GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Moody noble arranged pay
for killers (5,5) 14 U.S. actress at college in
detailed photo (5-2) 15 Drive shown by rugby player starts
to enthuse lots (6) 16 Priest over year developed part of
church service (6) 17 Bring together group of nuns
shortly with energy (7) 18 Woman captivated by two
directions of the moon (5) 19 Each hoot at intervals makes
resounding sound (4) 20 Wily craftsman retains
stretchy fabric (5) 21 Pale chess player (5) 22 Petty rogue heading off round
Switzerland gets irritable (6) 23 Fellow after quitting clubs
is content (5) 28 Something to batter section in
defensive mound (7) 30 English conductor behind piano in
empty talk (7) 33 Create step to include European
and end hostility (4,5) 36 Ted if excited about gig’s opening
gets to move about restlessly (6) 38 Note representation of love in
literary work (5) 39 Schoolboy in class might need this
figure of authority (5) 40 Trickery possibly cited around end
of game (6) 42 Stomach thing that rings
by yard (5) 43 Stupid fellow wasted his
loot mostly (7) 44 I may get nervous about operation
for short-sightedness (6) 46 A U.S. singer curtailed dull pain (4) 49 Second postman in tiff (4) 51 Hate a hotel requiring
renovation (6) 53 Expert working gets to
proceed at speed (5,2) 55 Gluttonously feed crowd (5) 59 Improvement after period of
decline in spring (6) 60 Instant pull recalled in tycoon (5) 61 Duke of a sinister sort,
wicked person (5) 62 Dash shown by English actor with
the French (6) 63 Don in fact revitalised
close friend (9) 65 A French woman in Cyprus
proves weird (7) 66 Abandon in sides of car
butcher’s knife (7) 70 Part of kitchen contains source of
this smell (5) 71 Director in Irish county left out for
time below par (3-3) 73 Understand, for example, in retreat
small bird (3,2) 75 Outdated fool taking part
in exercise (5) 80 Power attracting group
in conspiracy (4) 82 Additional section in text raised (5) 83 Work after part of autumn to find
marine creature (7) 84 See English at the margins in
highlighted text (6) 85 Train group of swimmers (6) 86 A thing put forward about origin of
critical reception (7) 87 Eccentric too in album in an
exposed position (3,2,1,4)
DOWN
1 France overturning regulation largely on railway creates sudden commotion (6) 2 Unusual word by a practitioner principally for beauty treatment (4,4) 3 Sergeant major facing disgust for smug grin (5) 4 Good number with cold Greek character have small dumplings (7) 5 Young swan and small seal mentioned (6) 6 Southern set of sailors require tightening device (5) 7 Strong note scribbled in part (6) 8 Disappoint woman about apartment (7) 9 Undecided input, I hear, for review (2,2,3,3) 10 Jet from Sweden given right to enter place (5) 11 Miss fine expert and suffer indignity (4,4) 12 Element in some shareholders’ network (4) 24 U.S. actor is beginning to hover, being quite hungry (7) 25 Short journey on banks of Tyne proves banal (5) 26 Remain after dropping a set of items for worker in a salon (7) 27 Teacher of authority with method for making progress (7) 29 Titled figure raised in Austria and Spain gets to come up (5) 31 Opponent from Rhode Island and Virginia on lake (5) 32 Praise on radio for peer (4) 34 A new attempt by artist to get silky hair (6) 35 Remove outer skin from fish initially without specialised knowledge (4) 37 A container below set for tasteless powder (7) 41 Drinking mat one’s first seen in varied crates (7) 45 Footballer inspiring love and passion firstly in population (6) 47 Work lay around study previously (7) 48 Greek with Austrian racing driver promoted by small degrees (7) 50 Argument in favour of very old revered figure as college dignitary (7) 52 Elevated part of leg lacking cover (4) 54 Fearful group from Midlands city
putting out judge (5) 56 Cornish flower overlooks restricted
spot? That’s untrue (5) 57 Mistake to exclude German group
of families (4) 58 Crafty conduct, we’re told, for
a period (5) 60 Weak figure mismanaged a
town’s farm (3,2,5) 64 Party role (8) 67 How a sale is ruined generally (2,1,5) 68 Put forward a verse penned by
veteran English actor (7) 69 This ruse for rambling with sun gone
is hairy (7) 72 One may work for historically
small farmer (6) 74 Use first person in turn on device (6) 76 Single man losing heart is earnest (6) 77 Three directions followed by woman
lacking a degree afresh (5) 78 Mike in past altered thing put
on letters (5) 79 Dark wood, one by ground (5)
81 Absence found among slackers (4)