GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
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ACROSS 13
The American woman’s weapon? (10)
14 The captive stashed the
gun back in the pipe (7) 15 Left early, worried
about, genuinely (6)
16 In a shake, will it make
you think “baby”? (6)
17 Held to have been
very interesting (7)
18 Puts a pound in the
battered slot and rings (5) 19 Given assistance, pass (4) 20 Accommodation for
a small horse (5)
21 In addition to the lady
wife that was (5)
22 Well, that means
winter’s over! (6)
23 That’s a tree
insect, child (5)
28 The while it takes for
clothes to bag? (7)
30 To please, say “When
folded, fits in” (7)
33 Did well but didn’t
come first (9)
36 Father goes off, returning
with a clergyman (6)
38 Snapped “Povertystricken!” (5) 39 The head of the
household (5)
40 Anything but a
great time (6)
42 Plants for the hotel the
Serb is running (5)
43 How you fared, or
pretended to? (4,3)
44 Fight to get some tips:
they’re in short supply (6) 46 Getting after to write
a column (4)
49 He may jib at paying for
the second bed! (4)
51 Negotiate, at the beginning
of the year, a pact (6)
53 Make you jab with
the cue jerkily (7)
55 Not a fictional figure
in the field (5)
59 Prefer “therefore one
has a right to” (6)
60 A very good first (5)
61 Picture as quiet (5)
62 The first two letters
posted are missing (6)
63 Love a party, getting
your fair share of (9)
65 Answered that one had depended on finding parking in (7)
66 Shone on Alf, returning
to the outhouse (7)
70 Boldness required to
make money (5)
71 The new figure entered,
enter incorrectly (6)
73 Promise, though it’s
small, to put it on (5)
75 Come upon unawares with
an eligible bachelor (5)
80 Support, while you stop
the advance of (4)
82 Afterwards the relationship
started disintegrating (5)
83 Mean to go back and have
a drink with, for entente (7) 84 Charm and a figure,
bait with (6)
85 Don’t allow to squabble
in the vehicle (6)
86 A mere twinkling before the
lad hurled the stone (7)
87 Noticeable when it’s
enunciated (10)
DOWN
1 Chap worried about going
in to give a lecture (6)
2 Bit of the page the
feature is on (8)
3 White and wooden? (5)
4 Had done without because
there’s no more left (7) 5 Information from an
expert about 506 (6)
6 Figure she is about to
catch father up (5)
7 Whispers when the
team enters (6)
8 Catch Pat concocting a
hair of the dog outside (7)
9 Not too poorly – not
too sickly (4,6)
10 New father – he’s all
of a doodah (5)
11 In the yarn, only after
the money (8)
12 Intend to criticise
the left in it (4)
24 Makes a fuss when the race is crooked, upset by (7)
25 Frighten the small mind (5) 26 Conceal nothing ourselves,
though its horrible (7)
27 Run to the ramp the
agent’s climbing up (7)
29 Bring right back, getting
one to copy (5)
31 Make amends for, with
a scribbled note (5)
32 You could live in it, even (4) 34 Scratch, with a nail,
Ellen’s initial on (6)
35 Don’t move! Put the
trophies back! (4)
37 The foreigner, I bet, will
be put in the shade (7)
41 They run from the claws (7) 45 Remember about the
key and everything (6)
47 Repeat “It takes time and
I’m lacking time” (7)
48 How greatly exaggerated
“very fat” is? (7)
50 For the dog, brought
back a red dish (7)
52 Follow back at 1.50 (4)
54 Don’t walk to the
avenue (5)
56 A sharp boy (5)
57 Had been right. The
cover for is small (4)
58 A palm flourishing beside
an English tree (5)
60 By right, getting the bonds
and possessions (10)
64 A girl or two (8)
67 A diminutive celebrity,
this bird (8)
68 Found out many derived
financial benefit from (7)
69 Fellow fighting for
the group (7)
72 Warning, in that
case, again (6)
74 Loud cries and “We’ve
made mistakes!” (6)
76 Run to get the post (6) 77 Had foozled the
trumpet playing? (5) 78 On a spring day, the English gardener will use it (5)
79 For once, prepared
to catch a boat (5)
81 Pour, you say, from
the side (4)