THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 13 Explain clearly how to banish something by magic? (5,2,3) 14 Grasp everything in the bag (7) 15 Now and again he goes inside and you follow closely (6) 16 With the note, should have paid for (6) 17 Understood the key had made a grating sound (7) 18 Figure the seat, perhaps, is given to show status (5) 19 Don’t keep a list (4) 20 Small child carrying a small animal (5) 21 Weight of a coin? (5) 22 Hates having to reform a hard case (6) 23 A sock puppet (5) 28 ‘Mum,’ you say. ‘It’s keeping the light out’ (7) 30 Garment costing more than a couple of pounds? (7) 33 Selling things so won’t make one filthy rich! (4-5) 36 Black on one side and shiny (6) 38 Without exception, home and exhausted (3,2) 39 What X equals? (5) 40 Tell to translate ‘10’ to English (6) 42 Grabbing the ball, try to kick towards goal? (5) 43 Later is renovated and sells (7) 44 Finding hard to write about, squirm (6) 46 For an extremely young clergyman, upsetting (4) 49 About a quarter the money — or double (4) 51 Sound the animal let out (6) 53 Arrange to have the paper ordered again (7) 55 Apart from ‘The editor is a . . .’ which rebounded (5) 59 Look peeved when the new Mrs. L interrupts (6) 60 Have to hold the string and pull (5) 61 Failing to catch ‘Nothing to declare’ (5) 62 Really bad, shot by the police (6) 63 Score that’s a tiny bit lower (9) 65 Standing, say, about half an hour (7) 66 S was missing in ‘shirked’ (7) 70 Kind of put one’s foot down decisively (5) 71 Doctor crazy nuts on horses (6) 73 When back, the youth had a light meal (5) 75 Problems, small, keeps complaining of (5) 80 Got rid of — showed to be lacking heart (4) 82 Either back in pen frisking or lying down (5) 83 By looking really angry, making obvious (7) 84 Said sharply ‘Foolish dear admitted double parking’ (6) 85 Who hijacked the ship on a trip out East? (6) 86 Gave, you assume, the wrong date (7) 87 Fear evoked in angels by a little devil? (4,6)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 13 Make clear (5,2,3) 14 Bag (7) 15 Be a follower (6) 16 Acquired (6) 17 Understood (7) 18 Status (5) 19 List (4) 20 Animal (5) 21 Weight (5) 22 Case (6) 23 Blow (5) 28 Blind (7) 30 Protective garment (7) 33 Great bargain (4-5) 36 Shiny (6) 38 Exhausted (3,2) 39 Incorrect (5) 40 Tell (6) 42 Kick towards (5) 43 Sells (7) 44 Squirm (6) 46 Extremely (4) 49 Double (4) 51 Sound (6) 53 Arrange (7) 55 Apart (5) 59 Be offended (6) 60 Pull (5) 61 Speak (5) 62 Bad (6) 63 Score (9) 65 Standing (7) 66 Shirked (7) 70 Hallmark (5) 71 Horses (6) 73 Cold food (5) 75 Problems (5) 80 Threw off (4) 82 Lying (5) 83 Scowling (7) 84 Said sharply (6) 85 Brigand (6) 86 Gave (7) 87 Little devil (4,6)
DOWN 1 Come out (6) 2 Overt (8) 3 Hazy (5) 4 Permanently (3,4) 5 Try hard (6) 6 Form (5) 7 Pictures (6) 8 Games (7) 9 Narrow squeak (5,5) 10 Afterwards (5) 11 Painstaking (8) 12 Courage (4) 24 Talk (7) 25 Irritable (5) 26 Hint (7) 27 Gusted strongly (7) 29 Severe (5) 31 House (5) 32 Moos (4) 34 Licence (6) 35 Number (4) 37 Moaned (7) 41 Isn’t forgotten (5,2) 45 Landscape painter (6) 47 Chums (7) 48 Confidential (7) 50 Solve (4,3) 52 Metal (4) 54 Religious head (5) 56 Ambition (5) 57 Measures (4) 58 Funny (5) 60 Greeting (3,2,3,2) 64 Wag (8) 67 Collude (8) 68 Confines (7) 69 Mostly (7) 72 Views (6) 74 Get off (6) 76 Happens (4,2) 77 Saw (5) 78 Useful (5) 79 Shred (5) 81 Ice pellets (4)
DOWN 1 Come out with turps to spray round the disc (6) 2 Overt symbol of patriotism, storm at (8) 3 Gracious! Outside it’s terribly foggy! (5) 4 Because well-behaved permanently (3,4) 5 Do your best for the royal who’s in a spot (6) 6 Keep quiet and copy the others. That’s the form (5) 7 Less trouble I had getting into pictures (6) 8 Child having friends round for games (7) 9 Narrow squeak shutting the lunatic inside (5,5) 10 In real trouble a little time after (5) 11 By loading with a blank, really careful (8) 12 From Greek, it means ‘courage’ (4) 24 Caught potential threat in the talk (7) 25 Cross if not brought in to testify (5) 26 Advice a young woman won’t want to get (7) 27 Was very bad weather: kept many in (7) 29 Dumping right in the mess is cruel (5) 31 Home by six fifty. Not half late! (5) 32 From which cattlemen can tell we’ll get rain? (4) 34 Figure the man has come round for a licence (6) 35 How many in favour of bringing the union into? (4) 37 Complained when a duck got into the garden, somehow (7) 41 Among various novels, one is not forgotten (5,2) 45 Who switched the painting? (6) 47 TV programme on Friday has its last episode (7) 48 That’s my business, Tommy (7) 50 Solve — the problem of how to get into shape? (4,3) 52 In the first place, it weighs heavily (4) 54 The superior is a nosy parker, according to what’s said (5) 56 Ambition to be a doctor I have (5) 57 Supports the measures (4) 58 Funny day. Thunder (5) 60 Hello! This is a fine state of affairs! (3,2,3,3) 64 Arrive and I get delirious wag (8) 67 On manipulating prices all round, collude (8) 68 Confines to tennis playing when there’s rain, inside (7) 69 Mostly in the galley, working — far end (7) 72 ‘Places of interest’ in quotes, saying (6) 74 Get off flaming (6) 76 Happens when one makes one’s entrance (4,2) 77 Noticed I had run outside (5) 78 And in a hard year, it’s useful (5) 79 Prepare cheese for spaghetti. Wonderful sound (5) 81 Greet with an unpleasant weather forecast (4)