GIANT CROSSWORD

CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTION ON MONDAY

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

12 Country dame trashed factual programme (11) 13 Place by Russian river — not of a singular type? (6) 14 Breathe out as former partner gets hot drink (6) 16 Pastor enters medical facility for a stretch (4) 17 Mate’s sent faulty income assessment (5,4) 18 Side shown by expert in feet (5) 19 Compassion? It is found in extremes of poverty (4) 20 Get a convertible after commercial vehicle as a benefit (9) 22 Name taken by European in wild ball (5) 23 Prison car transported waste metal (5,4) 27 Supply noted pianist’s partner (7) 30 Female, English woman, has soft hat (6) 31 Rotate comic act? (4) 32 Special bird recalled in foam at sea (5) 35 Some tabloids target celebrity (4) 36 Eliminate with effort message disgruntling employees? (4,3) 38 Smooth part of expensive venture (4) 39 How one could describe a car driver ahead? (2,5) 42 Extend two pages in a magazine? (6) 45 Vice-Admiral allowed attendant (5) 46 Use arms fancily as a kneading practitioner (7) 47 Line I have condensed is not recorded? (4) 48 Explanation not good for defeat (4) 50 Contralto developing a notch gets to become popular (5,2) 52 Put off day on reef for swimming (5) 54 Meaningless drawing made by daughter a lot, not son (6) 56 Backward family in Rome possibly gets nickname (7) 57 Unpleasant smell in heap on ground (4) 59 Descent in gale revised around top of Everest (7) 61 Passion left for all to see on street (4) 64 Penny departed to get dish (5) 66 Drunkard hidden by window in office (4) 67 Australian actor’s account book (6) 69 Container found by adolescent in cafeteria (7) 72 Safeguard in case run is altered (9) 73 Husband before holiday heading off to get lift (5) 74 Live among tempers fraying in part of autumn (9) 79 Russian ruler put among despots arguably (4) 81 Secret place with duke for Scottish landowner (5) 82 Set of drinks, exciting thing in two-legged journey (5,4) 83 Large measure of electricity for light (4) 85 Predicament with bend in road (6) 86 Zoologist lately bent rule to capture tense marine reptile (6) 87 Notes bile poured out by Greek character in retreat? Hold back anger (4,4,3)

DOWN

1 Twist in indoor game on the way up (4) 2 Ordinary area below one of five for grain seeds (6) 3 Protection for the crown? (6) 4 Odd U.S. golfer (7) 5 Infatuation found in dense crowd (5) 6 Lethal gear surprisingly is very fashionable (3,3,4) 7 Mostly dull paper in first version (5) 8 Diners’ indicator put around saloon, maybe (5,4) 9 Rogue lent car key (7) 10 Second short trip to make retail outlet (4) 11 Something that’s raised in policies of a party? (8) 15 Pleasure craft dope crashed circling a lake (6) 21 Party with upper-class baronet? It’s hated by religious zealots (5) 24 Endanger independent person in military (7) 25 Shrink from park with piped material (6) 26 Emphasis found in accent (6) 28 Audacity shown in cleaner vegetating (5) 29 What seamstresses do is broadcast on radio (3) 33 Unsociable soldier of a low rank (7) 34 Popular thing sold at a bakery, we’re told? That’s natural (6) 37 Low bed not fun largely for assembling (5) 40 Original work receiving criticism? (5) 41 Graduate wearing beret shifted drink coaster (4,3) 43 Bring up work containing fashionable record of an event? (5) 44 Curtail film bill (6) 46 One sitting for work as a template (5) 49 Therapeutic massage is thus arranged to entertain Australian (7) 51 Old bear turns up close to here — and bird (6) 53 Nitrogen twice found in gas, maybe, in chimney (6) 55 An early form of hooter? (5) 58 Lone drug manufactured by the French shows important principle (6,4) 60 Period in another ambience (3) 62 Vegetable that’s peeled for northern European (5) 63 Sharply criticise tone in pair disowning West (5,4) 65 Remote possibility describing an assassin? (4,4) 68 Pious dean forgetting a name very shortly in public (6) 70 Tip for painting really confused in arts venue (7) 71 Gather information from bride upset over online gifts essentially (7) 75 Sort endlessly in front of gadget using a keyboard (6) 76 Stubborn male is put in centre of dull hotel (6) 77 Decorate a function with ribbon at the sides (5) 78 Acknowledge a major route cuts borders of district (5) 80 Ancient letter, maybe single source of evidence (4) 84 Principal area bordering Canada, it’s said (4)