THE GIANT CROSSWORD
DOWN 1 Great fun dog has with it? (4) 2 Felt for key Pedro let slip (6) 3 Having wife get in trouble about is a pain (6) 4 Giving one time to put on underwear (7) 5 A string. It’s used to confine or restrain (5) 6 Mastered — the art of holding one’s tongue? (8,2) 7 A second theory has been all but exploded (5) 8 Idea that wouldn’t come to a straight-thinking person? (9) 9 Go off in step, assembled for march (7) 10 Said furiously ‘Fight!’ (4) 11 Not having done wrong in taking no money (8) 15 Who grassed on the bank robbers? (6) 21 After a time, she will lose heart and cancel (5) 24 Net a smash in and it is finished (2,2,3) 25 A lot of money blued stupidly. Pole had come into it (6) 26 Had bunged ‘west’ in, ‘north’ being wrong (6) 28 So it’s when wife leaves, going to church (5) 29 Prepared to become firm (3) 33 Tripper with a glass (7) 34 Said to have started right away (6) 37 Given a scolding, deserved it (5) 40 Class for actors in elocution (5) 41 Stands up for, fed up, and puts a stop to (7) 43 Become bright and cold: real change (5) 44 Having put one’s blundering foot in, relent (6) 46 Grasp it’s a problem (5) 49 Scatter seed round barrier for bird (7) 51 Pursue one in a horse-drawn carriage (6) 53 Little boy gets into wigwam. It’s a gift (6) 55 Having imbibed too much in snug (5) 58 Easy alternative to an alcoholic drink? (4,6) 60 Successful author who had try at verse (3) 62 The Italian chap is hiding somewhere in Italy (5) 63 Besiege and cajole successfully (3,6) 65 Roll one buys at the baker’s (8) 68 Whole tin demolished, cat goes off (6) 70 Fish — an angry dogfish? (7) 71 Rank as confidential (7) 75 Rang off in mid-speech to madden (6) 76 Went berserk over tiny drop in number (6) 77 Puts in oven. Hot, tucks in to (5) 78 Commonwealth Office in a street somewhere in Berkshire (5) 80 Required to authorise (4) 84 Appear to be, or look, married (4)