GIANT CROSSWORD
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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Chef Raymond, chap, say, that’s brought back a sweet dessert (10)
14 Grapple with others getting tips on leisure (7)
15 Shout ahead after setback for hoisting device (6)
16 Join up lines scrawled by artist ultimately (6)
17 Search through strange publication linked to Spain (7)
18 Learner given rate for swimming afterwards (5)
19 One that’s taken in seabird (4)
20 Inexpensive element in pastiche, apparently (5)
21 Place totally marginalised has soft paste (5)
22 European in a mess after scattering edible seed (6)
23 Second tea or coffee (5)
28 Penny-pinching Frenchman is ahead of schedule after leaving area (7)
30 Power unit in series of small cages (7)
33 Dame upset after mistreatment gets very angry (7,2)
36 Shortly throw around gold coin of old provenance (6)
38 Gain admission in back of residence with fluctuating rent (5)
39 Stroke of luck following Mark’s successor (5)
40 Boxer, perhaps, followed by good journalist showing tenacity (6)
42 Wrongly took shawl (5)
43 Back up here, essentially, for token (7)
44 Charlie gets recipe in hour possibly for a fried dough snack (6)
46 Escapade in lake requiring rescue vessel (4)
49 Remnant of a thing is bust after breakage (4)
51 Something disturbing peace in fraudulent activity (6)
53 Progressive type, fellow encapsulated by varied titles (7)
55 Pivot is something easily covered (5)
59 The Italian caught in strong wind in swell (6)
60 Female relative given a line in material for ropes (5)
61 Redesign shape for stage? (5)
62 Sue’s partner in house and yard of a cosy nature (6)
63 Concerning look in a ship (2,7)
65 Mollify American given a guess that’s faulty (7)
66 Group of rugby players get on a bundle? (7)
70 Some investor examining retail outlet (5)
71 Be of use carrying weight or go off course? (6)
73 Children painting, maybe, table (5)
75 Look happy beginning to start race (5)
80 Indian dress seen in Amritsar, incessantly (4)
82 Exotic tang about Dutch alcoholic drink (1,3,1)
83 Belittle trade needing regulation by court (7)
84 Breather taken amid exercise in dive? (6)
85 Pester guy stripped in beach at St Tropez? (6)
86 Compel compliance with police after two directions (7)
87 Indirectly support factory worker (6-4)
DOWN
1 Back away from fighter left in clubhouse (6)
2 Foresee English vegans getting upset about second part of diet (8)
3 Friendship in a U.S. college over year (5)
4 Pal runs off in problem created by heavy traffic (5-2)
5 Hard term I devised for recluse (6)
6 Use bad language to make solemn statement (5)
7 Note church with empty spaces in alcove (6)
8 Doctor also sat baffled (2,1,4)
9 Recent item after manufacture shows measurement of length (10)
10 Special university given respect outwardly for sudden period of growth (5)
11 With time gone, help to lug awkward thing found in sink? (8)
12 Small duck seen in crate a lot (4)
24 Loftiness from Henry, film director of originality? (7)
25 Fail to pass Latin amid enjoyment over end of coursework (5)
26 Budding celebrity is one revered later after broadcast (7)
27 End of rush on ward somehow achieved after effort? (4-3)
29 Fashionable rental property in cove (5)
31 Place to store junk in restricted Greek region (5)
32 General meaning after expulsion of Democrat in split (4)
34 Dashing woman’s love in charge (6)
35 Wet mass kept by dim U.S. hospital (4)
37 Give a new tag to rock kept by scientific site? The opposite! (7)
41 A mug I’ll fancy has silvery-white metal (7)
45 Varied U.S. trees with no end of foliage in reddish brown colour (6)
47 Argument with bachelor in estate, for example, getting heavy lever (7)
48 Assist Pole with hut in a jumble (4,3)
50 Matching clothing? It’s new after tailoring close to outlet (7)
52 Part of motel’s extended otherwise (4)
54 Intonation shown by tense comic around November (5)
56 Silence around middle of July in place of detention (5)
57 Paul sags on a regular basis sadly (4)
58 First sign of withering summer condition for cereal (5)
60 Insider we’d suspect is one prone to rattling? (10)
64 Income broken down in ranges (8)
67 A chum OK surprisingly about black fermented drink (8)
68 Please Gary fit for deployment (7)
69 Defend detective in ramshackle port (7)
72 Last objective certain to lack success principally (6)
74 Vehicle for a departure? (6)
76 Very famous type in traditional story (6)
77 Concur with a figure supporting the environment endlessly (5)
78 Guide horse without tail over river (5)
79 Soprano in a confined space is exhausted (5)
81 Talented learner found in Lincoln among friends? (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Sweet dessert (10)
14 Grapple (7)
15 Wheel on axle (6)
16 Join up (6)
17 Search through (7)
18 Afterwards (5)
19 Seabird (4)
20 Inexpensive (5)
21 Soft paste (5)
22 Edible seed (6)
23 Coffee (5) 28 Penny-pinching (7)
30 Power unit (7)
33 Very angry (7,2)
36 Old coin (6)
38 Gain admission (5)
39 Stroke of luck (5)
40 Tenacious (6)
42 Shawl (5)
43 Token (7)
44 Fried dough snack (6)
46 Escapade (4)
49 Butt (4)
51 Din (6)
53 Progressive type (7)
55 Pivot (5)
59 Swell (6)
60 Fibre in ropes (5)
61 Stage (5)
62 Cosy (6)
63 Concerning (2,7)
65 Mollify (7)
66 Bundle (7)
70 Hoard (5)
71 Deviate (6)
73 Table (5)
75 Grin (5)
80 Indian dress (4)
82 Alcoholic drink (1,3,1)
83 Belittle (7)
84 Dive (6)
85 Pester (6)
86 Compel compliance with (7)
87 Indirectly (6-4)
DOWN
1 Wince (6)
2 Foresee (8)
3 Friendship (5)
4 Tailback (5-2)
5 Recluse (6)
6 Curse (5)
7 Alcove (6)
8 Baffled (2,1,4)
9 Unit of length (10)
10 Gush (5)
11 Sink outlet (8)
12 Small duck (4)
24 Loftiness (7)
25 Fail to pass (5)
26 Budding celebrity (7)
27 Achieved after effort (4-3)
29 Cove (5)
31 Loft (5)
32 Split (4)
34 Valiant (6)
35 Pulp (4)
37 Give a new tag to (7)
41 Silvery-white metal (7)
45 Reddish brown (6)
47 Heavy lever (7)
48 Assist (4,3)
50 Matching clothing (7)
52 Otherwise (4)
54 Intonation (5)
56 Labour camp (5)
57 Sadly (4)
58 Cereal (5)
60 Rattlesnake (10)
64 Income (8)
67 Fermented drink (8)
68 Please (7)
69 Guard (7)
72 Last (6)
74 Funeral vehicle (6)
76 Traditional story (6)
77 Concur (5)
78 Guide (5)
79 Exhausted (5)
81 Talented (4)