoard (5)

43 Assembly (7) 44 Deliberate (6) 46 Level (4) 49 Resound (4) 51 Stupid (6) 53 Meat seller (7) 55 Upper leg (5) 59 Group on strike (6) 60 Bootleg liquor (5) 61 Constrict (5) 62 Quantity produced (6) 63 Unwell (3,6) 65 Endurance (7) 66 Particularly mention (7) 70 Nose (5) 71 Craft (6) 73 Declaim (5) 75 Open (5) 80 Pound down (4)

82 Dance (5) 83 Record keeper (7) 84 Again experience (6) 85 Hair ointment (6) 86 Centre (7) 87 Actors’ trial (6,4) DOWN 1 Expression (6) 2 Occasionally (2,3,3) 3 Unadorned (5) 4 Blend (7) 5 Flood (6) 6 Mar (5) 7 Given to sayings (6) 8 Unrestrained (7) 9 Solvent (2,3,5)

10 Convenient (5) 11 Fall behindhand (4,4) 12 Break (4) 24 Rotary motor (7) 25 Slightly pierce (5) 26 Foolish (7) 27 Vile (7) 29 Group of eight (5) 31 Intact (5) 32 Remove (4) 34 Aim (6) 35 Indian dress (4) 37 Clump of grass (7) 41 Critical remark (3,4) 45 Antenna (6) 47 Unfriendly (7) 48 Yield (7) 50 Fine fabric (7)

52 Not quick (4) 54 Sing (5) 56 Abrupt (5) 57 Conversation (4) 58 Two-door car (5) 60 Indoor flower (5,5) 64 Theatre drinks outlet (5,3) 67 Politeness (8) 68 Sideways (7) 69 Social values (7) 72 Tenant (6) 74 Overly particular (6) 76 Alter (6) 77 Tiny offshore place (5) 78 Severe (5) 79 Avarice (5) 81 Eagerly expectant (4)