GIANT CROSSWORD SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 13 Buttoned up. 14 Tumbler. 15 Tablet. 16 Strain. 17 Bananas. 18 Gasps. 19 Otto. 20 Drags. 21 Slide. 22 Deemed. 23 Smack. 28 Platter. 30 Freight. 33 Porcelain. 36 Drivel. 38 Punch. 39 Overt. 40 Raving. 42 Get on. 43 Withers. 44 Bridge. 46 Nail. 49 Mere. 51 Regale. 53 Fiction. 55 Place. 59 Pistol. 60 Slash. 61 Lairs. 62 Chafed. 63 Puff adder. 65 Springy. 66 Bassets. 70 Derby. 71 Scared. 73 Divan. 75 Snips. 80 Oral. 82 Halve. 83 Memento. 84 Curdle. 85 Minute. 86 Snigger. 87 Respecting.

DOWN: 1 Putter. 2 Straight. 3 Inane. 4 Oddball. 5 Opined. 6 Stone. 7 Amused. 8 Clogged. 9 Crashed out. 10 Stash. 11 Abnormal. 12 Heat. 24 Chianti. 25 Wells. 26 Dithers. 27 Scarlet. 29 Large. 31 Ranch. 32 Hoop. 34 Spring. 35 Tear. 37 Violent. 41 Vanilla. 45 Drowsy. 47 Prelude. 48 Mislaid. 50 Epicure. 52 Lead. 54 Thing. 56 Chest. 57 Shop. 58 Scrap. 60 Speechless. 64 Fabulous. 67 Senorita. 68 Arsenic. 69 Vamoose. 72 Damage. 74 Ignore. 76 Paling.

77 Shies. 78 Smart. 79 Aches. 81 Rain.

PRIZE CROSSWORD £20 WINNERS

No. 15,066: K. Smith, Preston; A. Ive, Berkshire; S. Webster, Hitchin, Herts.

No. 15,067: G. Stephens, Worcestershire; A. Berry, Spofforth, N. Yorks.

No. 15,068: J. Bell, St Helens; V. A. Balestra, Stoke-on-Trent; Mrs M. Fiveash, Manchester.

No. 15,069: R. Mills, Lincoln; W. Bugler, West Glamorgan.

No. 15,070: S. Barrett, Bath; P. Jennings, Reading; M. Pickup, Dorset.