THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Downplay golf kit, ahem, that’s scruffy (4,5,2) 13 Soprano performing with a label largely musical work (6) 14 Man, say, is secure (6) 16 Toll on single cab (4) 17 Mind a gut possibly close to huge size (9) 18 British fighter in retrograde neckwear and suit (5) 19 Pungency in herb I tested (4) 20 Learner I chart eg at work as sluggish (9) 22 Stop short lad dividing paintings (5) 23 Mind tool freak damaged (4,5) 27 A tiny measure accepted by flier — or very large? (7) 30 Manage name (6) 31 Military body showing a lot of togetherness (4) 32 Stop in road, we hear, as interval (5) 35 In review, favoured second part of flight (4) 36 Bishop in part in afternoon has difficulty (7) 38 Dismiss old wine (4) 39 Some wimp in general gets to encroach (7) 42 Upset old pair of fellows with finale (6) 45 Informer is Greek fool (5) 46 Crack priest in charge in church (7) 47 Verbally incline to get remedy (4) 48 Disregard free ticket (4) 50 Exhibitionist now sham, sadly (7) 52 Advantage when prepared (5) 54 Restrain turn of nutty writer (6) 56 Companion with coat I ruffled is disorganised (7) 57 Leading protest with month gone (4) 59 Move right with mounted jockey’s aid? (7) 61 Present provided in sports car (4) 64 Chasm in area near ship (5) 66 Unknown factor facing single district (4) 67 Check completed game first (2,4) 69 Seize couple of grapes with fruit (7) 72 Letter or card? (9) 73 Husband foolish ignoring son — or content (5) 74 No milieu’s fit for posh car (9) 79 Excess pounds in corporation (4) 81 Settle shot in golf (5) 82 Dishes not cooked? That’s not right (9) 83 Slope in diagram presented (4) 85 Bully in hard area first off (6) 86 Choice in top ground entered by Oscar (6) 87 Dispute first of signs in puzzles? (5,6)
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1 Information a little held up (4) 2 Savour condiment (6) 3 Cook more thin with no end of gruel (6) 4 Series about good king feeing mortified (7) 5 Bird runs over receptacle (5) 6 Rome’s role developed around sun pretty much (4,2,4) 7 PM starts to believe expert perhaps (5) 8 A long way off Italian? On the contrary (3,4,2) 9 Spymaster, one with bet making slip (7) 10 Fine experimental site gets extra growth? (4) 11 Three articles by scholar, detested thing (8) 15 Offer more striking British papers (6) 21 Pass stick over top of table (5) 24 Provide container among salmon, say (7) 25 Trouble experienced heading north for plant (6) 26 Check, amid short lull, tart (6) 28 Chap taking in Penny’s tree (5) 29 Advice to overturn dirty place (3) 33 Abandon outskirts of Oxford permanently (3,4) 34 Threaten current company exec about enclosure (6) 37 Mother with child resident in lodge (5) 40 Serious place for an epitaph? (5) 41 Jack with it, defective tyre, is nervous (7) 43 Instant mark on uniform (5) 44 Summarise element in parodist I love (6) 46 Judge group in school (5) 49 Provide funds for special working type mostly (7) 51 Sound of English poet a wonder (6) 53 Tremble with start of snow and winter in France (6) 55 Study sticky stuff in effect? (3,2) 58 Greeting by factory worker amid light everywhere (4,3,3) 60 Normal criticism rising (3) 62 See in boggy place criminal (5) 63 Foreign magistrate at party beginning to get brutal (3-3-3) 65 What a moderate drinker does, we’re told, incompletely (2,6) 68 Resist operation on model (6) 70 Authoritative symbol namely Peter damaged (7) 71 Craft is seen unexpectedly behind end of reef (7) 75 Dim baronet enters river (6) 76 Sadness in type snubbed before argument (6) 77 Pale a little over exams initially (5) 78 Woo legal officials (5) 80 Carry ritual object endlessly (4) 84 Way cut, it’s said (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
12 Downplay (4,5,2) 13 Musical work (6) 14 Seabound place (6) 16 Cab (4) 17 Size (9) 18 Suit (5) 19 Snack (4) 20 Sluggish (9) 22 Stop (5) 23 Mind (4,5) 27 Enormous (7) 30 Manage (6) 31 Army group (4) 32 Rest (5) 35 Pace (4) 36 Difficulty (7) 38 Dismiss (4) 39 Encroach (7) 42 Disgust (6) 45 Informer (5) 46 Narrow crack (7) 47 Cure (4) 48 Proceed (4) 50 Flamboyant sort (7) 52 Advantage (5) 54 Restrain (6) 56 Disorganised (7) 57 Chief (4) 59 Riding support (7) 61 Present (4) 64 Chasm (5) 66 District (4) 67 Check (2,4) 69 Contend (7) 72 Letter (9) 73 Content (5) 74 Large car (9) 79 Surfeit (4) 81 Throw (5) 82 Cheating (9) 83 Incline (4) 85 Browbeat (6) 86 Choice (6) 87 Dispute (5,6)
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1 Information (4) 2 Enjoyment (6) 3 Cook gently (6) 4 Disappointment (7) 5 Songbird (5) 6 Roughly (4,2,4) 7 Perhaps (5) 8 On the contrary (3,4,2) 9 Error (7) 10 Fat (4) 11 Taboo (8) 15 Offer more (6) 21 Pass (5) 24 Supply (7) 25 Plant (6) 26 Savoury tart (6) 28 Tree (5) 29 Advice (3) 33 Permanently (3,4) 34 Loom (6) 37 Builder (5) 40 Serious (5) 41 Anxious (7) 43 Instant (5) 44 Give essence of (6) 46 Rate (5) 49 Fund (7) 51 Wonder (6) 53 Tremble (6) 55 Study hard (3,2) 58 Everywhere (4,3,3) 60 Standard (3) 62 Criminal (5) 63 Cutthroat (3-3-3) 65 Incompletely (2,6) 68 Resist (6) 70 Ceremonial staff (7) 71 Expertise (7) 75 Stupid (6) 76 Sadness (6) 77 Pale (5) 78 Woo (5) 80 Carry (4) 84 Way (4)