GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

12 Unusual (3,2,3,3)

13 Wrench (6)

14 Get (6)

16 Clue (4)

17 Creation (9)

18 Questions (5)

19 Quickly puts (4)

20 Comedy (9)

22 Secure (5)

23 Poker hand (4,5)

27 Design (7)

30 Stood up (6)

31 Fibbed (4)

32 Bear (5)

35 Put on (4)

36 Give to (7)

38 Depressed (4)

39 Wells (7)

42 Mean (6)

45 Barrels (5)

46 Vetoed (7)

47 Wicked (4)

48 Discover (4)

50 Bandages (7)

52 Grant (5)

54 Foreign (6)

56 Continued (7)

57 Slide (4)

59 Keep back (7)

61 Nonsense (4)

64 Yet (5)

66 Dismiss (4)

67 Happens (6)

69 Ironed (7)

72 Hang on (4,1,4)

73 Started (5)

74 Painter (9)

79 Drink (4)

81 Anger (5)

82 Mistrust (9)

83 Shed (4)

85 Crooked (6)

86 Is successful (4,2)

87 Suspected (5,1,5)

DOWN

1 Think (4)

2 Robbery (4-2)

3 Severe (6)

4 Waiting (7)

5 Dim (5)

6 Generous (4-6)

7 Swindles (5)

8 In love (9)

9 Look up (7)

10 Stay (4)

11 Inclined (8)

15 Model (6)

21 Bequeath (5)

24 Former (3-4)

25 Dishes out (6)

26 Scowl (6)

28 Figure (5)

29 Stick (3)

33 Was lazy (7)

34 Feast (6)

37 Mounts (5)

40 Catches up (5)

41 Mad (7)

43 Din (5)

44 Tricks (6)

46 Gift (5)

49 Garment (7)

51 Metal (6)

53 Sheen (6)

55 Keys (5)

58 Career (10)

60 Slip up (3)

62 Toff (5)

63 Sack (9)

65 Poignant (8)

68 Carriage (6)

70 Man’s name (7)

71 Reasons (7)

75 Shoe (6)

76 Coyly (6)

77 Sharpens (5)

78 Huge (5)

80 Side (4)

84 Go off (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

12 Not being obstructive, which is unusual (3,2,3,3)

13 He abandoned her in a foreign country. That does hurt (6)

14 Get on, holding the bait out (6)

16 Don’t succeed in giving a clue (4)

17 Something you’ve patented? That’s a lie! (9)

18 Tries to get the dope shoes (5)

19 Inserts into the drinks? (4)

20 Hit with a cane – it’s just horseplay (9)

22 Secure in backward regions (5)

23 Not a straight answer to “Why can’t I buy tickets?” (4,5)

27 Name the bird in the design (7)

30 Stood up, are angry about (6)

31 Was first to take one in – deceived one (4)

32 Bear the name (5)

35 We are to cut the bottom off and dress in (4)

36 Must hand it to – can make a speech (7)

38 Unhappy when losing to (4)

39 “Wells” comes to mind immediately (7)

42 Mean to make the tin last (6)

45 The number one seeks to ascertain, of barrels (5)

46 Didn’t allow to give a warning about evil (7)

47 To be backward is bad (4)

48 A heartless fiend, as you discover (4)

50 Deals with the cuts when one slips on (7)

52 Grant that hole-in-thewall is wrong (5)

54 Dash round in – crazy foreigners! (6)

56 “Got the money in a rush,” one continued (7)

57 Fall for a chit of a girl (4)

59 From diffidence, keep back (7)

61 Hot, will melt the snow in? Poppycock! (4)

64 Yet it’s quite unlike champagne (5)

66 If upset about, get rid of (4) 67 Comes to mind, as it happens (6)

69 What the valet did, though short of time (7)

72 Hang on. It’s only a sign that everything’s OK (4,1,4)

73 Started to put the G in “vegetable” (5)

74 Painter showing a man in uniform (9)

79 A slug pellet (4)

81 What about the R in “fury”? (5)

82 Mistrust – just the teeniest bit (9)

83 Dropped off the actors (4) 85 Not blonde and not straight (6)

86 Is successful in getting the key-notes changed (4,2)

87 Put in the shade by, as suspected (5,1,5)

DOWN

1 Cries audibly “Think!” (4)

2 Let everybody see it’s a robbery (4-2)

3 Very severe, creating a stir at court (6)

4 Waiting for the arrival of the ball (7)

5 Loud, ain’t hard to hear! (5)

6 Lid off, passed round, being generous (4-6)

7 Fiddles with the stairways (5)

8 Possibly mean “our Edward is in love with” (9)

9 With an arm to shield the flickering sun, look up (7)

10 Remain, but very many return (4)

11 Having got rid of, is inclined to (8)

15 Subject in the “Girl With Child” picture (6)

21 Will or will not stay (5)

24 The former, I note, was ordered by me (3-4)

25 Does duty as and is adequate (6)

26 Scowl at the group head and the inferior (6)

28 Again entering the time (5) 29 Gun man (3)

33 Fired the novice through having been lazy (7) 34 Stretch to a really good meal (6)

37 Mounts – a rebellion? (5)

40 Profits from and catches up (5)

41 To rent on the outskirts of – way out – is crazy (7)

43 The one rattling round is making the din (5)

44 Tricks Ed’s dog performs (6)

46 Just put a pound in, as a gift (5)

49 “Garment” written “Garmentt”? (7)

51 Like the hair of the figurine at the jeweller’s? (6)

53 Shine and when moved, rustle (6)

55 They can be played for money (5)

58 Calling for a declaration (10)

60 In her reckoning, slip up (3)

62 Great American – a toff (5)

63 Either pay your debts or we’ll fire you (9)

65 Making contact with is moving (8)

68 Each, packed, is put into the carriage (6) 70 Opening up, we let in a man (7)

71 Why is it some are confused about the figure? (7)

75 With which Sal’s spelled shoe (6)

76 How one said “That’s no ordinary bishop”? (6)

77 Sharpens the point: the damaged point (5)

78 Destroying finally the man-eating monster (5)

80 Players given a cuppa with very little milk (4)

84 Go off, therefore, half an hour after (4)