THE GIANT CROSSWORD

CHOOSE CRYPTIC OR QUICK, THE ANSWERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, THE SOLUTION WILL APPEAR IN MONDAY’S PAPER.

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

12 Later on in the family ancestry? (4,3,4) 13 What children use for counting numbers (6) 14 Coat for girl boy put on (6) 16 Off-colour and gloomy (4) 17 Deduce there’s a number missing (6,3) 18 Is able to book one into a room on board (5) 19 A little backward in intelligence (4) 20 Gardener I trained to be a soldier (9) 22 A shade better than all the others? (5) 23 Brings to one’s attention that the sharp end’s unsheathed (6,3) 27 Was a manager, too, but a loser to the competition (4-3) 30 A scam that has strings attached (6) 31 No man. It’s ‘youth’ with aY (4) 32 Was seizing, for instance, back pay (5) 35 Showing right spirit about, look happy (4) 36 The party, quiet ‘at home’, enjoy (7) 38 Once given it, leave (4) 39 Spraying the pungent substance around. It’s potentially dangerous (7) 42 Animal had gone inside — dog (6) 45 Again entering the number (5) 46 Foreign editor has sumptuous accommodation (7) 47 Don’t leave. A pen is imprisoning (4) 48 Help to catch. Very keen (4) 50 Boss whose workforce is always behind him? (7) 52 Rot about d-d-drink (5) 54 Ask what made manufacturer increase output? (6) 56 Unpopular line in the realm of cosmetics (7) 57 Criticise the left in a blueprint (4) 59 Fancied me and foolishly dared to embrace (7) 61 ‘Schnozzle’ written ‘chnozzl’ (4) 64 Steered, again, away from the horse (5) 66 Questions about the hundred missing barrels (4) 67 Finn with an Irish name (6) 69 Had worked at, but on duet is off key (7) 72 Gathered to have been neatened by the accountant (7,2) 73 Nude, swimming round river, submerged (5) 74 As a beauty queen marooned on Mars would? (4,5) 79 Man with whom you have an account to settle (4) 81 Love to scold and to lecture (5) 82 One’s utmost to get on a par with the champion (5,4) 83 Additions — to the family? (4) 85 Not the winner this time (6) 86 Said to examine the draft (6) 87 Also faster to a greater degree (11) 50 Gaffer (7) 52 Rot (5) 54 Ask (6) 56 Furrow (7) 57 Blueprint (4) 59 Fancied (7) 61 Facial feature (4) 64 Horse (5) 66 Questions (4) 67 ‘–– – – – – Mouse’ (6) 69 Swotted (7) 72 Gathered together (7,2) 73 Below (5) 74 Beauty queen (4,5) 79 Account (4) 81 Speechify (5) 82 Utmost (5,4) 83 Infants (4) 85 Runner-up (6) 86 Draft (6) 87 Besides (11) DOWN 1 Puddle (4) 2 Shut up (6) 3 Irritated (6) 4 Got tired (7) 5 Short drink (5) 6 Asian (10) 7 Snag (5) 8 Very fair (3,6) 9 Propensity (7) 10 Uttered (4) 11 Relaxing remedy (4,4) 15 Yelled (6) 21 Monarch (5) 24 Cuts (7) 25 Folder (6) 26 Fish (6) 28 Possessed (5) 29 Animal (3) 33 Bird (7) 34 Ran (6) 37 Colour (5) 40 Teach (5) 41 Problem (7) 43 Fly (5) 44 Speak vaguely (6) 46 Prim (5) 49 Prison (7) 51 Harass (6) 53 Considered (6) 55 Boobytrapped (5) 58 Small amount (7,3) 60 Spot (3) 62 Rough sea (5) 63 Promise (9) 65 Deceived (3-5) 68 Split (6) 70 Dossiers (7) 71 Amuses (7) 75 Easy one (6) 76 Punctual (2,4) 77 Numeral (5) 78 Disregard (5) 80 Appear (4) 84 Pie (4)

DOWN

1 With noose, brought up from the water (4) 2 Shut up in, with a bird (6) 3 Was irritated by the child playing deaf (6) 4 The female got tired and dropped behind (7) 5 About new kind of alcoholic drink (5) 6 I’ve set out to introduce: name is Eastern (10) 7 Difficulty in getting a lift (5) 8 The fairest of the fair (3,6) 9 Learning right away it’s a propensity (7) 10 Unhappy about, I reported (4) 11 Doing nothing to improve one’s health (4,4) 15 Yelled ‘In the way again!’ (6) 21 Is one every inch a monarch? (5) 24 Cuts with small blows from a whip (7) 25 Someone complaining about a folder? (6) 26 Identify one among the fish (6) 28 Had by now metamorphosed to editor (5) 29 Dope the animal (3) 33 Bird with sharp point to its tail (7) 34 Moved fast. Many heads will roll (6) 37 Fresh information about has come through (5) 40 Can bring a solider in to teach (5) 41 Problem that’s upset cover girl (7) 43 Fly, for an hour, above (5) 44 Rabbit food (6) 46 Didn’t go, one said, for the prim and proper (5) 49 Having done wrong and carrying gun, off to prison (7) 51 In case getting the doctor over should harass (6) 53 Considered capturing me an achievement (6) 55 We’re told to be careful. It’s booby-trapped (5) 58 Little money you have to your name? (7,3) 60 Spot and make time (3) 62 Great — if you’re a good sailor (5) 63 Because certain about, can formulate a promise (9) 65 Deceived twice? (3-5) 68 Crack from the cold: split (6) 70 List of crimes greater than ever perpetrated before? (7) 71 Either is found amusing or turns one off (7) 75 Who’s taking the chair? Dolly (6) 76 Punctual? Not I. Need to train myself (2,4) 77 Coming in this evening and early in the morning (5) 78 Show contempt for a noisy yob (5) 80 Appear, coming up low, to the left (4) 84 Sharp answer to ‘What’s for dessert?’ (4)