GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
12 National leader upset at foe’s death (4,2,5) 13 Intense fire spread by church (6) 14 Popular area and street to some extent (2,1,3) 16 Send message in post extraordinarily (4) 17 Fill again place with English name in shire ground (9) 18 Soprano in Lancaster, maybe, for a spurt (5) 19 Place by tee for golf shot (4) 20 Conservative line by Germany troubled minister (9) 22 Ken is unfurling a coiled thread (5) 23 Posh sort entertaining largely unpleasant journalist gets annoyed (6,3) 27 Protective barrier by bay damaged a marsupial (7) 30 Enter Tooting wrongly wasting time (2,4) 31 Chat largely about end of holiday? That’s painful (4) 32 Measure of electricity, we’re told, in part of chamber (5) 35 Supply former tennis player no end of apparel (4) 36 One working hard, maybe, in pullover (7) 38 Some baste a large duck (4) 39 Rural writer carrying a lot of clout surprisingly (7) 42 Something delightfully easy in light wind (6) 45 Soldiers given right to board sides of lofty truck (5) 46 U.S. singer encapsulates trouble in scary film (7) 47 Drab loveless pair extremely lackadaisical (4) 48 Shrewd questions put on radio (4) 50 Drink local house mixed (lacking use) (7) 52 Spill thing for measuring second of drinks (5) 54 Belittle party followed by part of Northern Ireland (2,4) 56 Film perhaps about liberal facility (7) 57 Defeat in Los Angeles finally (4) 59 Factory worker gets child actively involved (5-2) 61 Just a part of London lyceum (4) 64 A pungent thing eclipsed in savoury jelly (5) 66 Genuine star mused at regular intervals (4) 67 Perhaps, single doctor over year gets to lose liquid (3,3) 69 British institute in Italy developed talent (7) 72 Exercise by expert, male entering top protest site? (5,4) 73 Principally, some noisy Alsatians running loose growl (5) 74 Ordering in a TV also as lifeline? (9) 79 Gloves trekker keeps — and undershirt (4) 81 Snooker player finds tip here at the right moment (2,3) 82 Type around hospital with trip shows deficit (9) 83 Noise film put out produces torment (4) 85 Musical composition features in season at Aldeburgh (6) 86 Foul mess in car with driver leaving river (6) 87 Young troublemaker rampaging near men close to depot? It’s temporary (11)
DOWN
1 Woman’s beginning to enjoy present (4) 2 Senior figure in rags? (6) 3 Two fellows divide a shaft of light in melee (6) 4 A top GP’s moved? It’s provisional (7) 5 Fish-eating mammal gets to wander heading off (5) 6 Struggle with fit? It ought to be altered (5,2,3) 7 Bachelor put in French dairy product sweetener (5) 8 Bring up delicate vehicle feature (4,5) 9 Frenchman with single bet makes error (7) 10 Slope in diagram presented (4) 11 Awful set at work being extravagant (8) 15 Single out Penny over being detained by Nick somehow (4,2) 21 Part having time off work (5) 24 A dim don is confused, one in a suit? (7) 25 Notice endless protest that’s developed (6) 26 Expedition in the wild? It’s on distant island (6) 28 Young man shortly allowed long-handled spoon (5) 29 Newspaper employee held up coach (3) 33 Disregard information in turn on lectures (not half) (7) 34 Rotten trip due almost to be revised (6) 37 Two men befitting a monarch (5) 40 Family member describing barrister’s expertise? (2-3) 41 See pinkish wine mostly in middle of room — and sherry (7) 43 Bring up fish in talk (5) 44 European before mistake has pass (6) 46 Seize some tonic at chippie (5) 49 Mournful Alice after work eating eggs oddly (7) 51 Ex-U.S. president, one’s involved in clean-up operation (6) 53 Writer on panel initially dismissed poverty (6) 55 Amusing dancer’s first turn (5) 58 Sign tutor’s fantastic? It’s one’s forte (6,4) 60 Insensitive spymaster dismissed? That’s the gist (3) 62 Stop holding first of toys amid toy bricks (3,2) 63 President, character offering advantageous expedient (5,4) 65 Framework in Winter Olympic sport (8) 68 New thing in archery that’s restricted (6) 70 Carol’s excited about Henry, learned figure (7) 71 Friend, mean with period gone, creates fuss (7) 75 Book? It can be altered on screen (6) 76 Crowd however no good when touring river (6) 77 Minute adolescent last in party (5) 78 Most after workout with pressure walk heavily (5) 80 Hear about a board at teatime? (4) 84 Clubs given single indicator on road? (4)