GIANT CROSSWORD
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13 Say when (4,3,3)
14 Boarding house (7)
15 Addicted to (6)
16 Rattled (6)
17 Study (7)
18 Herd (5)
19 Order (4)
20 Catches (5)
21 Smallest (5)
22 With it (6)
23 Rage (5)
28 Chirp (7)
30 Soon (7)
33 Striking (9)
36 Laugh (6)
38 Tresses (5)
39 Attracted (5)
40 Come out (6)
42 Runs out (5)
43 Agree (7)
44 Individual (6)
46 Quantity (4)
49 Smile (4)
51 Against (6)
53 Order (7)
55 Rod (5)
59 Thinks (6)
60 Fathead (5)
61 Increase (5)
62 Burning (3-3)
63 Lucky (9)
65 Mistake (7)
66 Conflicts (7)
70 Support (5)
71 Fighting (6)
73 Stream (5)
75 Crowd (5)
80 Tiff (4)
82 Yellow (5)
83 Perfection (2,5)
84 Charming (6)
85 Quarrel (4,2)
86 Savings (4-3)
87 Gathering (8,2)
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1 Parent (6)
2 Liking (4,4)
3 A fancy (5)
4 Stuck (7)
5 Avoid (6)
6 Country (5)
7 Meaning (6)
8 Toyed (7)
9 Song (3,3,4)
10 Paper (5)
11 Painting (8)
12 Wicked (4)
24 Ladies’ man (3,4)
25 Listened to (5)
26 Donation (7)
27 Kidding (7)
29 Pen (5)
31 Horses (5)
32 Woman (4)
34 Recess (6)
35 Dead (4)
37 Fooled (5,2)
41 Said (7)
45 Dolly (6)
47 Stopping (7)
48 Except for (7)
50 Sympathy (7)
52 Launch (4)
54 Compel (5)
56 Intimate (5)
57 Properly (4)
58 Procedure (5)
60 Unconcern (10)
64 Infants (4,4)
67 Awful (8)
68 Musician (7)
69 Outline (7)
72 Song (6)
74 Look (6)
76 Exhausted (4,2)
77 Mistakes (5)
78 Is boring (5)
79 Room (5)
81 As well as (4)
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13 Possibly mean “had yet to say when” (4,3,3) 14 After prison, is back on subsistence money (7) 15 Might he do all right in, once addicted to? (6) 16 Rattled, has gone off to get the man (6) 17 Look closely at what was once an explosive (7) 18 From a lot of animals, a number stray (5) 19 Order to disclose (4) 20 Catches “Time to fight back” (5)
21 Large, unfortunately eats the smallest (5) 22 Capturing a final score with it (6)
23 Did I drop in to pay him? (5)
28 “It’s a teaser”, you chirp (7) 30 Soon, in a word (7) 33 Stopping from striking (9) 36 Laugh at the bird. A tern that’s lost its tail (6) 38 Holds the hair (5)
39 Had depicted as being attracted by (5)
40 Come out and talk about right through (6)
42 Runs out to get the said vegetables (5) 43 Agree on the second and the money’s sent round (7) 44 Somebody for each child (6)
46 Time to nip back for a drink (4) 49 “Some marginally wrong” makes you smile (4) 51 Against putting back again in a different vase (6) 53 Order minced meat as well in (7)
55 Rod does become attached to (5) 59 Thinks it’s so wrong to have a wood interior (6) 60 Caught in the nude misbehaving, silly twit! (5) 61 Is a turbulence in about to increase? (5) 62 Sizzling when he’d thrown in? Rubbish! (3-3) 63 Lucky for the fish – a little tench (9)
65 Giving back a pound too little, by mistake (7) 66 Fights – and he is in form (7) 70 Provides support so you put up with (5)
71 Getting into trouble on account of fighting (6) 73 Swallow a lot of water (5) 75 He carries a rod, moving among the crowd (5) 80 Said with fury, when having a tiff (4)
82 A lone, shambling figure in yellow (5) 83 Might include “A
Rolls Royce and the perfect man” (2,5) 84 A charming “Thanks, your Majesty” (6)
85 Put back on the coach, there’s a fight (4-2) 86 Gets information about the return from savings (4-3) 87 Gathering one’s increasing the number to a tidy sum (8,2)
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1 The priest is not slim – not him (6)
2 A liking for the effete, you notice (4,4)
3 A fancy woman, accommodates in (5)
4 Stuck by the lady, in dead trouble (7)
5 Avoid revealing how
you gained entry (6)
6 “Foreign country” gives you a small twinge (5)
7 Meaning “the number in the tin is variable (6)
8 Played with and cheated (7)
9 Song the valet won’t request (3,3,4)
10 Is he prepared to cover for the paper? (5)
11 Left by artist. It is a painting (8)
12 Yielded to a temptation that was wicked (4)
24 A ladies’ man and a fellow Spaniard (3,4)
25 Listened to the man, a retired doctor (5)
26 Now for the donation (7)
27 For an offence, interred in Newgate? You’re kidding! (7)
29 Said “OK, be a journalist!” (5)
31 Writers on “The Equine Gazette?” (5)
32 The woman and boy got my half (4)
34 With a large bloke, in recess (6)
35 The ex is dead (4)
37 Fooled by, had included (5,2)
41 Said to put grass all round (7)
45 A dolly on a chair? (6)
47 Stopping to create a gap to let us in through (7)
48 Not allowing – with the exception of (7)
50 Mean to stand a drink to, having sympathy for (7)
52 Launch second last (4)
54 Make for energy (5) 56 Intimate it’s neck and neck (5)
57 Properly, in water (4)
58 Make a hole in; that’s the procedure (5)
60 Unconcern for the soldiers (10)
64 Minuscule shorts for children (4,4)
67 Into the gin’s poured wine. It’s awful (8)
68 Musician who’s goodygoody. A potential saint (7)
69 Outline for the many traveling (7)
72 A song, or how far up the charts it’s got? (6)
74 Look that shows respect (6)
76 Exhausted, having been decorating (4,2)
77 Mistakes for the lingerie department (5)
78 As regards changing the ending: it’s boring (5)
79 Painting the room (5)
81 Sign that there’s a tot on the way (4)