THE GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
13 Would having it make a robot mad? (5,5) 14 Note potential threat in the talk (7) 15 Does some decorating when dad isn’t prepared to (6) 16 A farm worker is used to steer (6) 17 Dates have to be changed around again, my love (7) 18 Spruce up before the flight (5) 19 Intends, when I’m ensconced in (4) 20 On Sunday, having no work, nose about (5) 21 Poor, deny cutting key to gain access (5) 22 And/or somehow arriving at figure that’s arbitrary (6) 23 Tea dished up in brownish-grey (5) 28 Income from flat in street in Paris? (7) 30 In rural area, rely on railway (7) 33 For brands seen slipping, does seem logical (4,5) 36 Teeny-weeny fly. I got rid of it (6) 38 Name ‘Letita’ is misspelled, to start with (5) 39 Where drinks are produced (not sparkling) (5) 40 Get on, hobbling a bit coming aboard (6) 42 Plump for an alcoholic drink (5) 43 Wind up speaking foreign language (7) 44 The cost of a daily return for instance (6) 46 It’s wood, miss — really! (4) 49 Strait-laced, didn’t allow ‘60 Ac’ to finish (4) 51 Hire gang to demolish in midweek (6) 53 Scruffy two-star, if all else fails (2,5) 55 Tether with difficulty (5) 59 When editor accepts, dead chuffed (6) 60 Provide with information before I’m to go in (5) 61 A little e in ‘pale’ (5) 62 Foreign fellow left after renovation in the area (6) 63 Fragrant greenery a horse goes for (3,6) 65 Cockney slipping up in identifying fish (7) 66 A spy in the dormitory? (7) 70 Looks for adherents of Indian religion, we hear (5) 71 Powerful but wrong sort. No good (6) 73 Quick! It’s cold! (5) 75 How long it takes to get one enthralled? (5) 80 When animal turns, run (4) 82 Way in which disheartened lass cries (5) 83 Fall off wagon again and drink half the rosé? (7) 84 To do with a family, British, in lawsuit (6) 85 Excited by or, conversely, inured to (6) 86 Dash put by date of birth and genealogy (7) 87 Pitiful spectacle hair shirt wearer makes? (5,5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Madness (5,5) 14 Talk (7) 15 Decorates (6) 16 Steering device (6) 17 Darling (7) 18 Groom feathers (5) 19 Intends (4) 20 Pry (5) 21 Poor (5) 22 Haphazard (6) 23 Brownishgrey (5) 28 Income (7) 30 Rural area (7) 33 Be comprehensible (4,5) 36 Miniature (6) 38 Name (5) 39 Motionless (5) 40 Get (6) 42 Corpulent (5) 43 Language (7) 44 Fee (6) 46 Tree (4) 49 Prudish (4) 51 Hire (6) 53 As last resort (2,5) 55 Tether (5) 59 Overjoyed (6) 60 Brief beforehand (5) 61 Wan (5) 62 Area (6) 63 Aromatic foliage (3,6) 65 Fish (7) 66 Spy in waiting (7) 70 Searches for (5) 71 Powerful (6) 73 Chilly (5) 75 Period (5) 80 Run (4) 82 Cries (5) 83 Backslide (7) 84 Of a clan (6) 85 Excited (6) 86 Ancestry (7) 87 Pitiful spectacle (5,5)
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1 Deed (6) 2 Bravo! (4,4) 3 Distress signal (5) 4 Several (4,3) 5 Request (6) 6 Metal fastener (5) 7 Glib talk (6) 8 Salary (7) 9 Brawl (4-3-3) 10 Prickly (5) 11 Clergyman’s residence (8) 12 Article (4) 24 Great love (7) 25 Enjoyment (5) 26 Extreme (7) 27 Recover from (3,4) 29 Decree (5) 31 Frequently (5) 32 Got up (4) 34 Twine (6) 35 Desire (4) 37 Epicure (7) 41 Garnish (7) 45 Hurried (6) 47 Progress (7) 48 Waiter (7) 50 Free (7) 52 Holdall (4) 54 Vegetable (5) 56 Spice (5) 57 Dog (4) 58 Bore hole (5) 60 More or less (6,4) 64 Ditto (8) 67 Clear (8) 68 Agree (7) 69 Seems (7) 72 European (6) 74 Tax (6) 76 Hate (6) 77 Tad (5) 78 Musical genre (5) 79 Remains (5) 81 Ring (4)
DOWN
1 Measure taken when it turned into a scam (6) 2 Given a good roasting — or congratulations (4,4) 3 Signal from female having real trouble (5) 4 Quite a lot or just a well-behaved minority (4,3) 5 Ask why shopkeeper ran out of certain item? (6) 6 Pay for a small purchase at DIY shop (5) 7 Talk from the person frisking one? (6) 8 Pay rising, depression put a stop to (7) 9 Fight for which no tickets are sold? (4-3-3) 10 Covering in, see it’s prickly (5) 11 I gave order to garage car in ministerial residence (8) 12 A little white magic and, presto, we have a couple! (4) 24 Silly sap is mad on: an obsession (7) 25 Pleasure is key to us, unwinding (5) 26 Extreme turmoil in nineties. I left (7) 27 Recover from — an inability to communicate clearly? (3,4) 29 Decree new diet should include a number (5) 31 Time and again, wrong note — loud — piercing (5) 32 Rebelled against being confined to bed? (4) 34 By the way, the loop keeps things from coming adrift (6) 35 Want to have half of what is inside (4) 37 ‘A perfect fool’ is, from him, a compliment (7) 41 Culinary finishing touch that is excellent (7) 45 Mum was sorry about having been hasty (6) 47 Chief means of making progress (7) 48 Set to order turning to attract waiter (7) 50 Rough sea. Reel broken. Caught, gets free (7) 52 As a case, be very interesting (4) 54 Vegetable on top and bottom and one on the inside (5) 56 Cold with sweetheart after split (5) 57 Dog with pronounced squint (4) 58 Correct procedure for dentist dealing with tooth decay? (5) 60 Lovely and fit? More or less (6,4) 64 Don’t suffer fools gladly? Me, too (8) 67 ‘Leave clip inside unfastened.’ That’s clear (8) 68 Agree, when son tossed coin, to accept (7) 69 Seems, from tree within, spring is back (7) 72 Bug an Aachen native (6) 74 Tax — one very quietly put through (6) 76 Hate a new hotel on the outskirts (6) 77 Just a teeny bit of respite from the sun? (5) 78 Spends a lot of money in depression (5) 79 Doesn’t go with ship around river (5) 81 Kitty is back in the band (4)