THE GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
13 She became an old lady before her time (5,5) 14 Harold is holding a rope (7) 15 ‘Supposition’ is right, he put in (6) 16 Story sent back by editor is ‘Over the Moon’ (6) 17 Restricted a little, having cover round (7) 18 A bit on the side (5) 19 Had left the key with one (4) 20 Rewards show the fellow lies appalling (5) 21 Left tot playing ball game (5) 22 Eaten raw, is in hard misshapen shell (6) 23 As thieves, stupid? (5) 28 How the indignant Mr. X spoke? (7) 30 Phoned. Are about to organise (7) 33 What was that you said? ‘Arrive’, as before? (4,5) 36 Dotes on a daughter. The wayward ‘35’ (6) 38 Feeling a bulge (5) 39 Complain, or nag, horribly (5) 40 Hit — or a way to get out of doing work? (6) 42 Articulate well (5) 43 Even the pen accommodates a large number (7) 44 Light English breakfast constituent consumed (6) 46 Harmonise with: not off key (4) 49 Divulge the telephone number (4) 51 Guarantee, as before, sun will break through (6) 53 Let out, being tight? (7) 55 A problem with the clasp? (5) 59 Rod had a lot to drink coming back (6) 60 Ex-girlfriend, Alf Turner and myself (5) 61 You got run in? Told you so! (5) 62 A little upset. Put about by the latitude allowed (6) 63 Interrupts with ‘Barber’s taken a lot off’ (4,5) 65 Call it, at one point, ‘a noxious creature’ (7) 66 ‘5’ for a lunatic (7) 70 Distributed a day late, carelessly (5) 71 A bully, try to crush an insignificant worker (6) 73 A number, unfortunately, sent back the health food (5) 75 Classify as ‘Good read. Moving’ (5) 80 Let out a while back (4) 82 Said ‘What’s that metal bit between the hub and rim?’ (5) 83 Having come to, was painful again (7) 84 Given directions, had driven off (6) 85 Very little work required to make dog happy (6) 86 See the worktop has disintegrated from rot (7) 87 A little on edge, chum? (10)
DOWN
1 Freeze one pod (6) 2 Demolishes ten apartments on the outskirts (8) 3 ‘Home’ is a bed, rickety, with a hole in it (5) 4 Huge number sick one Monday, having caught (7) 5 Carving the wood into something to wear on the head (6) 6 Sees and prevents from climbing (5) 7 Does one complain when made to hold files? (6) 8 Puts up with right through — or leaves in the lurch (7) 9 Gets all emotional and refuses to work (6,4) 10 Say half the testaments are spurious (5) 11 Does it occupy more than its fair share of bushes? (8) 12 Smile at ‘interminable daily drudgery’ (4) 24 Yellow is smart, you know (7) 25 Light news item (5) 26 Wrongly teach yours truly to carry a knife (7) 27 As one works in a ship for periods of the year (7) 29 Show note was popped through the wrong door (5) 31 Managed to get little time off to wander about (5) 32 Doesn’t allow to tell jokes (4) 34 Hurrah, hurrah, thank you and goodbye! (6) 35 Came up with a name for the girl (4) 37 A little jingle featured in hair ad? (7) 41 Do soldiers find competitive civilian life to be such? (3,4) 45 When about to bite on a nut (6) 47 Loaded question about late revision (7) 48 Old note I destroyed myself (3-4) 50 Expert on food, giving dud pie, will set to rights (7) 52 ‘Study in Scarlet’ Adult film rating (4) 54 Clear about cutting it by half (5) 56 Winter skin trouble girls don’t get? (5) 57 Had been, before supporting a wife (4) 58 Power cut left old sheltering inside (5) 60 Far as I’m concerned, why I carry a purse (3,2,5) 64 Answer is sun. Getting out in, for recreation (8) 67 From American song about revelry (8) 68 Bet one’s pay on ‘Cardinal’ (7) 69 Speaks incoherently in ‘The Red Swan’, drunk (7) 72 About that penned warning (6) 74 Order in. Hate cooking for social event (2-4) 76 Speaks at length about spring day with sun (6) 77 Has he somehow got hold of the trophy? (5) 78 Caught long after with the stash (5) 79 He ignored the bad weather to practice (5) 81 Dull boy (4)