GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
13 Circle in such coups broadcast
unintelligible language (5-5)
14 Organ of the body
has black scale (7)
15 Contrite fellow for all to see
breaking different rule (6)
16 Fold note in item of luggage (6)
17 Term’s formulated to encapsulate ordinary British criminal (7)
18 Harden first person with health
worker given no end of tasks (5) 19 TV presenter Jeremy has
woody-stemmed plant (4)
20 Flower beginning to beautify
thing used by weavers (5)
21 Busy sort covering very
large sloping surface (5)
22 Ghost with arm almost
withered (6)
23 Move up and down beside
police officer (5)
28 Fantastic teams linked to railway
showing comprehensive skill (7) 30 Footballer Trevor right away
making reservation (7)
33 Clean court after
criminal is fined (9)
36 Force conservative Pole at work
to accept Frenchman (6)
38 Coldness left in much of
Spanish-speaking country (5)
39 Charlie is given mechanism
to secure timepiece (5)
40 Petty officer in front of French
airport is unwell (6)
42 Malevolence shown in
abusive nominee (5)
43 Retrace slipshod food
and drink supplier (7)
44 Disastrous time associated
with Craig sadly (6)
46 Neat papers kept inside
confines of treasury (4)
49 Uncomfortable sensation from
playing field quietly dismissed (4) 51 For example, group of engineers
in turn come out (6)
53 Blocking material damaged
net alas (7)
55 Terrible envy with leading
trio absent (5)
59 Grab tin at clubhouse (6)
60 Thrust in winter sports event
around November (5)
61 Become subject to some
disdain, curiously (5)
62 Snooker player, say,
getting to dawdle (6)
63 Testy chap misused small amount
of discretionary funds (5,4)
65 Charge and cost duly altered
after removing line (7)
66 Put forward old feat for review (7) 70 Uncertainty shown by posh bishop
accommodated by Dorothy (5)
71 A support for a camera
in quantity (6)
73 Search range (5)
75 Pal’s upset about first sign
of cut skin on head (5)
80 Genuine term used at intervals (4) 82 Sharp aches giving Penny
awkward snag (5)
83 Musical suite excited
Rita and Pat (7)
84 Refurbished store opening with
restricted work schedule (6)
85 Patch up case for rude couple (6) 86 Tripped up with sun
gone and fell (7)
87 One region transformed by money has main source of energy (6,4)
DOWN
1 Errol’s cultivated a plant of the dock family (6) 2 Circulate in place over a spell (3,5) 3 Notice pair going inside for binge (5)
4 Bob and Mike taking part in antic having to make haste (7)
5 A bus when renovated supported by the French? That’s handy (6) 6 Club in Austria and Spain gets to become less intense (5) 7 Male given handcart first off for a white-fleshed vegetable (6) 8 Endlessly respect a liberal fleet commander (7)
9 Prince in rough knit ripped apart collective decision-making (10) 10 Reproduce strain (5) 11 Discontinue and go away from the place in question (5,3) 12 Damage by fire comprehended by Wilbur, necessarily (4) 24 Feature on a belt over day is bent out of shape (7) 25 Something used in boring military training (5)
26 Cook likes to keep initially low temperature for cooking pot (7) 27 Point out minor faults and supply tip in prison (7) 29 Unaccompanied figure supporting a league (5) 31 Sheep-like novice somehow avoiding cold (5)
32 Pleasant element in scenic excursion (4)
34 Graze in tight spot (6) 35 Charitable giver passing new entrance (4)
37 Gain, it’s said, for Amos, maybe (7) 41 Publicised job for remote place (7) 45 Grant slipped over unknown overhead structure with a bridge (6)
47 Examine again rare exhibit primarily with pattern of small squares (7)
48 Swerve and evade it after crashing (7)
50 Neal got exotic hybrid fruit (7) 52 Weapons producing glumness on a regular basis (4)
54 Top nursing university and college? That’s clear (5)
56 Strainer, one held by
figure largely (5)
57 List of dishes concealed
by some nuts (4)
58 Drop thing needed
to light candle (5)
60 Metal unit’s adjusted? It’s done
in the nick of time (4-6)
64 Old woman is captivated by
pill and cover under dish (5,3)
67 Surprising stance really on the
outside for forefathers (8)
68 Excessively flattering female writer
about soul in varied form (7)
69 Novel angle in Middle East
in blend of material? (7)
72 Extreme pleasure wanting a
certain alcoholic drink (6)
74 Hesitate, reportedly, to get
document forgoing a claim (6)
76 Be dishonest and mean
and go into hiding? (3,3)
77 Type accepting pressure
in football, perhaps (5)
78 Coarse councillor due
to be replaced (5)
79 Brother in middle of ocean
in salty water (5)
81 Section of tree fringing ridge
of rock in the sea (4)