THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
13 Hurry up with that animation! (3,1,4,2) 14 For over a month, accommodating the king (7) 15 Rock in lake bream is swimming round (6) 16 Find it impossible to turn again and run (6) 17 For the coach, bad weather in a no-win winter (7) 18 Exclude nearly all as ‘humdrum’ (5) 19 Musical? Not when they’re young! (4) 20 Nevertheless, it’s upsetting to the two pupils (5) 21 Barking right through at the awful children! (5) 22 Did wrong in folding the ends round (6) 23 Ask for money — only a very little (5) 28 Time to pull out (7) 30 Trips undertaken to collect car in Andes, crashed (7) 33 Eagerly — be equally fond of a sunny clime (4,1,4) 36 About the d-d-distance from the centre (6) 38 Not Judy’s drink? (5) 39 Increase in popularity towards jazz? (5) 40 Next I’d been besieged by buzzing bees (6) 42 What makes one nervous when speaking a foreign language? (5) 43 Well-informed on crosswords? (5,2) 44 Tiptoes, awfully late, aboard (6) 46 Tick his name? (4) 49 To get a point, mean to forget (4) 51 A tart ‘Fathers do their best’ (6) 53 Cleo, upset about Don’s trouble, does sympathise (7) 55 Enlightening news? (5) 59 Got nosy about the second and levered it up (6) 60 Campaign to use private transport? (5) 61 Soldier is covered by a gun? Excellent (5) 62 I didn’t catch what you said about the amnesty (6) 63 Had taken back ‘aloof’ (9) 65 Seem not to be upset? How amazing! (5,2) 66 Followed Art back to the deck, worriedly (7) 70 Take classes in drawing (5) 71 Meaning Scamp takes the ball right to (6) 73 Equally good cold? It’s always eaten cold (5) 75 There’s something wrong. Pull up (5) 80 It’s been so since the days of ancient Rome (4) 82 Having engaged her, I did a reshuffle the day after (5) 83 Joke responsible for man’s falling off ladder? (3-4) 84 Wanting to know when to take a card (6) 85 Speculate, backing ‘Bolshevik’ now (6) 86 Are playing at home and not taking it lightly (7) 87 Also where the innumerate do badly (2,8)
DOWN
1 Dad, among others, has a meal (6) 2 A sweet sticky substance I’ll use as filling (8) 3 A short ‘Get the ball into the playing area’ (5) 4 Cheeky, rub out to upset (7) 5 Whole tin, poured out, was given to stray cat (6) 6 Change myself and go round (5) 7 Blundering near, within seconds traps (6) 8 Trying to find out about the man; a lodger (7) 9 Yelling ‘Not enough content in the article’ (10) 10 Seem pleased it’s a small distance (5) 11 Cor! Courteous but in a condescending way! (8) 12 The aviator I cut out from the story (4) 24 Food for dog gets over half the larder (7) 25 Did only half the detachment go into action? (5) 26 Disaster for clothes on line (7) 27 About book, ever so ridiculously long-winded (7) 29 Right back on the rink in a jiffy (5) 31 Cleanse of sin, absolving again all round (5) 32 Had run second in the sprint (4) 34 On Sunday, medication runs out (6) 35 Number first on the index (4) 37 Dead trees damaged by sun. They have no water (7) 41 Easier, with a smile, to pocket the pound (7) 45 Metes out half the loot in last distribution (6) 47 Creatures I had found in press, crawling (7) 48 Because absent, had done without (7) 50 Don’t give up, dear sirs: struggle through (7) 52 Hurried one in from the wet (4) 54 Mother admitted again it’s a fantasy (5) 56 She held on and was brilliant (5) 57 Abandoned — and that’s not right (4) 58 Very little about rain wear (5) 60 A demand for pillows that are cheap? (4-6) 64 Argued it wasn’t for the illiterate (3,5) 67 Insects that are little pains in the neck? (8) 68 Thinks wrong person was given key to enter (7) 69 He’s prepared to and I am, too (7) 72 He’ll let you know he’s used to handling money (6) 74 Puts back by one day and that’s silly (6) 76 Any opposed to skirting the gorge? (6) 77 Try right through to be concise (5) 78 Stone that marks the boundary between public and private land? (5) 79 Quiet tot with young man (5) 81 Too right — go back to base (4)