GIANT CROSSWORD

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12 Saving by putting in brine? (7,4)

Give way and belt up (6) “He’s over fifty,” I put in (6) A yen to incite (4)

Will the mates fit into the tent? (9) Challenged father about again (5) Whacks – or beats it (4) Is it eaten at a high tea? (6,3) Stamp with a name (5) Convey to – that you can’t sign your name? (3,6) Why a burst of anger would be crazy (7) Excited by, or perhaps inured to (6)

Stick with the foreigner (4) It’s red and blinking (5) Are worried by the fellow – are afraid of (4) He is aiming to get a dog (7)

Half the people have a justification (4) When back comes the diner to order fish (7) Think the notice displayed outside was funny (6) 13 14 16 17

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Untried as a recreation area (5)

Jeer at the veto of torture (7)

Shoots to a halt, having reversed (4)

The dog will carry the ball back? Excellent (4) Understand an attendant is responsible for the leak (7) Rod gets a ticking off (5) Loving the dog, carrying the can for (6)

On the lead – the lead the female brought in (7) Run back to bolt (4)

Are they not long in the boxing ring? (7)

The doctor’s bag? (4) Teach the knack of backing in (5)

The horse cantered round the ring (4)

The affair does have importance (6)

Short of time, recruited willy-nilly (7)

The plant, a weed, spreads in a while (9) Cuts the bangs (5)

The charming finale, are performing in (9) 79 81 82 83 85 86 87

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1 Not bad, for a blonde (4) 2 Swear to get at before the match (6)

Grab and get just a little bit of (6) Treatment requiring a whole lot of time (7) Hackneyed start to “Albanian disorganization” (5) Having mastered, said no more (8,2) Is slippery for small children (5)

Sadly, rip into shreds (9) String one fractionally 3 4 5 6 7

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Catch making a comeback in the role of (4) Fought for the gun we had gone in to get (5) Said goodbye and went on holiday (4,5) Fish with no accompaniments? (4) With the girlfriend, be involved in an argument (6) Complained about the eggbeater and whisk (6) Floored to find price reduced (7,4) 10 11 15 21 24 25 26

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41 43 44 along by being friendly (7) Go round but don’t knock (4)

Let out into the grasscovered meadows (8) Is informed many a snare has been set by (6) Stick right inside and a bird appears (5) Leading by a lap, you gather (5,2)

Don’t like a lot: peculiar man (6) Seem, when you come on stage (6) Is effective in the factory (5) Bark to be taken up, as usual (3) One-time wear for an athlete (7) Stained and it’s noticeable (6)

Extent of prairie (5)

Still hanging in the wardrobe? That’s impossible! (3,2) Giving the chop to for misusing the computer (7) A creature in some trouble: a duck (5)

The so-and-so threw it at (6) 46

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Arrests when one vandalises (5)

Hate to find out kids lie (7) A spring will teem with them (6) Moved in with the child – a boy (6)

In a short time they get attached to animals (5) On which all the nuts in your ancestry can be seen? (6,4)

The gentleman is turning right (3)

A cold back (5)

The next is a stalker (9) Member of the press about to have a drink (8) Hint to quietly that it’s very good (6)

Was full of how one had climbed up (7) Smart, you imagine from an early age (7) Giving one twice the time (6)

Settle into again, putting airs on (6) Saying “Notice the time” (5) Deposit a pound in, or nothing (5) 80 84

Conference for one couple overheard (4) Material for a grass skirt? (4)