GIANT CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
13 Deteriorate (2,8)
14 Flower (3,4)
15 First player (6)
16 Material (6)
17 Is attracted by (4,3) 18 Agrees with (5)
19 Had effect (4)
20 Yell (5)
21 Point at (5)
22 Wallop (6)
23 Fruit (5)
28 Darling (7)
30 Vegetable (7)
33 Erupts (6,3)
36 Steady (6)
38 Refuge (5)
39 Hard (5)
40 Lands (6)
42 Complain (5)
43 Longed (7)
44 Forced (6)
46 Songbird (4)
49 Stretch (4)
51 Oppose (6)
53 Willingly (7)
55 Roost (5)
59 Pulls from (6)
60 Picture (5)
61 Form (5)
62 Money (6)
63 Setting about (7,2) 65 Serious (7)
66 Refrained (7)
70 Yet (5)
71 Garment (6)
73 Pugilist (5)
75 Tree (5)
80 Whirl (4)
82 Brooks (5)
83 Rearing (7)
84 Understand (4,2) 85 Amuse (6)
86 Informs (7)
87 Assistant (4,6)
DOWN
1 Language (6)
2 Humidity (8)
3 Fury (5)
4 Vest (7)
5 Container (6)
6 Inflexible (5)
7 Bird (6)
8 Partner (7)
9 Deceive (4,6)
10 Home (5)
11 Fidgety (8)
12 Spring (4)
24 Work surface (7)
25 Presented (5)
26 Examined (7)
27 Weakness (7)
29 Observe (5)
31 Fly (5)
32 Foolhardy (4)
34 Encouragement (6) 35 Number (4)
37 Fruit (7)
41 Ship (7)
45 Bag (6)
47 Now (7)
48 Lineage (7)
50 Occupation (7)
52 Cutting (4)
54 Transactions (5)
56 Obvious (5)
57 Volcano (4)
58 Rose (5)
60 Connected with (3,7) 64 Not any more (2,6) 67 Interrupts (6,2)
68 Female name (7)
69 Film (7)
72 Strain (6)
74 Colour (6)
76 Creature (6)
77 Sees (5)
78 Break (5)
79 Stick (5)
81 Hurt (4)
CRYPTIC
ACROSS
13 Deteriorate when you return from the climb (2,8) 14 Flower you won’t find in
a beer garden? (3,4)
15 When it comes to cricket,
he’s a beginner (6)
16 For fabricating suits,
getting English material (6) 17 Is fetching and one is
attracted by (4,3)
18 Agrees with both the
right and the left (5)
19 The heartless “Too old”
had an effect on (4)
20 Yell “Close the hole in” (5) 21 Aim to be frank with (5)
22 Rubbish! There must be
an H in “leather” (6)
23 It’s a front and a
vegetable, child (5)
28 I set off carrying the
little darling (7)
30 Food for the smart,
or young (7)
33 Either escapes from or catches the skin infection (6,3)
36 Racehorses that are
not mercurial? (6)
38 Be forced at one point
to find refuge (5) 39 Being broke is very hard (5) 40 Lands on the flare path? (6) 42 Complain about
the hot drink (5)
43 Wanted, are foolishly caught by. Deny being crooked (7)
44 Forced to, had forgone
using public transport (6) 46 Being a high-flier is fun (4) 49 Reach across to get
the small skillet (4)
51 Having support, one’s going in to make a stand (6)
53 Willingly again taking
on the daily grind (7)
55 For a fish, something
to rest on (5)
59 Leans on verbally and manages to extract from (6)
60 In big letters, write
“Picture” (5)
61 Form, of a kind (5)
62 Loving bread (6)
63 Facing it and setting
about the task (7,2)
65 A serious “Art thou paid
for thy work?” (7)
66 Because one carried
on, refrained from (7) 70 Nevertheless, it’s
stagnant (5)
71 Have mum sort out
the holiday wear (6)
73 Dog responsible for a rebellion in the pet shop? (5)
75 Caught, dear, fleeing
in the wood (5)
80 Whirl round and trip (4)
82 The vessel is back in
shallow waters (5)
83 “The animal”, you say
excitedly, “is rearing” (7) 84 Will include, you
understand (4,2)
85 Put up “Road Impassable” signs just to amuse yourself? (6)
86 Reports on the various foods for non-carnivores (7)
87 Female assistant for
one day a week? (4,6)
DOWN
1 Finish in a foreign
language (6)
2 For us it seeped in:
more humidity (8)
3 In a fury about, the
egghead rang off (5) 4 One-time wear for
an athlete (7)
5 For the record, it’s
a container (6)
6 Difficult for the inflexible (5) 7 Doesn’t understand
a word it says! (6)
8 Cheat, kind of, on
one’s partner (7)
9 As a clue for “deal”, it
would be deceptive (4,6) 10 Building a hotel
by a river (5)
11 Edgy when you take
fewer breaks (8)
12 We will provide water (4) 24 He’ll see how many there
are on the work surface (7) 25 Presented to, the dope
accepted four (5)
26 Having examined,
send off the tin in (7)
27 Unable to find a fault (7)
29 Keep an eye on what
could be a cold caught (5) 31 Hard to get across? Fly (5) 32 Has gone swimming on
the river. Foolish (4)
34 Thanks for the
encouragement (6)
35 Figure nothing is
concealed in the hair (4) 37 Crazy things to eat (7)
41 Everything has gone
awry about the ship (7) 45 One bedraggled slave
carrying a bag (6)
47 Now, what are you wrapping in that pretty paper? (7)
48 With one’s lineage, that’s
a come-down (7)
50 Running after, to get
your racket (7)
52 A piece of paper
– a cutting (4)
54 Has to do with
transactions (5)
56 Care madly about the
pupil. That’s obvious (5) 57 The volcano, Tibetan,
erupted finally (4)
58 Rose, at one point,
creating a to-do (5)
60 Forced to undergo, to be
allowed to speak to (3,7) 64 Not someone who’s yearning for – not any more (2,6)
67 Interrupts with
“Destroy evil” (6,2)
68 Yell out the last name (7) 69 Splurging the rest in a
new comeback film (7) 72 Strain to get the accent (6) 74 That’s nothing to the
gamut of colour (6)
76 A man I found mauled
by a large creature (6)
77 Plugs up, one sees (5)
78 Would it shatter one’s
tennis opponent? (5)
79 Stick up for a fellow,
fat and small (5)
81 Slam one into and hurt (4)