GIANT CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

Choose between cryptic and quick clues to tackle the Giant crossword – both lead to the same answers.

ACROSS 12

Saving by putting in brine? (7,4)

13 Give way and belt up (6)

14 “He’s over fifty,” I put in (6)

16 A yen to incite (4)

17 Will the mates fit

into the tent? (9)

18 Challenged father

about again (5)

19 Whacks – or beats it (4)

20 Is it eaten at a

high tea? (6,3)

22 Stamp with a name (5)

23 Convey to – that you can’t

sign your name? (3,6)

27 Why a burst of anger

would be crazy (7)

30 Excited by, or perhaps

inured to (6)

31 Stick with the foreigner (4)

32 It’s red and blinking (5)

35 Are worried by the

fellow – are afraid of (4)

36 He is aiming to

get a dog (7)

38 Half the people have

a justification (4)

39 When back comes the

diner to order fish (7)

42 Think the notice displayed

outside was funny (6) 45 Untried as a

recreation area (5)

46 Jeer at the veto

of torture (7)

47 Shoots to a halt,

having reversed (4)

48 The dog will carry the

ball back? Excellent (4)

50 Understand an attendant is

responsible for the leak (7)

52 Rod gets a ticking off (5)

54 Loving the dog, carrying

the can for (6)

56 On the lead – the lead

the female brought in (7)

57 Run back to bolt (4)

59 Are they not long in

the boxing ring? (7)

61 The doctor’s bag? (4)

64 Teach the knack of

backing in (5)

66 The horse cantered

round the ring (4)

67 The affair does have

importance (6)

69 Short of time, recruited

willy-nilly (7)

72 The plant, a weed,

spreads in a while (9)

73 Cuts the bangs (5)

74 The charming finale,

are performing in (9) 79 Catch making a comeback

in the role of (4)

81 Fought for the gun we

had gone in to get (5)

82 Said goodbye and

went on holiday (4,5)

83 Fish with no

accompaniments? (4)

85 With the girlfriend, be

involved in an argument (6)

86 Complained about the

eggbeater and whisk (6)

87 Floored to find price

reduced (7,4)

DOWN

1 Not bad, for a blonde (4)

2 Swear to get at before

the match (6)

3 Grab and get just

a little bit of (6)

4 Treatment requiring a

whole lot of time (7)

5 Hackneyed start to “Albanian disorganization” (5)

6 Having mastered,

said no more (8,2)

7 Is slippery for small

children (5)

8 Sadly, rip into shreds (9)

9 String one fractionally

along by being friendly (7)

10 Go round but don’t

knock (4)

11 Let out into the grasscovered meadows (8)

15 Is informed many a snare

has been set by (6)

21 Stick right inside and

a bird appears (5)

24 Leading by a lap,

you gather (5,2)

25 Don’t like a lot:

peculiar man (6)

26 Seem, when you

come on stage (6)

28 Is effective in the factory (5)

29 Bark to be taken

up, as usual (3)

33 One-time wear for

an athlete (7)

34 Stained and it’s

noticeable (6)

37 Extent of prairie (5)

40 Still hanging in the wardrobe? That’s impossible! (3,2)

41 Giving the chop to for

misusing the computer (7)

43 A creature in some

trouble: a duck (5)

44 The so-and-so

threw it at (6) 46 Arrests when one

vandalises (5)

49 Hate to find out kids lie (7)

51 A spring will teem

with them (6)

53 Moved in with the

child – a boy (6)

55 In a short time they get

attached to animals (5)

58 On which all the nuts in your ancestry can be seen? (6,4)

60 The gentleman is

turning right (3)

62 A cold back (5)

63 The next is a stalker (9)

65 Member of the press

about to have a drink (8)

68 Hint to quietly that

it’s very good (6)

70 Was full of how one

had climbed up (7)

71 Smart, you imagine

from an early age (7)

75 Giving one twice

the time (6)

76 Settle into again,

putting airs on (6)

77 Saying “Notice

the time” (5)

78 Deposit a pound in,

or nothing (5) 80 Conference for one

couple overheard (4) 84 Material for a

grass skirt? (4)