THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE CRYPTIC OR QUICK, THE ANSWERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, THE SOLUTION WILL APPEAR IN MONDAY’S PAPER.
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Fussy? Not in general (10) 14 Accuse him unfairly of setting ridiculous pace in (7) 15 Rang and instructed to announce (6) 16 Hurting when pin comes undone, Ian jumps (2,4) 17 Yell ‘Caught!’ and there’s nobody left to bat (7) 18 A nail, brown, see embedded in (5) 19 Wee box with shiny base (4) 20 Forces to go to something that’s slow and boring? (5) 21 Speaks about the time that remains (5) 22 Drive home while little son rests curled up beside (6) 23 Shoot, knocking over the last of the ninepins (5) 28 Surprise that’s, perhaps, again boomeranged (7) 30 Carries off some purchases for the drinking party (7) 33 Irritability at off-colour jokes (3,6) 36 Except for a colour that’s not allowed (6) 38 Unaccompanied, the girl went back East (5) 39 It’s very hard having no money (5) 40 Read stumblingly to father to show off (6) 42 Cooker and best oven Ben removed (5) 43 ‘A terror’ is all you can grasp (7) 44 Try to take male abandoned by mother to outhouse (6) 46 Some quiet craft (4) 49 Nick, waken up! (4) 51 A rhyme for ‘loth’ (6) 53 Eaten with cheese, it’s something wonderful! (7) 55 100 at church hear what’s being said (5) 59 Stop to adjust rear seat, top and bottom (6) 60 One running round is making a racket (5) 61 Fold a couple of notes with some coins (5) 62 A beginner when it comes to cricket (6) 63 Understanding, from their assembly in a group (9) 65 Has brush with, when he’s in class (7) 66 Making small impressions as one runs (7) 70 Stupid daughter seen misbehaving (5) 71 Begins ‘It’s sharp with a point on either end’ (6) 73 Who is heartless to the male? (5) 75 Look at addendum on ‘leaks’ (5) 80 To be a spendthrift is sad (4) 82 In which many who have got into fights are patient? (5) 83 Very tired and the day was wet (7) 84 As a receptacle for liquid, is again wrong (6) 85 Fly for a livelihood (6) 86 A solemn ‘Art thou deserving?’ (7) 87 Within walking distance — almost (3,3,4)
DOWN
1 Way the fellow got Nero to drop the ball (6) 2 See tar is poured into immediately (8) 3 Not much sun — are unable to (5) 4 To mollify, set a time to gain access (7) 5 Father got Lily upset: ruffled (6) 6 Prejudiced person it’s great to transform (5) 7 Totally improper steps to have one incarcerated, acts maliciously (6) 8 Catch and, caught, are put to work (7) 9 A picnic and entertainment for the little ones (6,4) 10 It’s a support, also, by the way (5) 11 A metal that’s among the best. An expensive metal (8) 12 Norm is the fellow holding the key (4) 24 On page fifty. Below ‘loot’ (7) 25 Disreputable but popular with the birds? (5) 26 Needed prompt assistance: dehydrated (5,2) 27 The little fellow with the garland (7) 29 Run in eliminating contest, showing spirit (5) 31 A pinhead. Awfully dour and arrogant (5) 32 As far as ‘Stop talking nonsense!’ (4) 34 Take control. An unusual game: absorbing (6) 35 Drink sailor looks forward to, at the end of trip (4) 37 The opposite of ‘disappointment’ (7) 41 Substitute, for a sturdy fabric, a delicate one (7) 45 The family, we’re told, made beer (6) 47 The motif is strangely apt: a bird (7) 48 Intend to see if someone will give you a hand (7) 50 To the flan, are adding sauce (7) 52 Lapse responsible, perhaps, for someone’s being dismissed (4) 54 Craft by which one flies to California (5) 56 C and the A distorted in ‘con man’ (5) 57 You surprise me — thoroughly! (4) 58 Not Mommy’s girl? (5) 60 Unlike ‘62’, he doesn’t have a hope (3-7) 64 Squashed a nest inside. He’d stepped on it (8) 67 Yet, I find out, do recognise (8) 68 Are worried, of course, by the cancellation (7) 69 And a friend collected the order (7) 72 One’s restored the two Ds in ‘drenched’ (6) 74 Having now contrived to get in with a key (6) 76 Please repeat what you said ‘exculpate’ means (6) 77 Swam round the river, or stream (5) 78 In no way offensive (5) 79 Is it lucky for a boxer that a referee says it? (5) 81 ‘English Boy’ is on the outside in front (4)