GIANT CROSSWORD

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

13 What a card dealer might say to show kindness (4,1,5) 14 State in retired worker in Greek eatery (7) 15 Old U.S. writer observed behind house bird (6) 16 Domestic servant left in hands of terrible brute (6) 17 Appearance in public producing concern (7) 18 Lee and Dave regularly contrived to make dig (5) 19 Director remains in hurry (4) 20 Bowler runs off requiring treatment for joint (5) 21 Bore something familiar to squaddies? (5) 22 Validate right provided in a case of trickery (6) 23 Demon from Yorkshire port, it’s said (5) 28 Jack has a very weird line to get athletic item (7) 30 Accomplish a check on institute the day before (7) 33 Fully conscious Australian is engaged in extra vigil (4,5) 36 Soldier taken with mood has to surrender (4,2) 38 Time-honoured area by river in Scottish island (5) 39 Bring up compliments without introduction (5) 40 Bury note scrawled by doctor (6) 42 Impetuous fellow that is leading network (5) 43 Droll sign assembled behind a Greek character (7) 44 Pam is excited to acquire cold dish of seafood (6) 46 Appeal amid extremes of poverty needs compassion (4) 49 Talented old U.S. film star missing opening (4) 51 Part of atmosphere kept by foxy general (6) 53 Tinned food when distributed is dear around November (7) 55 Quickly eat and jeer (5) 59 Tub Les damaged in commotion (6) 60 Girl with love for cowboy’s equipment (5) 61 Authority, maybe, is given by standing order (3-2) 62 Various files with source of exceptional modern photo? (6) 63 Sentimentality beginning to surface in Irish writer, a flighty type (4,5) 65 Obstreperous agent touring harbour on return (7) 66 Organise a line of products to cover end of counter (7) 70 Week with summery conditions for grain (5) 71 Frugality? This is obscured by disagreement (6) 73 Peter’s unsteady having wasted time in bender (5) 75 Hard-up family found in Somerset’s borders (5) 80 Face withdrawal of support by liberal (4) 82 Wilbur stifled somewhat a noise of guns? (5) 83 Alter course of official cart going astray (7) 84 Companion leads awfully sour band of singers (6) 85 News broadcast about soldiers gets to deteriorate (6) 86 Commend a quiet pair with ordinary person in surgery endlessly (7) 87 Monarch in much of this thing when reviewed is correct (2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Off-hand clerk’s first customarily ignoring us (6) 2 Release rental property of a vague description? (3,5) 3 Brief trip to make turn on a dance floor (5) 4 Country entertainment closing early with tempting feature proving a flop (7) 5 Second Norse figure found in leisurely walk (6) 6 Oscar amid pause gets to lean forward (5) 7 Incarnation of a king below a large tank (6) 8 Dryness? It is found in working dairy (7) 9 English singer on holiday with Irish entertainer, primarily energetic kind (4,2,4) 10 Principal maker of dishes around Italy (5) 11 Excellent comment from a positive theatre critic? (4,4) 12 British model’s flowerless plant (4) 24 Scruffy English actor housed in a French town principally (7) 25 Huge grating is dismantled with Greek gone (5) 26 Rice dish, one consumed by brainy eccentric (7) 27 Hereditary name turns up when pursuing information (7) 29 Boxer starts to bluff in plea (5) 31 Rank college attended by girl (5) 32 Modify view initially on Joseph’s wife losing money (4) 34 James drops head after quiet movement of the hips (6) 35 Element staying in Mainz in charge (4) 37 Serious composer enters establishment (7) 41 A lot get flustered about film that’s current (7) 45 Wise influence with conservationists in Rome possibly (6) 47 British news boss put in messy room shows tedium (7) 48 Soprano is among assorted OAPs in love (7) 50 Wild shrub? It is lacking civilised quality (7) 52 Straightforward version of essay without centrepiece (4) 54 Stop talking and help with the dishes? (3,2) 56 Affair going badly after quitting capital (5) 57 Sprinter gets to leave quickly (4) 58 Illegally take over from unionist facing almost certain pressure (5) 60 Endure a lot of pain before cry of approval in final performance (4,6) 64 Useless sort gets loads wrong in much of table (4,4) 67 Supporting first person in complicated task is to invite trouble (3,3,2) 68 Use the wrong keys? (7) 69 Develop first of grounds on aristocrat’s land (7) 72 Sluggishness embodied by receptionist or porter (6) 74 Docile Catholic wearing checked material (6) 76 One’s predecessor showing an absence of ideas? (6) 77 Rambled by one wood (5) 78 Frequently misspelt note about France (5) 79 Worker in a stir from second team (5) 81 I study venerated figure (4)