GIANT CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
12 Disciplines (5,2,4)
13 Plant (6)
14 Profit (6)
16 Advertisement (4)
17 Fabric (9)
18 Sways (5)
19 Walk (4)
20 Disloyal (9)
22 Join (5)
23 Scrubs (9)
27 Trip (7)
30 Drat! (6)
31 Drawing (4)
32 Bag (5)
35 Fellow (4)
36 Fell (7)
38 Trickle (4)
39 Peevishly (7)
42 Spells (6)
45 Appealing (5)
46 Paid (7)
47 Bird (4)
48 Hurt (4)
50 Says (7)
52 Pay (5)
54 Hurries (6)
56 Kidding (7)
57 Loot (4)
59 Decline (7)
61 Flower (4)
64 Fight (5)
66 So-so (4)
67 Marked (6)
69 Alighting (7)
72 Argue (4,5)
73 Zoom (5)
74 Famous ship (9)
79 Miss (4)
81 Throw (5)
82 Painting (3,6)
83 Hints (4)
85 Notice (6)
86 Abdicate (6)
87 Forte (6,5)
DOWN
1 Great fun (4)
2 Altitude (6)
3 Gun (6)
4 Love (7)
5 Available (2,3)
6 Crotchety (3-7)
7 Open (5)
8 Garment (5,4)
9 Glass (7)
10 Prevent (4)
11 Goes in (8)
15 Quail (6)
21 Humiliate (5)
24 Oppose (7)
25 Two (6)
26 Run (6)
28 Great (5)
29 Obtained (3)
33 Delightful (7)
34 Soft (6)
37 Fruit (5)
40 Dissolute (5)
41 Shone (7)
43 Pull (5)
44 Well (6)
46 Cut (5)
49 Error (7)
51 Deserts (6)
53 Panted (6)
55 Dense (5)
58 Be connected (3,7)
60 Drink (3)
62 Weapon (5)
63 Obligatory (9)
65 Crazy (8)
68 Throng (6)
70 Coins (7)
71 Warning (7)
75 Search (6)
76 Choice (6)
77 Game (5)
78 Cross (5)
80 Shame (4)
84 Colour (4)
CRYPTIC
ACROSS
12 Gets hold of and disciplines (5,2,4)
13 Plant a number within
the protection of (6)
14 Profits from the
come-back (6)
16 Stop for an ad (4)
17 Man getting into a train
bundled in a sheet (9)
18 Isn’t firm ice (5)
19 Walk quietly beside one (4)
20 Disloyal and a nonbeliever (9)
22 Join at a quarter
past one (5)
23 Scrubs the marks (9)
27 A trip dad’s wise
to go on (7)
30 Drat! The herb must be
chopped to sprinkle in (6)
31 Drawing a large face
on the outside (4)
32 Persuading to unpack
half the bag (5)
35 A sore spot with
the fellow (4)
36 Had fallen and torn
the time before (7)
38 Fall, though not in a big
way, for a bore (4)
39 How you spoke to someone trying? (7)
42 Burn the writing on magic spells (6)
45 The two of us set about being nice to (5)
46 Had come down on so one paid one’s bills (7)
47 Something with feathers – or fleece (4)
48 Hurt with a hydrogen weapon? (4)
50 Says, as one gives new grades to (7)
52 Taking a long time to get to the point on pay (5)
54 Attacks plants (6)
56 Get in trouble about, when only kidding (7)
57 Returned some of the gewgaws – stolen property (4)
59 One’s family background reveals a comedown (7)
61 The name is white (4)
64 Not much to contend with (5)
66 So-so: not raining (4)
67 Was heard and was seen to have been dealt with (6)
69 Alighting and being swallowed by the fish (7)
72 Are not unspeakable, you argue (4,5)
73 Fly back, too, after mum (5)
74 Plant that’s not guaranteed to bloom? (9)
79 It’s spring, miss (4)
81 Chuck it at the hole, child (5)
82 Painting of a greyhaired man wearing a mortarboard? (3,6)
83 Hints there will be extra money (4)
85 Notice, after turning again (6)
86 Reconcile yourself to and give up (6)
87 The debater’s forte? (6,5)
DOWN
1 Fun you have playing tennis (4)
2 It’s hard to figure how tall you are (6)
3 Having had a lot to drink, raises the gun (6)
4 Squandering riches, hard to love (7)
5 The name and number came up with “Available” (2,3)
6 Crotchety and of sickly disposition (3-7)
7 Open again at the end of August (5)
8 One garment for the man, two for the woman (5,4)
9 Shout at the last struggling girl (7)
10 Don’t allow to return the containers (4)
11 Advances, from the profits (8)
15 “Quail is a bird”, left in (6)
21 Having a go at, to humiliate (5)
24 Will oppose, he reckons (7)
25 Two fifty and the car is outside (6)
26 Run the pair in, caught in the street (6)
28 Presumably the top turns will be great (5)
29 Having to dress up irritated one (3)
33 In women’s disguise, I am delightful! (7)
34 Not hard cash (6)
37 Certain times of year when
the fruit appears (5)
40 A libertine, having no
firm attachment (5)
41 Shone, showing Alf
returning to the building (7)
43 Pull the male and the female up (5)
44 Well in a few months (6)
46 Cut we were unhappy about (5)
49 First to go in, make a boob (7)
51 Angry about the war, deserts (6)
53 Having turned the pages, many sounded shocked (6)
55 Therefore the cover is dense (5)
58 Manage to speak to and obtain by means of (3,7)
60 Vocal support for nonalcoholic brink (3)
62 Not a gun man (5)
63 And to replace the name on the outside is essential (9)
65 Drug after drug – it’s crazy (8)
68 There are many funny words meaning “throngs” (6)
70 Policeman don’t make much money(7)
71 A card with a warning (7)
75 Seek to find the silver hidden in the van (6)
76 Making work into play is an alternative (6)
77 Button up close to bridge (5)
78 Peeved by the word “verminous” (5)
80 A shame it interrupted the happy ending (4)
84 A little embarrassed by what the girl was wearing (4)