GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
Choose between cryptic and quick clues to tackle the Giant crossword – both lead to the same answers.
ACROSS
12 A dog called Taurus? (4,7) 13 Not very equitably (6)
14 Stretch to a really
good meal (6)
16 Turn, gasping, when
the gag’s removed (4)
17 How one’s welcomed
to the party? (9)
18 Attack to get the gem (5)
19 When we are about,
is sensible (4)
20 A number having seen
what happened in (9)
22 Do get the child to
have some food (5)
23 Will try, having meant
to break in (9)
27 In turn, begins to get
one into difficulties (7)
30 The funny old bird
outside waited (4,2)
31 Look – don’t lose
the return (4)
32 Illustration in the
china catalogue (5)
35 Decline to let yourself
be smitten by (4)
36 Continue to be
enterprising (2-5)
38 Stand back, unhappy,
to let one through (4) 39
Not known to be peculiar (7)
And in the streets there are stalls (6) Elaborated on how one had settled in (5)
Cheeky girl you take with you travelling (7) Former master coming back for a test (4)
Singer there’s something fishy about? (4)
What prevents one from being naked in the kitchen? (7)
52 Mad to cage a wild bird (5)
54 For the time being,
of importance (6)
56 Again loads up about
fifty odd rifles (7)
57 Whip in a return game (4)
59 For day was wet, but the
water didn’t settle (7)
61 Only fair (4)
64 She’s a nut! (5)
66 On paper, it’s reduced (4)
67 Very interested in the weird
tin – and about time (6)
69 Loving the fuss, grin
foolishly at (7)
72 Cry “Cut!” when the
girlfriend comes in (4,1,4) 42 45 46 47 48 50 73 Any shot will be in pain (5)
74 Need to dance and sing,
through being delighted (9)
79 Support for the
party head (4)
81 Scolds – and one
deserves it (5)
82 Doesn’t notice it affords
a view of, from above (9) 83 Convinced? Of course (4)
85 Opened to find a nude
cavorting on the inside (6) 86 Rules the singer broke (6)
87 Even canoodle on
and on (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Interrogate and you
put your foot in it! (4)
2 Look at and note
the name (6)
3 An esoteric group, about
to be admitted to (6)
4 Someone making a joke
– and a good one (7)
5 Retains sections of
medieval castles (5)
6 Claimed the frenzied man I struggle to detain is mad (10)
7 A skirmish in the thicket (5)
8 Look at the kitchen gadget.
It will surprise you (3-6)
9 Agrees and the nincompoop gets sent packing (7)
10 An upward tug (4)
11 A dog accommodated
in a cradle (8)
15 Did, when she came
in and meted out (6)
21 It gives the latest
news and more (5)
24 Drink and lime squash the lad ordered on entering (4,3)
25 Ever and again embracing,
think the world of (6)
26 Kind of fever you get
from water? (6)
28 Everybody at home
and exhausted (3,2)
29 Label and put back
the gun (3)
33 Felt one had coped with
34 Cook right through
in water (6)
37 Stop many a tree
being felled (5)
40 A smile carrying very
little weight (5)
41 Coming to rest at the
top of the stairs (7)
43 Find the teeniest (7)
little bit of (5)
44 The seat is small? Rot! (6)
46 Fed up with, when
one got through (5)
49 Distribute tips last,
with the pay (7)
51 Quiet, sit holding
the boy (6)
53 A bighead and wet,
but smart (6)
55 Rank as an ex prime
minister (5)
58 Being enough for everybody when one’s calling on (5,5)
60 Cheated in the
return, too (3)
62 Because it’s small
and awfully nice (5)
63 So far, cooked a tart
to begin with (3,1,5)
65 With a shake of the head,
tear after a follower (8)
68 A loving person to
look after (6)
70 So excited one couldn’t
keep still? (7)
71 Opens up and lets
the fish go free? (7)
75 Taking a drink to in bed (6)
76 Going slowly ahead
with one’s prying (6) 77 Up in the air, blockading
the street (5)
78 Covering large
distances fast (5)
80 Plan to put a number
into the container (4)
84 The man with the
wrench (4)