GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Fellow in wisdom not to be replaced? It’s undecided (2,3,5) 14 Ramp I’d moved around yard in monumental structure (7) 15 Team playing around middle of July has talisman (6)
16 Old man taken with tailless bird in tree (6)
17 One to join union in cafe surprisingly close to office (7) 18 Chuckle from individual lately — before a disgusted expression (5) 19 Essential bit in mining area hospital (4)
20 Allow a major road to divide borders of district (5)
21 Bar initially switched for young swimmer? (5) 22 Sweltering day after onset of rebellion amid awful riot (6) 23 Misgiving has equal merit in part (5) 28 Unusually grey form without marks, a fake document (7)
30 Law Kay broke when circling western path (7)
33 Get current solicitor to discuss differences at length? (4,2,3)
36 Mix up book featuring in large novel (6)
38 Pick up again some polystyrene, wisely (5)
39 Steer thing relied upon by tourists? (5)
40 Engineer raced around a covered passage with arches (6)
42 Show again English contact sport within limits of reason (5) 43 Slope in clubs bothered Neil (7) 44 Witty type embracing source of satire that’s universal (6) 46 Standard section in manor, maybe (4)
49 Detect something undesirable on face? (4) 51 Inquisitive priest with unknown character in front of garden (6) 53 Tip Pete for mending tube for transferring fluid (7) 55 Footwear and first piece of hosiery in stall (5)
59 We ran nervously around river and densely populated building (6)
60 Move period of work (5) 61 Some recoil at tepid type of coffee (5)
62 Woven white jumper finally gets to fade (6)
63 Move round tent for entertainment almost behind schedule (9) 65 Distinctive places for swimming around island (7)
66 Show sadness about check passing article in a raw state (7) 70 Colourless gas kept back in Lebanon, extensively (5)
71 Get on and change list of aims (6) 73 It could show first signs of damage in very old turf? (5) 75 Turn away a person looking after pets? About right (5) 80 Search for Punjabi resident, reportedly (4) 82 Companion wearing ordinary khaki-coloured fabric (5) 83 Diffident graduate has awkward flush (7) 84 Rudimentary knowledge in this way found in much of headquarters (6) 85 Put holes in support by church (6) 86 Include within underwater vehicle total luggage ultimately (7) 87 Eccentric devours Zen for an appointed meeting (10)
DOWN
1 Supply a fine make of car (6) 2 Enlargement in southern island capital (not to north) (8)
3 Some at Rome regularly showing ingratiating behaviour (5)
4 Quick breathing if Len’s agitated about start of fuss (7) 5 Grounds in Eastern country (6) 6 Dot and Bob with
Gregory, perhaps (5) 7 Apprehend Arab before others (6) 8 Beseech leader of industry further to tour place (7)
9 Give a ruling on idea a DJ cut out (10) 10 Final part of journey with eight from Germany in sailing boat (5) 11 One-piece garment is put mistakenly below half of sweater (4,4)
12 Opening eventually described (4) 24 Run Aled organised to wash and iron (7)
25 Cursory set of instructions about a job (5)
26 Suddenly changing direction with sign amended around London suburb (7)
27 First person turning up in chart devised for a follow-up game? (7)
29 Legally responsible female after round leading a golf exhibition’s opening (2,3) 31 Cancel a couple of notes on university lecture principally (5) 32 Water plant found in local garden (4)
34 Hysteria from U.S. musician Glenn about New Zealand (6) 35 Drunkard concealed by shadow in offices (4)
37 Learner is beset by U.S. boxer Douglas ranting (7)
41 Twist from Conservative over something wrong legally (7) 45 Miscellaneous lot milling around with European within walls of ministry (6) 47 Long, thin intelligence operative around India and Nepal lately (7) 48 Husband with idiot initially absent to find small mound (7) 50 Chocolate filling in pearl of a fancy sort (7)
52 Secure thing dealt with by a manicurist? (4) 54 Additional professional in a crowd scene? (5)
56 Free entertainment is feature of theatre attended (5) 57 Discontinue concession about first of trains (4)
58 Tower over gnome (5) 60 Compare tests again requiring revision (3,7)
64 Singer Jarvis has yen to keep right dishes in the kitchen? (8)
67 Is sort of drip in seedy bar tending to split people? (8)
68 Undo bit going wrong?
That’s not certain (2,5)
69 Leave pounds in financial institution and fail to reply (2,5)
72 Shelter not hard in shady alcove (6) 74 Weak way to describe some office employees? (6)
76 Get back note before masterstroke (6)
77 Put on a pretence and performed on stage? (5) 78 Advantage when prepared (5)
79 A pair of bishops vacated empty monastery (5)
81 Give out memo with margins missing (4)