GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Ensure tackier name
gets replaced (4,7)
13 By the sound of it, take
a risk in frolic (6)
14 Ban a lout misbehaving
in front of women (6)
16 With no end of relish, brandish
Japanese drink (4)
17 Steady application shown by Nigel
playing in game of chance (9)
18 In centre of item, secure thread (5) 19 Wait awhile with U.S. president
not quite present (4)
20 Information let out by staff
for courteous fellow (9)
22 Work hard installing first of
wiring in country house (5)
23 A lot of criticism surrounding
at first numerical fact (9)
27 What computing students often do is
to strive hard to achieve aim (2,3,2) 30 Uncivil speaker’s place
to play golf (6)
31 Husband for all to see has
very loud fit of anger (4)
32 See eye to eye with a supporter
of the environment largely (5)
35 Network beset by
some shambles (4)
36 Tire out Karen after running
around outskirts of Cork (7)
38 Number I have contracted
after opening of factory (4)
39 Envy lot that’s
manufactured trinket (7)
42 Disgusting place found
before short journey (6)
45 Mouldy yeast up till now (2,3)
46 Accept as valid unit
boy damaged (3,4)
47 Cistern badly smelt? Not initially (4) 48 Female domestic servant
is forced to listen (4)
50 Wading bird seized with
teeth seabird (7)
52 Second fair-sized person
gets to collapse (5)
54 Support for a camera?
Drop it mistakenly (6)
56 Direct differently tour getting
disorientated in middle of green (7) 57 Final character at home with
Conservative element (4)
59 Wait at college to
present food? (5,2)
61 Hide after leaving river and inlet (4) 64 First signs of hostile army viewing
one clearly chaotic state (5)
66 A military group held
back at a distance (4)
67 Male of lowly origins from the East
End gets to speak indistinctly (6)
69 Occupy the attention of English
and U.S. soul singer (7)
72 Actions by criminal showing
stubbornness (9)
73 Severe sound of Irish author (5)
74 Chronicler of past reworked his
intro to incorporate article (9)
79 Lodge in Cornish resort
(not person’s home) (4)
81 One wearing revolutionary
ring in pale purple (5)
82 Tasty drink backed by
a group of diners (9)
83 This person follows good
amateur contest (4)
85 Frequent tract of open land (6)
86 Disturbance turns out to
cover end of June (6)
87 Lively fellow with unusually
baleful son (4,2,5)
DOWN
1 Festivity held in Portugal annually (4) 2 Modern park supported by European conservationists (6)
3 Try to sell part of a bicycle reportedly (6) 4 Excellent learner enthralled by varied alerts (7) 5 Blockade I see developing around front of garage (5)
6 Look after fantastic cake for tea (4,4,2)
7 A graduate with outsiders in time gets to become less intense (5) 8 Volatile pal in slight disagreement
is initiator of lawsuit (9) 9 Uprightness shown by British Olympian about place of retreat (7) 10 Attempt to raise nocturnal animals (4)
11 Len and Linda tampered with traditional phone connection (8) 15 Engineer warns about initially easy solution to a problem (6)
21 Call out first woman to acquire sign of approval (5) 24 Propose golf among excited guests (7) 25 Unsophisticated people, for example, lacking essential character (6) 26 Harry Greek character getting very, very disheartened (6) 28 Alternative element found in riot here (5)
29 Annoy Irish clerk ultimately (3) 33 Set of players acquiring a note with a card game (7) 34 Mention of duo getting dismissal additionally (2,4) 37 Betray queen a huge amount (3,2) 40 Eccentric got to embrace a new ballroom dance (5) 41 Somehow step in to acquire page or small extract (7) 43 Custom with silver in American exchange principally (5)
44 Ted and Bea clashed in discussion (6) 46 Foundation producing book in an unchanged state (5) 49 Doctor with work disclosed has to withdraw (4,3)
51 Eastern fighter about to become political exile (6)
53 Rowdy organisation in New York certainly lacking leader (6) 55 Suffer ruin sadly admitting first of convictions (5)
58 Happen to reach route
through mountains? (4,2,4)
60 Writer’s enclosure (3)
62 Pleasing view captured
by Fauvist artist (5)
63 Ordinary female following green,
maybe, is slightly unwell (3,6)
65 Fundamentally, where sediment
is found in a bottle? (2,6)
68 Sculptors might use this ball
of coloured glass (6)
70 Slight knowledge in U.S author
about source of literature (7)
71 Pressure that is detrimental
around large type of horse (7)
75 Start proceedings with support
for drivers cancelled (3,3)
76 Hardy team sport endlessly
followed by daughter (6)
77 Twenty in southern central part (5) 78 Casually play famous trumpet
without external elements (5)
80 One lacking backbone with
mischievous child (4)
84 Scholar, individual with no
love for flowing hair (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
12 Ensure (4,7)
13 Frolic (6)
14 Ban (6)
16 Japanese
drink (4)
17 Assiduity (9)
18 Thread (5)
19 Wait a
while (4)
20 Courteous
fellow (9)
22 Perspire (5)
23 Numerical
fact (9)
27 Do utmost to achieve aim (2,3,2)
30 Uncivil (6)
31 Fit of anger (4) 32 Accord
with (5)
35 Network (4) 36 Tire out (7)
38 Number (4)
39 Trinket (7)
42 Rotting (6)
45 Up till now (2,3) 46 Accept as
valid (3,4)
47 Cistern (4)
48 Female domestic
servant (4)
50 Wading bird (7) 52 Collapse (5)
54 Three-legged
stand (6)
56 Direct
differently (7)
57 Metallic
element (4)
59 Present for
consumption (5,2) 61 Inlet (4)
64 Chaos (5)
66 At a distance (4) 67 Speak
indistinctly (6) 69 Absorb (7)
72 Stubbornness (9) 73 Severe (5)
74 Chronicler
of past (9)
79 Lodge (4)
81 Pale purple
colour (5)
82 Tasty (9)
83 Contest (4)
85 Frequent (6)
86 Disturbance (6) 87 Lively (4,2,5)
DOWN
1 Festivity (4) 2 Modern (6) 3 Try to sell (6) 4 Excellent (7) 5 Blockade (5) 6 Look
after (4,4,2) 7 Subside (5)
8 Initiator of
lawsuit (9)
9 Uprightness (7)
10 Attempt (4)
11 Traditional telephone connection (8)
15 Respond (6)
21 Call out (5)
24 Propose (7)
25 Unsophisticated (6) 26 Harry (6)
28 Alternative (5)
29 Annoy (3)
33 Card game (7)
34 Additionally (2,4)
37 Betray (3,2)
40 Ballroom
dance (5)
41 Brief extract (7)
43 Custom (5)
44 Discussion (6)
46 Foundation (5)
49 Withdraw (4,3)
51 Political exile (6)
53 Rowdy (6)
55 Suffer (5)
58 Happen (4,2,4)
60 Writing
instrument (3)
62 A pleasing
view (5)
63 Slightly
unwell (3,6)
65 Fundamentally (2,6) 68 Ball of coloured
glass (6)
70 Slight
knowledge (7)
71 Black and
white horse (7)
75 Start things (3,3)
76 Sturdy (6)
77 Tally (5)
78 Casually play (5)
80 Cowardly
person (4)
84 Flowing hair (4)