GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Bruce awkwardly retains
two marks on a French and Dutch waistband (10)
14 Top drink taken by group
of engineers (7)
15 Motive about a crooner’s
work largely (6)
16 Retired gentleman entering
place is stickler (6)
17 Miniature scene I love in
staged production (7)
18 Prank is part of pageant
I created (5)
19 Fence with bushes in the
East End as a boundary (4)
20 Scope to return watch, maybe (5) 21 Togetherness shown by
military group by yard (5)
22 Disposition in countryside (6)
23 Trace one-masted fishing vessel (5) 28 Mass of pebbles from
English ground (7)
30 Remove from ground a hunter
in a drunken state (7)
33 Greek character upset pontiff
showing roll of fatty flesh (6,3)
36 Man is agitated about unionist
displaying hatred (6)
38 Fashionable article in Spanish
tourist accommodation (5)
39 Criticism received by good
hospital for chart (5)
40 Make contact with Kelvin in
small room at college (4,2)
42 Something that could haunt ultimately ageing entertainer (5)
43 Radioactive metal found briefly
in middle of hut? (7)
44 A Frenchman, idiot with Bob,
rejected mark of shame (6)
46 Pioneering female close to
entrepreneur always (4)
49 Company associated with old
woman in unconscious state (4)
51 Information held in a depleted
company for body supplying jobs (6) 53 Wintery period on river and island
in France proves feverish (7)
55 Who in Marseille starts to
clean keels for fleet? (5)
59 Leading facility after switch gets
to become less frantic? (4,2)
60 Briefly show distinctive mark
on a uniform (5)
61 Sample element in diet
as termed (5)
62 Figure we left with Victor in
confines of terrace (6)
63 Imagine coup June arranged?
About right (7,2)
65 Economical group in
health resort? (7)
66 Female is certain to find crack (7)
70 Pressure departed to
make dish (5)
71 Show about delicate meat (6)
73 Tree in a second enclosure (5)
75 Phrase for piece of
upholstered furniture (5)
80 Some tyrant inevitably
is hostile (4)
82 Here’s first love among
refined set showing moral quality (5)
83 Attempt before haul’s distributed
to get beef stew (7)
84 Workers’ group beginning to
repudiate offer that’s opaque (6)
85 Approval for rosette (6)
86 Declare again break at
end of lecture (7)
87 Disguised hint by first of
officials probing corrupt enemy that’s well-to-do (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 Elaborate ruse to cover second
person in France’s stitching (6) 2 Aim to refurbish mini boat (8) 3 Start to consider price for wooden container (5) 4 Potential mate in the U.S. with tailless dog (7)
5 Skilful director among a trio at work (6)
6 Two points, for example, in written piece (5) 7 Republican blocks European monarchy? That’s a wrench (6) 8 Maybe a fine way to score a goal in football? (7)
9 Obtain a telephone connection to finish (3,7)
10 Follow part of an album (5) 11 South American line altered names for commercial traveller (8)
12 Bad smell from section of shop on grounds (4)
24 College with rule so devised for shutdown (7) 25 World-weary bishop adjusted seal (5) 26 Risky places for traditional games with no end of chatter (7) 27 Dump furniture initially trapped by a flood sadly (7)
29 Intuition from husband before meal lacking starter (5) 31 Unacceptable time in the middle of the day (3,2)
32 From the south, amateur obtained draped garment (4) 34 Order an accumulation of electricity (6)
35 Ship’s officer losing energy when round small part of a ship (4) 37 Service over period for body kneading (7)
41 Employ excessively trick to support cooker largely (7) 45 Rating’s last walkway to find ship’s cooking area (6)
47 King faces a minute section in defensive wall (7) 48 Cricketer’s first for all to see among list of competitors to get big score? (7) 50 Characteristic of honoured names, having continued success? (2,1,4) 52 Noise from a bird concealing large hooked nail (4)
54 Sticky exudation is somewhat
more sinister (5)
56 Screen something provided
by an insurer (5)
57 Cut short journey on the
south side of Cuba (4)
58 Blemish shown by old Communist
leader, no liberal (5)
60 Brass instrument gets hung –
or fell mistakenly (10)
64 Abandon plane before it’s
malfunctioning in operation (8)
67 Indicate in turn secure
place to display cars (8)
68 Carry on upsetting priests (7)
69 Exercise with onset of this shimmering heat is major dislike (3,4)
72 Record Jack in the morning
in deadlock (6)
74 Problem in radio reception
not shifting? (6)
76 Councillor given current security
device has surprised expression (6) 77 Roundish fruit from Lancashire
town, we hear (5)
78 Powerful figure on board in
New York borough briefly (5)
79 Precipitous street starts to exercise
easygoing passengers (5)
81 Trim novice absent at the fringes (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Waistband (10)
14 Highest (7)
15 Motive (6)
16 Stickler (6)
17 Miniature
scene (7)
18 Caper (5)
19 Boundary (4)
20 Scope (5)
21 Togetherness (5) 22 Condition (6)
23 Slap (5)
28 Mass of
pebbles (7)
30 Disinter (7)
33 Roll of fatty
flesh (6,3)
36 Hatred (6)
38 Lodging
place (5)
39 Diagram (5)
40 Make contact
with (4,2)
42 Apparition (5) 43 Radioactive
metal (7)
44 Mark of
disgrace (6)
46 Always (4)
49 Unconscious
state (4)
51 Effect (6)
53 Feverish (7)
55 Rapid (5)
59 Become less
acute (4,2)
60 Streak (5)
61 Sample (5)
62 Dozen (6)
63 Imagine (7,2) 65 Economical (7) 66 Crack (7)
70 Dish (5)
71 Show (6)
73 Tree (5)
75 Sofa (5)
80 Opposed (4) 82 Moral quality (5) 83 Beef stew (7)
84 Muddy (6)
85 Approval (6)
86 Declare
again (7)
87 Well-to-do (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 Stitching (6)
2 Aim (8)
3 Container (5)
4 Potential (7)
5 Skilful (6)
6 Written piece (5)
7 Wrench (6)
8 Punishment (7) 9 Finish (3,7)
10 Follow (5)
11 Commercial traveller (8) 12 Bad smell (4)
24 Shutdown (7)
25 World-weary (5) 26 Risky (7)
27 Dump (7)
29 Intuition (5)
31 Unacceptable (3,2) 32 Draped
garment (4)
34 Accuse (6)
35 Pole that
carries sails (4)
37 Body kneading (7) 41 Employ too
much (7)
45 Ship’s cooking
area (6)
47 Defensive
wall (7)
48 Hundred
years (7)
50 Having continuing
success (2,1,4)
52 A hooked
nail (4)
54 Sticky
exudation (5)
56 Wrapping (5)
57 Cut (4)
58 Discolour (5)
60 Brass
instrument (10) 64 Abandon (8)
67 Place to
display cars (8) 68 Carry on (7)
69 Major dislike (3,4) 72 Deadlock (6)
74 Not moving (6) 76 Surprised
expression (6)
77 Roundish
fruit (5)
78 Female ruler (5) 79 Precipitous (5)
81 Trim (4)