THE GIANT CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

13 Having discovered what was wrong, nagged about (5,5) 14 Discipline the child: a son, young (7) 15 Not good enough, which is a shame (3,3) 16 Making out a meteor, far away (6) 17 Mind telling us what the children are playing? (7) 18 I sent off waiter to get a drink (5) 19 Turn it on myself for a while (4) 20 Or when imprisoned in pen, lie (5) 21 Desires, for sure, to turn key in (5) 22 One of a pair found on the beach alone. One is missing (6) 23 Lovely girl from East chap is crazy about (5) 28 Preliminary, opening, manouevre will be risky (7) 30 Why Rose is dressed for wet weather (7) 33 Inspects and leaves (6,3) 36 Where it’s usual to see children playing (6) 38 Hide the figure above (5) 39 Orchestral number featured in is unexciting (5) 40 Spread gossip about one afterwards that boomerangs (6) 42 Say what comes between Ss and Us, kid (5) 43 We’d remove the apostrophe (7) 44 Complain when I change key in (6) 46 Dial 0 (4) 49 Thanks, soldier, and goodbye (4) 51 Give to, as a gesture (6) 53 Soon I move, myself. It’s very disagreeable (7) 55 Hiccup that’s a hirritation (5) 59 Listen out for mum (6) 60 For shoe adjustment, brought round royal occupant of stable (5) 61 Stopped working. Is penniless (5) 62 Charge me to occupy, having put heating on (6) 63 Experience, as you enter and come out the other end (2,7) 65 Bossed round turned red: crimson (7) 66 Say, round about five, having our angels on horseback? (7) 70 Possibly change the girl’s name (5) 71 Look angry and keep complaining when turned back (6) 73 What brother and mother have in common, though different (5) 75 Left key to apartment, did a caper (5) 80 When the gentleman turns in the weapons (4) 82 Prevaricate about the boundary between gardens (5) 83 The firm here I worked in for so long (7) 84 Again and again it goes back inside to retreat from (6) 85 Hurt arm he had protected (6) 86 To comply with, some wore spectacles (7) 87 Poet who knew what to change for his compositions? (10)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

13 Criticised (5,5) 14 Subdue (7) 15 A shame (3,3) 16 Distant (6) 17 Children’s game (7) 18 Liquid (5) 19 Period (4) 20 Tale (5) 21 Desires (5) 22 Shoe (6) 23 Fruit (5) 28 Endanger (7) 30 Raining at times (7) 33 Inspects (6,3) 36 Green area (6) 38 Conceal (5) 39 Flavourless (5) 40 Sale of goods (6) 42 Kid (5) 43 Wed (7) 44 Complain (6) 46 Circle (4) 49 Bye-bye (2-2) 51 Allot (6) 53 Offensive (7) 55 Snag (5) 59 Mute (6) 60 Steed (5) 61 Penniless (5) 62 Heated (6) 63 Experience (2,7) 65 Commanded (7) 66 Dessert alternative (7) 70 Coin (5) 71 Look (slang) (6) 73 Different (5) 75 Jumped (5) 80 Weapons (4) 82 Prevaricate (5) 83 Farewell (7) 84 Step down (6) 85 Hurt (6) 86 Comply with (7) 87 English poet (10)

DOWN

1 Instant (6) 2 Correctly positioned (2,6) 3 Volunteer (5) 4 Précis (7) 5 Eat nothing (6) 6 Burn (5) 7 Okays (6) 8 Worrying (7) 9 With no ties (10) 10 Shop (5) 11 Futile (8) 12 Unruffled (4) 24 Prudence (7) 25 Fool (5) 26 Given (7) 27 Red (7) 29 Elk (5) 31 Fly (5) 32 Large garment (4) 34 Fights (6) 35 Confound it! (4) 37 Error (7) 41 Dog (7) 45 Digit (6) 47 Humorous drawing (7) 48 Man’s jacket (7) 50 Fat (7) 52 Clothes (4) 54 Robbed (5) 56 Make as profit (5) 57 Ruminants (4) 58 Promise (5) 60 Stranded (4,3,3) 64 Good-looking (8) 67 Drew level (8) 68 Antagonistic (7) 69 Diversions (7) 72 Scam (6) 74 Chucked (6) 76 Plagiarist (6) 77 Colour (5) 78 Basil sauce (5) 79 Wrench (5) 81 Back (4)

DOWN

1 Mother has the net disentangled in a jiffy (6) 2 Where ship’s captain wants to be is playing golf (2,6) 3 Away, having got back again, volunteer (5) 4 In brief, a problem girl (7) 5 Weird rates all round. Very fast (6) 6 Improperly clad to begin with, getting sun burn (5) 7 Gives the OK to gentle animals (6) 8 Worrying when we got caught up in a scam (7) 9 Not married and not stuck on anyone? (10) 10 Shop at street by round-about (5) 11 Without a luggage compartment, is no good (8) 12 Cool when Malcolm began to be irritated (4) 24 Prudence is a really amusing person (7) 25 It’s a bar in New York, twit! (5) 26 Having given half away, dread trouble (7) 27 Red car’s repaired and rented out (7) 29 Sounds like a sweet animal: wild (5) 31 Fly from top of hill across (5) 32 What to wear when getting royal award? (4) 34 Fights for the meagre food (6) 35 Blast! It’s Morse code! (4) 37 I’m going back. Bet it’s the wrong decision (7) 41 No chow for a soldier! (7) 45 Could be one — or many (6) 47 Funny drawing of box with hole in it (7) 48 A jacket takes twice the time to put on (7) 50 Fat girl returns to sit beside (7) 52 Having unpacked bag, run through the clothes (4) 54 Committed theft but got only little time inside (5) 56 Make novice enter in crooked race (5) 57 Deliver the animals after fifty-four escaped (4) 58 Promise we will have a senior to guard (5) 60 Stranded up a mountain, thirsty? (4,3,3) 64 Gives nothing to me, though generous (8) 67 Passed with a clear round, all right (8) 68 Antagonistic, now, sever ties with (7) 69 Many routes are changed, due to diversions (7) 72 A fiddle is something that has strings (6) 74 Confused and disturbed, like rider who was unseated (6) 76 Talk about one as ‘a plagiarist’ (6) 77 Colour of the plug she is holding (5) 78 There’s a nasty insect, love, by the sauce (5) 79 Wrench from and strew about (5) 81 Are bowled over by the right back (4)