GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS IN MONDAY’S PAPER
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 13 Obvious time to be gripped by wild hope? That’s excessive (4,3,3) 14 Group of followers, element for all to see in middle of green (7) 15 Think about change done in advertising work (6) 16 Exploit number returning after drama (4,2) 17 Stop by NI county to subside (3,4) 18 Key verse on European country mainly (5) 19 Female deer hidden by bush in dark (4) 20 Condemn one of TV duo with tips for revelry (5) 21 Question by a liberal Frenchman shows misgiving (5) 22 Those getting drunk left inn (6) 23 Unknown eight from Berlin in sailing vessel (5) 28 Uniform kept by American friend customarily (7) 30 Support English husband, perhaps (7) 33 Unwelcome fact from Henry spread hurt to me (4,5) 36 Fashionable tune producing empty talk (3,3) 38 Kingdom in unreal muddle (5) 39 Modify poster with a point (5) 40 Chewy sweet not available in place for drivers? (6) 42 Tug close to ship by chance (5) 43 Foolish like figure touring island (7) 44 Perennial plant laid for cultivation around a hotel (6) 46 Knot European academic reversed (4) 49 Proficient group in lab lessons (4) 51 Uninteresting series given rehearsal (3,3) 53 Luck getting huge amount of money (7) 55 Jack accompanied by female relative for trip (5) 59 Savage bird oddly found by Utah on a lake (6) 60 Confusion initially overlooked in corner (5) 61 Decrepit fellow, one dishonest in retirement (5) 62 Area in close ground for comfort (6) 63 Strongly rebuke thin cop poorly covering appeal (5,4) 65 Place with two foreign articles as loot (7) 66 Shame rat scurries around, not a pet rodent (7) 70 Pursue source of hope in legal matter (5) 71 Negligent temporary employee? (6) 73 Innocent U.S. soul singer (5) 75 Perplex Test umpire partly (5) 80 Petty Officer, 50, with love for sport on horses (4) 82 Way of working by Terry in drivers’ lodge (5) 83 Here cart crashed to avoid hard row of houses (7) 84 A set of executives on a jet? (6) 85 Profession in divided Asian place mentioned (6) 86 Trace load from harvest I get (7) 87 Reprove young child wearing a skate loosely by rear of rink (4,2,4) DOWN 1 Develop electronic rodent holding first violin (6) 2 Great year with time gone resolved unclear situation (4,4) 3 Plaintive cry in port, say, heard (5) 4 Mud? It’s spattered around a sports venue (7) 5 A quiet plea is formulated for supplication (6) 6 Sit with children (5) 7 Smell from seaman’s first fish (6) 8 Hank is struggling to repress vice initially being dishonest (7) 9 Acquire article on back of car and receive dismissal (3,3,4) 10 Let drop small medical tablet (5) 11 Another I fancy broadcasting (2,3,3) 12 Started without middle runner (4) 24 Powerful teacher in charge, rash type (7) 25 Administrative worker changed locker with no end of hullabaloo (5) 26 Part of storm entails suffering (7) 27 Indifferent tune played by artist, last in recital (7) 29 Oscar among lots shifted backless chair (5) 31 Produce second chess piece (5) 32 Give confirmation of marine animal (4) 34 Reliable NHS institution by yard (6) 35 Information a little held up (4) 37 Very grey tin and cane in disorder (7) 41 Cool chap, it’s said, gets devotees’ letters (3,4) 45 Learner just round Spain missing company (6) 47 Varied DIY woman endlessly put up showing rustic simplicity (7) 48 Restrict argument opposing penalty (7) 50 Lustre from tea container? It’s mistake covering it (7) 52 University rector say overturns impulse (4) 54 Some extra deliveries for business (5) 56 Exclusive hotel in Mediterranean resort (5) 57 Pork, say, curtailed before large dinner, maybe (4) 58 Written composition: yes for editing about South America (5) 60 A dry veracity almost at work is appealing (10) 64 Cure’s developed enthralling Jerry’s partner as patron (8) 67 Display filming location by Scottish river (3,5) 68 Broad sword grazed young woman (7) 69 Trek, say, requiring clarification is marked with bands (7) 72 The French lose bearings and speed suddenly? (3,3) 74 Try this half-hidden fireside (6) 76 Sullen medic got up (6) 77 Stylish centrepiece among dismal paintings, maybe (5) 78 Groom about to be detained in enclosure (5) 79 Political group’s shindig (5) 81 Egg-shaped section in Po valley (4)