GIANT CROSSWORD
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ACROSS 13
Bird the whittler produced? (4,6) 14 Regard as business (7) 15 The cockney was sick
of being shouted at (6) 16 Free water (6) 17 Know it’s true and
is to the point (7) 18 Flower in the shade (5) 19 Ring to get the fifty
pounds from (4) 20 Stuck right in the entrance,
which does irritate (5) 21 The name that’s to
go in the slot? (5) 22 Assume mother and I
are in the region (6) 23 Get to “Everyone at the
end of the war” (5) 28 And the lass is running
about in shoes (7) 30 Renovate and
again keep (7) 33 Attacks the housebreaker in the end (6,3) 36 Are such sheets a
weight on the bed? (6) 38 To be up and about,
get a move on (5) 39 Funny tale on the page,
with an illustration (5) 40 Guides one through
the tracts of land (6) 42 Secure roles in the
comeback (5) 43 Happy to have proved
satisfactory (7) 44 Not the wobbly
outhouse? (6) 46 Shot again, there’s
blood (4) 49 Start to unlock (4) 51 Fashioned a crude point
with which to cut (6) 53 The cheek of one, swimming after the vessel! (7) 55 Supply the genealogical
information (5) 59 Frame of mind induced
by seeing a ghost? (6) 60 Depicted as having
been attracted by (5) 61 Acts with twists
do them? (5) 62 Artist who was a
convert? (6) 63 Is conscious of nothing
after “Colours are in”? (6,3) 65 Showed, but not
in action (7) 66 Is sorry for the
royal birds (7) 70 Adversity that makes
one cantankerous (5) 71 Nearly stupidly lost a
thousand through it (6) 73 Father’s walkabout (5) 75 Big limo actors
long to have (5) 80 Up to the B in “beer” (4) 82 Don’t allow to poke
in the stick (5) 83 Advertisement telling the
gardener spring is here? (7) 84 Getting fed up with it,
returned the ring (6) 85 Catching a little rain in a basin possibly shows intelligence (6) 86 Do they allow you to
put them in a box? (7) 87 Perforce, it rhymes (5-5)
DOWN
1 For an old boiler, that
is very little money (6) 2 Granted one was given
the entrée to (8) 3 Burn the designs for
interior renovation (5) 4 Well-educated, one
found out (7) 5 Pub Virginia and I got
through to fruitlessly (2,4) 6 Biting, it’s sour
right through (5) 7 Mean it’s smart to
look after (6) 8 As we figure, arrive to
a good reception (7) 9 Tough, it seems,
and vulgar (10) 10 Bite the best man (5) 11 Languid and relying on one’s memory when shopping? (8) 12 Mete out in the wood (4) 24 A token for the teller (7) 25 Dance and have
your bit of fun (5) 26 Keeps catching
one in lies (7) 27 Beaten for having stolen (7) 29 On the subject of a spell (5) 31 The painting is returned
to once more (5) 32 Right off, Pat was very
interested in it (4) 34 Followed for a time,
then got sick of (6) 35 Concluding it will
be durable (4) 37 He’s aiming to be
a teacher (7) 41 He lands the craft (7) 45 Be taking the lines in as you read quickly through (6) 47 Complain, or go off, when trapped by a pain in the neck (7) 48 Prudence is a real card! (7) 50 Liked the tree outside
the university (7) 52 Leaves with the cleaner (4) 54 Big gale blowing with
rain coming through (5) 56 Do get the animal, a
male, trapped (5) 57 In the old days, when one
had a key to enter (4) 58 The second is carrying
the gold (5) 60 The stand-in’s lines
are nonsense (6-4) 64 Realised the murderer was
outside the shack (6,2) 67 Check to find, on balance,
bad weather (8) 68 Mean it’s not in shape (7) 69 Talk to the twit who
got let off (7) 72 Rang and informed
verbally (6) 74 Admits everything with
cries of pain (6) 76 The girl’s left to go
through the records (6) 77 Humiliate at a party (5) 78 Reason why people think
it’s worth fighting for (5) 79 Doesn’t go for restrictive
garments (5) 81 Tiresome person one
put up with (4)