GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Following spring in U.S.
too sadly off limits (3,2,6) 13 Chap let out cloak (6) 14 Dagger-shaped mark
ruined blouse (6) 16 Small spike put in
boots, purely (4) 17 Spare chap moved pile
of discarded goods (9) 18 Charlie departed for
opening in rocks? (5) 19 Loud duo regularly seen
in board game (4) 20 Special place in Berkshire
in state of expansion? (9) 22 Droning sound I had summarised, typical of a sticky summer? (5) 23 A cross in one shop obscured
wind instrument (9) 27 Part Dee played in
bureaucracy (3,4) 30 Rule beginning to grate
during November (6) 31 Grasp place to put
luggage on board? (4) 32 Flickering beam by river
in yellow light? (5) 35 Some had zeal for cutting tool (4) 36 Hurry to get coal container (7) 38 Republican given support
for incursion (4) 39 Unusually one big area
for herbaceous plant (7) 42 Almost deliberately ignore children getting to grow pale (6) 45 Victor surrounded by smoke
in bend of road? (5) 46 Put back sales worker with
delicate material (7) 47 King is first to shun
sign of affection (4) 48 Dull pain in stomach,
exceptionally (4) 50 Group of sailors reduced
type of hairstyle (4,3) 52 Athlete has smile ready?
Not altogether! (5) 54 Lower obstruction
by enclosure (6) 56 Loving these people behind
a room given a new look (7) 57 Second group getting
opening (4) 59 Diminish source of this
trouble on holiday (4,3) 61 Composer John’s
confined space (4) 64 Britney, perhaps, docked
plant shoot (5) 66 Very tired, slow or
nervous in part (4) 67 Equipment to capture
on return young cat (6) 69 See question in outside broadcast by unknown character as vilification (7) 72 Cold drink, type in
M&S beside fish (9) 73 Competitor is coming after
ignoring pair at the start (5) 74 Police officer pores over chart (9) 79 Check main part of plant (4) 81 Discover time associated
with marathon, maybe (5) 82 In the morning, reject food
put in woman’s snack (9) 83 Annoying person mentioned
sheet of glass (4) 85 Produce article in Rome
after this month? (6) 86 A gin’s mixed after end of
programme for relief? (6) 87 Awful beer drunk by priest and judge to have a serious effect? (11)
DOWN
1 Chunk of material found
in slum, probably (4) 2 Pressurise business to
release money twice (6) 3 A transatlantic friend touring
Kent area gets insulted (6) 4 Largely restrict musical
of a topical nature (7) 5 Modify a point about U.S. lawyer (5) 6 American GP treated activist (10) 7 Criticism for small branch (5) 8 Something passed on by racing
event in most cases (9) 9 Broken pot on working
flat-bottomed boat (7) 10 Calf’s meat kept in stove a little (4) 11 Fantastic ace dug in
producing direction (8) 15 Sides in distinctive winter
sports event in flood (6) 21 Implore Penny and Dale to move (5) 24 Something in suspension
for rest? (7) 25 One playing snooker
gets to saunter (6) 26 Small crustacean, last part of
dish shown in fancy prism (6) 28 Link? It is brought up
by one in Berlin (3-2) 29 Old man taken with
small dance step (3) 33 Actress Diana meant at
intervals to speed up (7) 34 Safeguard three notes
over objective (6) 37 Vote in Spain followed
by Celt erratically (5) 40 Bring out contentious matter (5) 41 Continue to bear number
from the south (5,2) 43 Stand-in doctor composed
most of column (5) 44 Minor setback here in
Rome with trophy (6) 46 Send for consideration item manufactured after end of summer (5) 49 Specifically designate remark
out of order about Austria (7) 51 Group of ants in India at one time? (6) 53 Dally with Oscar amid quantity
of drink in New York? (6) 55 Virile Frenchman leading a
firm around Hungary (5) 58 Start to manage revenue
available for use (4,2,4) 60 Fine old boy has tab on key ring (3) 62 Good rule after cooking
liquid food (5) 63 Reserve type of pen right away
for betting shop manager (9) 65 Unspoilt Balkan city lacking
a leader in enterprise (8) 68 Distressing experience for all to see
in a trading location on the rise (6) 70 Gradually diminish
inventor Frank (7) 71 Minute longer for sorting
out cross-bred dog? (7) 75 Copyist cries surprisingly
about book (6) 76 Aim from a father
to retain power (6) 77 Stop facility supporting college (5) 78 Exchange rupee for
crushed food (5) 80 Fool found amid pandemonium?
Utterly! (4) 84 Record musical component (4)