GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTION ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Label the tray right away possibly and prepare for a meal? (3,3,5) 13 Inundation of French winter sports event (6) 14 Annoy English detective actor endlessly (6) 16 Depressed Oxbridge athlete (4) 17 Chum is upset with a pair of lines in variety entertainment (5,4) 18 Move furtively in small lounge (5) 19 Women on time have salary (4) 20 Poor diet with suet altered? About time (9) 22 Military commander acquiring top award has wit (5) 23 Balding husband among element showing dominance? (4,2,3) 27 Intention from Post Office cutting funds (7) 30 Board three-masted vessel behind them familiarly (6) 31 Small coin dispatched reportedly (4) 32 Cheerful little male relative, we hear (5) 35 U.S. gangster with a second unfortunately (4) 36 Diana’s sudden blast showing loathing (7) 38 Final section in story that’s told (4) 39 What angry local drinker might show in volley of comments (7) 42 Chap let off having assumed authority (6) 45 Different holy books belonging to a woman (5) 46 Mail is distributed by river in like fashion (7) 47 Misery, not good, gets to appear on horizon? (4) 48 Measure of weight in Juliet’s successor? (4) 50 Defy warring bodies over year (7) 52 Substantial part of spectacular gesture (5) 54 Obtain revolutionary firearm first, valuable piece (6) 56 Painting, say, in good condition almost caught (4,3) 57 Henry has love for ring of light (4) 59 Reveal joint carrying for all to see odd parts of logo (7) 61 Element in meal socialising in addition (4) 64 Damage first pair of springs with black fluid (5) 66 Colossal tax including first of surcharges (4) 67 Changeable fellow facing predicament after pressure goes (6) 69 Drill by duke, old Frenchman, brings tedium (7) 72 Support vital commodity in dull, remote place (9) 73 Quay proving endlessly difficult in western France (5) 74 Leading U.S. magazine having originality? (5-4) 79 A ship going round Italy is unchanged (2,2) 81 Mistake in dismissing affection (5) 82 Loud clamour broadcast near duchy (3,3,3) 83 First person to study screen symbol (4) 85 Impression made by four notes on court (6) 86 Media heavyweight rejected rubbish plan for the most part (6) 87 Butch speaks out to shift responsibility elsewhere (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Bemoan start of worsening trouble (4) 2 A trial detaining Republican is not moving (2,4) 3 Recluse in back of church replaced timer (6) 4 Flat is demolished above yard? That’s an untruth (7) 5 Obstruct large building (5) 6 Tackle item requiring repair as very dependable person? (4,6) 7 Swear in place for racing with Oscar gone (5) 8 Temporarily supply a factory worker to assist (4,1,4) 9 Deduce number in conflagration (7) 10 Some taste warm casserole (4) 11 Become tired and miserable? Get signal to stop (4,4) 15 Indian food beginning to sell in Pacific island nation (6) 21 Some noble qualities in peer (5) 24 Indifferent tune played by artist with length (7) 25 Waylay Welsh politician with ex-U.S. president (6) 26 Rupture in putsch is magnified (6) 28 Claim job covering island (5) 29 Small poster lacking cheer? (3) 33 Support with energy partner (7) 34 Senior nurse changed rota in case of malfunction (6) 37 Late pitch by director before company’s end (5) 40 Leading pair of Glaswegians given honour, spherical object (5) 41 Getting on with the German left in Cambridgeshire place (7) 43 Excuse made by liberal in capital (5) 44 Last aim with reform of euro, nothing less (6) 46 Cold dish, source of satisfaction with a young male (5) 49 Old boy curiously likes tapering pillar (7) 51 Boyfriend, extremely tidy and attractive person (6) 53 Priest with militant lot in rebellion (6) 55 Burglar exposed in part in dazzling light (5) 58 Averse to the boxer’s blow and out of trouble (3,3,4) 60 Selfishness shown by European before golf round (3) 62 Turbulent weather in forest or mountains (5) 63 Look similar to fake treat when reviewed (4,5) 65 Act cautiously in sport in which money is confided (4,4) 68 Awkward position, feature in a football match (6) 70 A criminal thug within walls of hostelry is arrogant (7) 71 Debate usage (not half) in Norfolk town (7) 75 Yen to enter battered chest to get agricultural implement (6) 76 Lag behind without a jacket for boy — or hat (6) 77 Worth in some rituals (5) 78 Fantastic patron with no end of vigour readily available (2,3) 80 Look for Punjabi religious adherent, it’s said (4) 84 Individual touring Cuba previously (4)