GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Risk everything like a financial dealer almost? (2,3,5) 14 Outlaw and criminal with a neck cloth (7) 15 Neil awkwardly holding surprised expression has to breathe in (6) 16 Country’s principal area, part of vital network, gets to collapse (4,2) 17 View published works initially discounted in general (4-3) 18 Shelter put in street for wintry weather? (5) 19 Ballerina’s skirt also mentioned twice (4) 20 European in rough crowd with day gone gets to show fear (5) 21 Magnificent garden growing wild with no end of foliage (5) 22 Get into a stir for a spell? (2,4) 23 Thing on which to sit or squat right away (5) 28 Manage to retain money concerning host (7) 30 Decrease delivery of goods (4,3) 33 Hat in mine slips mostly (2,3,4) 36 Decline found in place close to commemorative stone (6) 38 Jewelled headwear recalled in grip of Barbara I think (5) 39 Rank group of students (5) 40 Strong line in short taken on statue (6) 42 Southern labourer covering face shows common sense (5) 43 Throw about set part for manufacturing (7) 44 Spirit shown by chap embracing essential part of work (6) 46 Sound medical facility with first of experts (4) 49 Asian food found in diet of Ugandans (4) 51 Number backed tax on goods at work? (2,4) 53 Rag sent for repair? That’s peculiar (7) 55 Begin eating starters for dinner interspersed with drink (3,2) 59 Standard confined space restricted for package (6) 60 Male swan shown by artist — and snake (5) 61 Work out title of mystery thriller novel leaving negative reaction (5) 62 Songbird flying in Lent (6) 63 Closed farm is reconstituted without small place for cultivating plants? (4,5) 65 Look around middle of fells for deer (7) 66 Outline pressure if role is altered (7) 70 Site ready regularly for abandoned animal? (5) 71 Pester hotel over a right as stipulated initially (6) 73 Straightforward proposal to tour island (5) 75 Confidence packed up, reportedly (5) 80 Small amount of an ingredient in bread as highlighted (4) 82 Father beginning to notice warning instrument (5) 83 One of four parts in a town district (7) 84 A department in this place gets stick (6) 85 Discuss financial liability about a mortgage ultimately (6) 86 Doubt puts case in trouble with article missing (7) 87 Cricket side in the bar becoming drunk obsessively? (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 Jerry’s rival at front of orchard gets red fruit (6) 2 Domestic assistant in hospital with loveless Pole sadly (4,4) 3 Dark wood from Spain characterising a thin frame? (5) 4 Neglected floor replaced by service (7) 5 Lament a new mob rioting rejecting West (6) 6 Old boy seen mostly after disorder as very overweight (5) 7 Independent daughter trapped by poverty certainly (6) 8 Female lit, say, after dancing shows lack of sincerity (7) 9 MD and namesake is mobilised to render compensation (4,6) 10 After lift, clean-cut husband shows delight (5) 11 March too taken apart in online discussion site (4,4) 12 Dull apartment (4) 24 Deep red coats initially adopted by varied minors (7) 25 College rule revised as lacking leniency? (5) 26 A piano player played with no end of fancy clothing (7) 27 Cost right for mobile phone accessory (7) 29 Some income gained for Greek character (5) 31 Slate food traditionally eaten on Sunday? (5) 32 Stand opposite mug (4) 34 Foolish sort of dispute not quite complete (6) 35 Mexican snack kept by so-so caterer on reflection (4) 37 Essentially avoid a cub wandering in makeshift tent (7) 41 Bulwark in boats at sea (7) 45 A refined chap embraces right as sign of the future? (6) 47 Rod with ball damaged post in the road (7) 48 Meat is cooked around back of restaurant occasionally (2,5) 50 Old soldiers in act of self-denial so to speak (2,1,4) 52 Neighbour elevated musical instrument (4) 54 Terrible flaw in review about university (5) 56 India has business arrangement that’s perfect (5) 57 A delay held up festivity (4) 58 Lecturer in rage turned out fierce look (5) 60 Find some actors wasting time in play following lead in cast (4,6) 64 Academic endlessly hated loose tie (4,4) 67 Quartet, we hear, type to acquire first of handles as an abbreviation? (3,5) 68 Gloss has to disappear around end of summer (7) 69 Fighter with speed gets to move elsewhere (7) 72 Thing that’s bound to follow in a series? (6) 74 Oil not to be mixed as ointment (6) 76 Trio’s upset by final part of hostile raid (6) 77 Request by two bridge players is awry (5) 78 Delicious brown bread, nothing less, supplied by yard (5) 79 Trainee acted wrongly (5) 81 Declare part of enclave restored (4)