Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
ACROSS 1 Needed for hair washing (7) 5 Drawn as (8) 9 and 53 Across, home of Scottish monster (4, 4) 13 Confess (5) 14 Watch with no hands (7) 15 Duplicate (7) 16 Bucking bronco contest (5) 17 Shoulder or knee, maybe (5) 18 Usual (6) 20 Oscar ..., author of Salome (5) 21 South American country (7) 23 Scrutinise (4) 26 Slow pace of
60 Across (4) 27 Country, capital Copenhagen (7) 30 Heating (7) 34 Breathed in (7) 36 Return of overpayment (6) 37 Molars (5) 39 Local Justice of the Peace (10) 40 Laboratory workers (10) 42 Greeting (5) 43 Principality between France and Italy (6) 44 Deer meat (7) 46 Disorder (7) 47 Prize ribbon given to
60 Across (7) 48 Present (4) 53 See 9 Across 54 Counterfeited document (7) 55 Macaroni, for instance (5) 58 Pill or handheld computer (6) 60 and 33 Down Conker producer (5, 8) 62 Officer in training (5) 66 Unconscious (7) 67 Windflower (7) 68 What 62 Across may become (5) 69 Cricket match (4) 70 Metal (8) 71 Sleeping places, one above another (4, 3) DOWN 1 British bird (7) 2 Mammal with bony plates (9) 3 Gaps in road surface (8) 4 More than even wager (4) 5 Not cats, but… (4) 6 Paved area (5) 7 Year chart (8) 8 Gain by merit (4) 10 Drug made from poppies (5) 11 Title of story in newspaper (8) 12 Cutlery item (5) 19 Wandering tribesman (5) 22 Wine jug for table (6) 24 Widespread agreement (9) 25 Copying (9) 26 Victories (8) 28 Put up with (6) 29 Long-distance race (8) 31 Golfer’s trousers (4-5) 32 Amusing story (8) 33 See 60
Across (8) 35 Mountainous region, including 9 Across and 53 Across (9) 38 Plush material (6) 41 Relish, enjoy the moment (6) 45 Complete disorder (5) 49 Robbery aided by someone connected to place robbed (6, 3) 50 Teach (8) 51 Without knowledge (8) 52 Representative example (8) 56 Amended (7) 57 Put your feet up (5) 59 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 61 Strict, severe (5) 63 Prison room (4) 64 Garden burrower (4) 65 Pavement edge (4)