THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 The one who wears the pants in a marriage? (5,6) 13 Don’t go near. I’m training (6) 14 What identifies runaway dog you catch? (6) 16 Try to get the picture (4) 17 Perhaps watch, for a while, a section of (9) 18 It will dispose of insects fast (5) 19 Forced the servant to speak (4) 20 Understand, you add, about her being upset (9) 22 Could possibly be a parasite, from the sound of it (5) 23 Home again, Denis is taken off to church (9) 27 Mood not induced by drinking wine? (7) 30 Very upset, aren’t going round to the pub (6) 31 Gave lessons in our hearing and was nervous (4) 32 Something eaten on a journey to the East (5) 35 Go no further than second highest (4) 36 Huge change in weight does make it hard (7) 38 Going round to quarters to pack (4) 39 What reminded me twice not to move (7) 42 Looked pleased by how vehicle held the road (6) 45 Either way, that’s what I believe (5) 46 Gets itinerant people to occupy for a bit (7) 47 Work hard until I get to fifty (4) 48 Returning the bakery food is an insult (4) 50 Cried when she had caught out (7) 52 No, no. Not the musical instrument. It’s sharp (5) 54 Definitely a rodent and female (6) 56 Forecast prepared ages before, to cover (7) 57 Want to go to central London, mum? (4) 59 Spiel about large item for sale in china department (7) 61 Some of them openly pine and languish (4) 64 Not having the wind up yet (5) 66 Cheat, or twist, all right (4) 67 Ill-tempered woman carrying a sign (6) 69 Item of jewellery shut up and locked inside (7) 72 Young daughter idling about and participating in exotic sport (9) 73 To begin with, rioting: endless strife (5) 74 Two guys, Human, like oneself (6,3) 79 Ken is in denial, you say (4) 81 Bring up the subject and one’s ear turns to catch (5) 82 Very important memo not composed by us (9) 83 Huge container with small content (4) 85 Weapon produced by bad lot. Is soft in the head (6) 86 Dogs and badgers (6) 87 Make every effort to be the complete philanthropist? (4,4,3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 12 Alliance chief (5,6) 13 Stay (6) 14 Nab (6) 16 Photograph (4) 17 Clock (9) 18 Bird (5) 19 Forced (4) 20 Understand (9) 22 Could possibly (5) 23 Abode (9) 27 Liquor (7) 30 Inn (6) 31 Tense (4) 32 Nonsense (5) 35 Halt (4) 36 Harden (7) 38 Pack (4) 39 Souvenir (7) 42 Grinned (6) 45 Belief (5) 46 Portion (7) 47 Labour (4) 48 Rebuff (4) 50 Yelled (7) 52 Plant barb (5) 54 Prefer (6) 56 Forecast (7) 57 Want (4) 59 Dish (7) 61 Languish (4) 64 Motionless (5) 66 Cheat (4) 67 Shrew (6) 69 Hanging ornament (7) 72 Parachute jumping (9) 73 Earliest (5) 74 Another human (6,3) 79 Be aware (4) 81 Lift (5) 82 Very important (9) 83 Huge (4) 85 Gun (6) 86 Dogs (6) 87 Try really hard (4,4,3) DOWN 1 Move slowly (4) 2 Placard (6) 3 Batch of eggs (6) 4 Heating (7) 5 Musical time (5) 6 Rings up (10) 7 Be responsible for (5) 8 Thoroughly (6,3) 9 Terrier (7) 10 Fruit (4) 11 Drawback (8) 15 Amend (6) 21 Songbird (5) 24 Serious (7) 25 Profit from (4,2) 26 Powerful (6) 28 Fight off (5) 29 Dram (3) 33 Teaching (7) 34 Gun dog (6) 37 Observed (5) 40 Jiffy (5) 41 Cartoon strip (7) 43 Junior (5) 44 Motif (6) 46 Arrangement (5) 49 Fussed about (7) 51 Supposes (6) 53 Fruit (6) 55 Domesticated (5) 58 Be very successful (4,2,4) 60 Cereal (3) 62 Herbivorous animal (5) 63 Plain-spoken (9) 65 Hoodwinking (6,2) 68 Continue (6) 70 Work garment (7) 71 Downgraded (7) 75 Instruction (6) 76 Hesitates (6) 77 Madagascan animal (5) 78 Not suitable (5) 80 Having (4) 84 Only (4)
DOWN
1 Move in with little child (4) 2 Somebody mailing a bill (6) 3 Make sure you don’t drop the eggs! (6) 4 Getting heated, at one point, preparing to fight (7) 5 Time after time mope, broken up (5) 6 Calls one in to help set in order (10) 7 Turn the patient round and trigger off (5) 8 It describes what bowler wants to get very well (6,3) 9 With snow and ice, tot playing with dog (7) 10 The best pudding? (4) 11 Given assistance, I triumph over drawback (8) 15 Always sent back when one’s gone through, to amend (6) 21 For a bird, hole good to hide in (5) 24 Taking it seriously, are flying home (7) 25 Make money from his being wrongly imprisoned in jail (4,2) 26 Concentrated on sort-out, putting no good at bottom (6) 28 Spin round quietly and drive off (5) 29 Drink up, too (3) 33 Teaching French, you and I turned it on (7) 34 The dog’s a plonker! (6) 37 Paid attention to ‘Don’t undo string within’ (5) 40 He disposed of the pilau in a jiffy (5) 41 Nibbles that cost very little money? (7) 43 Key in which the youngster performs? (5) 44 Plan is to return with key to enter home (6) 46 Stupendous first half — new arrangement (5) 49 Was busy making subtle changes before the day (7) 51 Supposes, when half of them sink, incomprehensibly (6) 53 The shade of a tree (6) 55 Captured by little me and domesticated (5) 58 Are affluent and don’t buy off the peg (4,2,4) 60 Day’s end, about to imbibe a whiskey (3) 62 Animal standing up, now, having had a snooze (5) 63 Frank is behind in the game, yes? (9) 65 Admitting to hoodwinking (6,2) 68 Having had break, sure, myself, to continue (6) 70 Garment costing more than a couple of pounds? (7) 71 Downgraded, Tom, upset, took action about (7) 75 Not as uplifting, no, but it is instructive (6) 76 Is indecisive, the wife says (6) 77 Animal is mule? Wrong and right (5) 78 Could be fun to take it on, though not up to (5) 80 Not lacking sense, going to hospital (4) 84 Fish that doesn’t swim with others? (4)