GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
Choose between cryptic and quick clues to tackle the Giant crossword – both lead to the same answers.
ACROSS 12
Au revoir till after the sightrestoring operation (3,3,5)
13 He would have you know he’s used to handling money (6)
14 Come to beside a hill (6)
16 Quarter back for a time (4)
17 Remind you to go to
church? (4,1,4)
18 We prepared to frame
it. It’s delightful (5)
19 Swallow with soft,
fine feathers (4)
20 what’s this I see
before me? Drat! (9)
22 And at half past get up (5)
23 Lead and wood, right? (9)
27 See cinders scattered
about (7)
30 Child of ten composed
the poem (6)
31 A beer at “The
Tailless Horse” (4)
32 Notice the dingy
outside: shabby (5)
35 Give birth to and
support (4)
36 Mimicked the other
pilot? (4,3)
38 Catch the Italian
turning tail (4) 39 Odd way to release
anger (7)
42 Slipped off with the
assortment, delighted (6)
45 You get right inside
and don’t worry! (5)
46 The comedian at the
end gets the bird (7)
47 Love, love in the
return game (4)
48 Game, still (4)
50 Picks out the ones
without partners (7)
52 Went for the spinning
top, the boy did (5)
54 Lovely and quiet inside
for the meal (6)
56 Assumes, when
one hires (5,2)
57 Pack in his towels, too (4)
59 Criticise one – a cure-all (7)
61 Are trailing; right
at the back (4)
64 Raise the bed again
to put into (5)
66 Rent the centre of
theirs out (4)
67 Struck and spoke
crossly to (6)
69 By spreading tales in,
proving to be nasty (7)
72 The stupid painter upset
me, coming in angry (2,1,6)
73 “Take six twice a day.”
That’s very clear (5)
74 Animal in a funny
poster lying down (9)
79 Understand it could help
a bird build a nest (4)
81 Caught, as he ran
after in pursuit (5)
82 The neatness and tidiness
a salesman wants (4,5)
83 It shows you’re right. He’s
most unpleasant (4)
85 Spilling tea on the bed clumsily creates an argument (6)
86 Hired a man to
help inside (4,2)
87 To say “Don’t express bitterly” is to understate (3,2,6)
DOWN
1 Bordering on the
parsimonious (4)
2 Avoid, through
having a ticket (6)
3 On the coat, a line,
or ridge (6)
4 Ways in which people
show courtesy (7)
5 Don’t allow the man to
return to the pub (5)
6 Nothing’s caught up inside
– don’t beg, silly dog! (10)
7 Catch and hug (5)
8 Running in for striking (9)
9 Beats up members of
the baseball team (7)
10 “Unfriendly” is a
common complaint (4)
11 Came back troubled. Read
the awful news in (8)
15 Continued to upset
the old (4,2)
21 That’s her floundering
about in the river (5)
24 A useful garment,
on the whole (7)
25 Gloomy rooms,
convertible to a point (6)
26 Bound to come to mind (6)
28 Caught by a left,
was anxious (5)
29 Go off, back to the river (3)
33 Quite happy inside (7)
34 Is a follower of and
supports (6)
37 Lets out a “Don’t move”,
for you to hear (5)
40 The silly ass goes off
about nothing (5)
41 Was forced to cut short, to
have something to eat (7) 43 She’s the one in the
Land Rover (5)
44 Remove the taint of
tyrant from? (6)
46 Cry “Which of you will
take on work?” (5)
49 A tense “Here” (7)
51 I being the one captured
in his heart (6)
53 Soft bread (6)
55 Capital answer to “What’s
a clue for ‘average’?” (5)
58 An employee of, is proving
to be successful (7,3)
60 One giving excellent
service (3)
62 Give everything up
to follow (5)
63 Somehow bear a wry smile
about being unhappy (9)
65 Famous owner out to
get a home back (8)
68 One spoon, roughly,
imbibed will kill (6)
70 Struck one as having
been suggestive of (7)
71 Art goes back to Enid to
arrange the swap (5-2)
75 Little creature quiet
and terribly prim (6)
76 Will it stop baby crying
in a shake? (6) 77 Material I’m at home in (5)
78 Dressed, having come back from taking the pug round to (5)
80 Snap up some bargains (4)
84 Young beast with a gun (4)