CRYPTIC CLUES
THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE CRYPTIC OR QUICK, THE ANSWERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, THE SOLUTION WILL APPEAR IN MONDAY’S PAPER.
ACROSS
12 Where the rental money goes? Precisely (2,3,6) 13 Distribute last two-thirds of apple tart. Baby loves it (6) 14 On road that’s bumpy, it is handling well (6) 16 That’s what ‘largo’ means, stupid! (4) 17 Rings and prevails upon to (4,5) 18 Restore to health a quarter in the grip of plague (5) 19 Tweet and there’s a tweet back (4) 20 Repeating it time after, getting into trouble (9) 22 One’s name is the subject under discussion (5) 23 Scowl given to motorist from someone he’s splashed with mud? (5,4) 27 Delights in, giving cries of excitement all through (7) 30 Darn pain? (6) 31 Having it within a quarter hour (4) 32 Rum requested, starts pouring (5) 35 Put in microwave for Henry to consume? (4) 36 Expect to sit beside to have a meal (7) 38 The bird is odd: weird duck (4) 39 Doris wreathed church in flowers (7) 42 The engraver’s drink? (6) 45 It’s the cold pipe, in my belief (5) 46 Keen to get fly — insect — trapped inside (7) 47 Dejected, back I go, into the stand (4) 48 In retrospect, it had a role to play in transport (4) 50 Why the punishment? (4,3) 52 Seen to be confused by. Dead stupid (5) 54 Leaned over and gave some money to (6) 56 Again, sure to backfire (7) 57 Heavens, P for ‘pen’! (4) 59 Give to and the nutters break (7) 61 Try to keep, hidden inside, quite still (4) 64 Small tot holding a furry animal (5) 66 Loaf that could be French (4) 67 Man, that’s a sumptuous home! (6) 69 Keeps catching one in lies (7) 72 Painting an olive green? (3,6) 73 Note she is French and a very pretty girl (5) 74 In a medley of fruits, would it strike a jarring note? (9) 79 Desperate to start off, hurried (4) 81 Equal the score of another in the competition (5) 82 Recoil with loud noise at shooting range (9) 83 The plant, send express (4) 85 Bear out I’d dropped off kids in periods between classes (6) 86 State inside, for instance, or on the outside (6) 87 Doesn’t matter what, so long as it’s not modern (3,3,5)
DOWN
1 Pottery item in the form of a black bird (4) 2 Worse trouble installing hot water (6) 3 Battle in which many are caught in retreat (6) 4 Spot on radio where you can find police? (7) 5 Warm right through to the centre (5) 6 Like the car that started under great duress? (4-6) 7 Lineage nothing out of the ordinary? (5) 8 Attacks having had drink (snort I foolishly gave to) (5,4) 9 Joke of the month, about royalty (7) 10 For a penny, getting a brace (4) 11 Awfully sore, in a while becomes aggravating (8) 15 Two thirds of pot contains chopped suet at first (6) 21 Very little time — run! (5) 24 Chuckled about huge lumbering boy (7) 25 Pat protecting Royal will add fuel to the fire (6) 26 The editor got breaking news about a foreign country (6) 28 Plant a great many ourselves (5) 29 Had been saying the reverse (3) 33 In particular, the pace is different with a novice (7) 34 Smart though gaudy (6) 37 The Spanish and the German word for ‘senior’ (5) 40 Plunge right in, showing initiative (5) 41 Horrible housemaid ma got rid of, somehow (7) 43 Animal of hers running round inside (5) 44 Fighting to right wrong that got one imprisoned (6) 46 Jam to the west. Move very slowly (5) 49 I carp dreadfully about; so awfully humdrum (7) 51 Disapproves of, as father has (6) 53 Bug that may sting (6) 55 He’s a saint, my dear Elizabeth (5) 58 Steal something to read from the notecase (10) 60 Standing a drink, too (3) 62 With weapon fight, impaling point (5) 63 Cut, slashing crude hole in tin (9) 65 Are they falling over themselves to get on the couch? (8) 68 Also staggering over to the bar (6) 70 Note wry smile at ‘Hard to find fault’ (7) 71 Silver apron draped round a model (7) 75 It’s a deity, dad, guarding the temple (6) 76 Are upset over your epithet ‘coarse’ (6) 77 Fine point thrashed out here (5) 78 What you’d give to know what she’s thinking? (5) 80 Does it attract people
to a lottery? (4) 84 Delighted to have got off (4)