GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

12 Eating (7,4)

13 Restaurant (6)

14 Caught (6)

16 Staff (4)

17 Former PM (9)

18 Animal (5)

19 Act (4)

20 Willing (9)

22 Panics (5)

23 Resolute (9)

27 Rather chilly (7)

30 Links (6)

31 Cad (4)

32 Angry (5)

35 Cold spell (4)

36 Reading (7)

38 Depressed (4)

39 Imitate (4,3)

42 Remained (6)

45 Inexperienced (5)

46 Mark (7)

47 Paper quantity (4)

48 Bulk (4)

50 Determines (7)

52 Afterwards (5)

54 Disconcert (6)

56 Endeavoured (7)

57 Very little (4)

59 Anguish (7)

61 Notch (4)

64 Creep (5)

66 Drill (4)

67 Is effusive (6)

69 Talks trouble (7)

72 Best part (4,5)

73 Brusque (5)

74 Amazing (9)

79 Miss (4)

81 Economise (5)

82 Fruit (9)

83 Pain (4)

85 Understanding (6)

86 Fire (6)

87 Bleak future (4,7)

DOWN

1 Blunt (4)

2 Well-balanced (6)

3 Puzzle (6)

4 Up to (7)

5 Reason (5)

6 Extensive (10)

7 Supply (5)

8 Performed (9)

9 Hazy (7)

10 Tend to (4)

11 Setbacks (8)

15 Bag (6)

21 Raised (5)

24 Don’t (7)

25 Foam (6)

26 Rain (6)

28 Mad (5)

29 Weaken (3)

33 Ship (7)

34 Somewhat (6)

37 Files (5)

40 Delicate (5)

41 Initiated (7)

43 Quality (5)

44 Meted out (6)

46 Tell on (5)

49 Vegetable (7)

51 Departs (6)

53 Artist (6)

55 Fish (5)

58 Arrogant (4-6)

60 Figure (3)

62 Dog (5)

63 Frank (9)

65 Burly (8)

68 Impressed (6)

70 Give (7)

71 Swords (7)

75 Quake (6)

76 Heaps (6)

77 Utter (5)

78 Sing (5)

80 Bucket (4)

84 Period (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

12 Imprisoning for eating? (7,4)

13 Taking time, the crooked Boris cased the restaurant (6)

14 Lie stupidly and waffle about when caught (6)

16 Pool resources with the staff (4)

17 Street in Donegal, strangely with an English PM’s name (9)

18 Arrived with a large animal (5)

19 The done thing (4)

20 Willing to be nice to (9)

22 Panics when it moves in the breeze (5)

23 Fixed new dates quickly (9)

27 For many getting on a bit, it’s rather chilly (7)

30 Swear the ball was found in the links (6)

31 Said he will, but he won’t, be gentlemanly (4)

32 Symbol that makes one angry? (5)

35 Having a cold spell? Same here! (4)

36 Reading a parody of Super Man (7)

38 Sick with, is depressed (4)

39 Go up in the air when they imitate you (4,3)

42 Didn’t go for the

prim-sounding (6)

45 New information about has come in (5)

46 Beginning to make your mark (7)

47 Paper the American started ordering (4)

48 Gather it’s the bulk of (4)

50 Determines to get seats (7)

52 Afterwards, the relation began getting involved (5)

54 The sound does have a disconcerting effect on (6)

56 Had tried, but right inside the vent, is jammed (7)

57 Just a modicum of panache (4)

59 The anguish of people who’ve been put in the wrong (7)

61 The mark of Satan (4)

64 Walk off with – but walk quietly (5)

66 Make a hole in, though it’s a nuisance (4)

67 With a man around, she is effusive (6)

69 Takes the trouble to sprinkle chopped herbs round (7)

72 The best part is getting a good score (4,5)

73 A little brusque (5)

74 A devotee of the act. It’s strange: quite amazing (9)

79 Read only bits of – a load of rubbish… (4)

81 …and read cursorily a page from “How to Economise” (5)

82 Find the odd trace in a number of fruit (9)

83 With a cold, he is a pain! (4)

85 Understanding it means “dating” (6)

86 Fire a gun (6)

87 Bleak future for the guard who is? (4,7)

DOWN

1 Stupid, to be blunt (4)

2 Horses unlike those the animal psychologist is treating? (6)

3 Puzzle about the key

I mean to solve (6)

4 Up to “The father is in US commercial TV” (7)

5 Why the American ace is stunting outside (5)

6 Extensive, or big, tract of land (10)

7 Supply the source of the unearned income (5)

8 Put away for having done it (9)

9 Hazy as to whether it’s a non-consomme (7)

10 Tend to be careful (4)

11 Goes back and checks (8)

15 Bag everything is stuffed back in, good gracious! (6)

21 Raised, give an audible cry of pain (5)

24 Don’t be afraid to catch the ball (7)

25 Cover us in some frothy cosmetic (6)

26 It indicates a break in the settled weather (6)

28 Mad about fondue? (5)

29 Like a fool, weaken (3)

33 The soldier is turned in after jumping ship (7)

34 Find preferable to, but not very (6)

37 The jobs files (5)

40 Accompanying the father, are sick and delicate (5)

41 Said right through one had initiated it (7)

43 Quality time to art, I somehow give (5)

44 Meted out and she cheated about (6)

46 Tell on and run away (5)

49 Not finishing the cooked chips and vegetable (7)

51 Goes off to get the sheets (6)

53 The convert’s surname? (6)

55 The fish is caught, then released outside (5)

58 Arrogant when voting? (4-6)

60 It’s time to, you say (3)

62 Heavens! A giant ant has gone off with the dog! (5)

63 Frank is seen with “38”, immediately after (9)

65 Burly bumpkin in the test, playing (8)

68 Gave the impression one had refused to work (6)

70 Give to and you do endorse (7)

71 “Having weapons again”, I put in, “fight back” (7)

75 Turning right back, more disoriented by the shock (6)

76 Heaps of bags it takes time to fill (6)

77 Say there will be a small tip (5)

78 In Italy, dear, many sing (5)

80 Drink up, when I put in a bucket (4)

84 Our having, at first, had a hard time (4)