THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
12 Final decision as to who should get the role? (7,4) 13 Place, folded, right inside the package (6) 14 Do as you did before. Peer out at it (6) 16 Reverting to a period and a particular location (4) 17 Why jails are inundated by offenders? (5,4) 18 Wins game (dull) by two points (5) 19 Such a sum as one’s charged for getting affairs in order? (4) 20 Rub out ‘shines’, changing to ‘polishes’ (9) 22 This is out of line and will perplex (5) 23 A tense ‘You’ll find no faults in me’ (9) 27 Chuck outside. Are furious (7) 30 Gave to and he had grabbed (6) 31 A no-good tip (4) 32 Photographs the twin sons snatching snooze (5) 35 Handsome male, does find attractive (4) 36 Send message beforehand with excuse (7) 38 Awakened outside, frightened (4) 39 See the loop inside is flexible (7) 42 Change to a hand-operated activator (6) 45 Try to rewrite ‘77’ (5) 46 Does it tiptoe in the nursery? (7) 47 Buy or perhaps sell information (4) 48 Removing tin from therein at this point (4) 50 Steal a cherished animal: a dog (7) 52 I would, in new conversion, make more spacious (5) 54 For musicians it provides one note, or a series (6) 56 Crew tired and we were given a rise — transported (7) 57 The story was again swallowed (4) 59 Nets cast into did sketch out (7) 61 If back, mum will provide food (4) 64 Point to sign reading ‘Ladies’ (5) 66 Long for and I’m returning by ship (4) 67 Animal pin has been jabbed into making shrill sound (6) 69 Income from flat in French street (7) 72 Not holding with the euphemism for ‘sacking’ (7,2) 73 Say hello to and receive hugs again (5) 74 Intend to deter debris orbiting Mars (3,6) 79 What made small feline run away? (4) 81 Steal back to the automaton (5) 82 Uncomfortable in a hotel? (3,2,4) 83 Pen name (4) 85 Has thrown ball again to, on the beach (6) 86 Pet let play with farm animals (6) 87 Doesn’t pester when one takes off on solo flight? (6,5)
DOWN
1 Just one takes a long way round (4) 2 Blemish, royal admitted, in lineage (6) 3 Name of fort mentioned doesn’t ring a bell (6) 4 Helped to house the very old bypassed (7) 5 Psych yourself up for something very hard (5) 6 Be completely unaware you’ve been abandoned by your muse (4,2,4) 7 After rip-off, pressure is put on rogue (5) 8 Irritably, when one’s feeling off colour? (3,6) 9 Same as ‘wrenched’, the first letter is silent (7) 10 Does better standing up, you see (4) 11 And I get new chap to carry hamper (8) 15 Graduate shrugged off hit (6) 21 Dark, single bedroom for monsieur will have it (5) 24 Imagines there’s crushed ice in the coolers (7) 25 Was about Germany losing many bets (6) 26 May be blue but will give you a smile (6) 28 A parasite, you say, could, conceivably (5) 29 Pop the brooch back (3) 33 Sure to get a nice swinging right in (7) 34 With small cuts, manages to afford (6) 37 Pay for theatre trip? Not he! (5) 40 Upset, nag about, or complain (5) 41 Jaunt over, longing to return to the wood (7) 43 We caught the woman in question (5) 44 The bird he had caged sounded very unhappy (6) 46 Frightened we would be swallowed by a fish (5) 49 A solemn ‘Art thou gainfully employed?’ (7) 51 Commend the pair’s broken English (6) 53 Vet’s encouraging words to canary when giving it medicine? (6) 55 Gun fire scattered a number hiding inside (5) 58 Aren’t going in to apply, it seems (10) 60 Owing to the left having finally abandoned the fight (3) 62 Something to improve the bland food? The cheek! (5) 63 Returns the call and the engagement’s on again? (5,4) 65 Cloudy and cold when in the open (8) 68 Quickly going through the notes (6) 70 Gave lift back in vehicle. Got caught in traffic (7) 71 Decide to make lover’s knot with string (7) 75 Parking agreement that will be liked (6) 76 For the records, a pound in old Indian coins (6) 77 Say half the testaments are flawed (5) 78 That’s exorbitant — straight up, it is! (5) 80 Two ways to warn a pedestrian (4) 84 Treat for a child — cold one (4)