GIANT CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
13 Lose one’s nerve (7,3)
14 General (7)
15 Followed (6)
16 Zephyr (6)
17 Cad (7)
18 Lessen (5)
19 Lie low (4)
20 Anxious (3,2)
21 Saw (5)
22 Currency (6)
23 Snag (5)
28 Nevertheless (7)
30 Disease (7)
33 Innumerable (9)
36 Shut in (6)
38 Fear (5)
39 Clear (5)
40 Try hard (6)
42 Number (5)
43 Here (7)
44 Fastener (6)
46 Play about (4)
49 See (4)
51 Male name (6)
53 Informed on (7)
55 The same (5)
59 Carer (6)
60 Heavy (5)
61 Frozen dew (5)
62 Cushioned (6)
63 Surprising (9)
65 Registered (7)
66 Lazed (7)
70 Creatures (5)
71 Cutting (6)
73 Little (5)
75 Quip (5)
80 Tiff (4)
82 Teeny bit (5)
83 Excellent (7)
84 Winsome (6)
85 Rather (6)
86 Ugly thing (7)
87 Fieldsman (5,5)
DOWN
1 Fee (6)
2 Agenda (8)
3 Saint (5)
4 Vetoed (7)
5 Linked up (6)
6 Ties (5)
7 Animal (6)
8 Vocation (7)
9 Gosh! (4,2,4)
10 Tempest (5)
11 Drink (8)
12 Be apt (4)
24 Dismiss (7)
25 Off colour (5)
26 Blazing (7)
27 Flavouring (7)
29 Fat (5)
31 Warms (5)
32 Absorbed (4)
34 Vegetable (6)
35 Speedy (4)
37 Devised (7)
41 Recovered (7)
45 Quickly (6)
47 Laugh (7)
48 Moved (7)
50 Artist (7)
52 Cheat (4)
54 Liable (5)
56 Subject (5)
57 Intend (4)
58 Period (5)
60 Bewildered (10)
64 Immediately (5,3)
67 Ridiculous (8)
68 Craft (7)
69 Vessel (7)
72 Is successful (4,2)
74 Greeted (6)
76 Touched down (6)
77 Separated (5)
78 Glimpsed (5)
79 Purloin (5)
81 Section (4)
CRYPTIC
ACROSS
13 Egg hatched, lose one’s nerve (7,3)
14 On top of everything, is a general (7)
15 Out late, I had the daughter followed (6)
16 Just open the window to let it through. It’s easy (6)
17 Not the gentleman with the jumper (7)
18 Get you down and you scowl at (5)
19 He and I had gone inside to lie low (4)
20 Anxious, he lay back on (3,2)
21 Saw the notice a time after (5)
22 Soft currency (6)
23 A snag to having a pet, child (5)
28 Nevertheless, fly when we get aboard (7)
30 Disease tea has a role to play in (7)
33 Are not as important as many (9)
36 Fought against being shut in (6)
38 Fear is a deterrent to burglars (5)
39 In the drawing, I make clear (5)
40 Endeavour, before the rain storm starts (6)
42 Has even concealed the number (5)
43 Give it here! (7)
44 In the main, it’s used as a fastener (6)
46 Play about a singer (4)
49 See heads turn (4)
51 For him it’s difficult to conceal a cry of pain (6)
53 Told the police that one had brought (7)
55 When a tit flies in, do the same (5)
59 He resents being a carer (6)
60 It’s heavy to shut (5)
61 Jack initially finds refuge on short street (5)
62 Walked softly, one then said (6)
63 Opening with a number in that’s surprising (9)
65 Registered that one hadn’t remained outside (7)
66 Left in “Fired for having been lazy” (7)
70 The creatures go back into father’s keeping (5)
71 Cutting a figure, due to (6)
73 A little snappish (5)
75 Gag the woman (5)
80 Barney spluttered (4)
82 Very little – are too small (5)
83 Surpassing. Is really good (7)
84 Charming, though grasping (6)
85 Think better to mention on the quiet (6)
86 Looks round again – it’s hideous (7)
87 More insurance against the batsman’s getting a run? (5,5)
DOWN
1 Fee for a cleaner gets reduced by half (6)
2 He’d put in “Alter clues” among things to do (8)
3 The man takes time to look around (5)
4 Vetoed because asked to (7)
5 Being linked with the royal in had hurt (6)
6 007’s ties (5)
7 Search for a killer in the woods (6)
8 Ringing “Occupation” (7)
9 Gosh, it’s just asking to become a windfall! (4,2,4)
10 Bad weather: most unsettled, rain coming through (5)
11 Drink and get tight, having fun (8)
12 Half demented – crazy – are inclined to (4)
24 Fire when he is found drunk in a car (7)
25 Off colour, the two notes said (5)
26 Furious about: am shy (7)
27 Flavouring is a requirement all round (7)
29 See waddling after the old boy: very fat (5)
31 Warms and, when hot, consumes (5)
32 Very interested, as is right and fitting (4)
34 Fight (and ruin things) over a vegetable (6)
35 Quick! What’s another word for “promiscuous”? (4)
37 Made a fuss but produced (7)
41 Recovered to find everybody in dire confusion (7)
45 Quickly, when the post office had a break-in (6)
47 Laugh at the child, or let fly (7)
48 Moved – and moved quickly (7)
50 In father, grasping we have an artist (7)
52 It means “cheat”, or “twist”, all right (4)
54 Of the pair, one is liable to (5)
56 Subject to the same fifty per cent cut (5)
57 Intend to insert the A in “chaps” (4)
58 For a while, it works like a charm (5)
60 Darned puzzled by! (10)
64 Completely shut down immediately (5,3)
67 A really good shot but silly (8)
68 Craft shown by the arsonist (7)
69 Taking a day to get access to the vessel (7)
72 Is successful – in one’s attempt to board? (4,2)
74 Was very cold and, for the girl, hard to get up (6)
76 And, having been guided round, touched down (6)
77 A role in “Separated” (5)
78 Saw and ran to snatch a single (5)
79 A really good bargain but you don’t buy it! (5)
81 Catch up a bit (4)