GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Top five now playing around island generate opinion (5,2,4) 13 Fine piece of jewellery with jet essentially in border (6) 14 Reserve section of theatre as source of drinks accompaniment? (3,3) 16 Leading Roman Catholic in Austria and Hungary (4) 17 Main poet at work penning mass theatrical entertainment (9) 18 Put off relocation for lady around Spain (5) 19 Immense ground’s facade is put in shade (4) 20 Relation at university remaining cheerful (7,2) 22 Grandmother’s first ready to make complaint (5) 23 Broadcasting hype a lot about lecturer brings dire consequences (4,2,3) 27 Doctor is bored having to take off gear (7) 30 Pretentious type put rose in fancy form wasting time (6) 31 Corpulent figure found in slum, perhaps (4) 32 Measure of electricity, we hear, in cellar (5) 35 Ray’s piece of timber for a ceiling? (4) 36 Decline to fall asleep (4,3) 38 Trouble facing current operator in a rank? (4) 39 Greatly enjoy live boxing arranged with times put out (2,3,2) 42 Endless run Adam made to get plunder (6) 45 Attractive husband with a French kit dropping it by yard (5) 46 Deficient worker within section of a party (7) 47 Refusal shown by peacekeepers in type of word (4) 48 Robert obtaining marks proves a failure (4) 50 Promote artificial turf belonging to a woman (7) 52 Virtuous aristocrat (5) 54 Itinerant pedlar, disagreeable sort hiding face (6) 56 Emigre toyed with new course of treatment (7) 57 Opponent making some arrogant intrusion (4) 59 Endure part of a ship off limits (4,3) 61 Rex gets to employ trick (4) 64 Supply with fuel place in the Potteries (5) 66 Spouse in weak condition with little energy (4) 67 Clothing? Rate it threadbare (6) 69 Georgia and Penny ready possibly after leaving Germany for period before university (3,4) 72 Awfully rough and close to unpleasant — characterising some beer? (2,7) 73 Concern about director in military group (5) 74 Complicated material in gin, say (4,5) 79 By the sound of it, member of comic team’s a star (4) 81 Lively female ignored? That’s dangerous (5) 82 Be accompanied by native who fidgets (4,2,3) 83 Place supplying milk lacking day exposed to sunlight (4) 85 One of a pair, say, recalled brief pang (6) 86 Old fool traps English cat (6) 87 Other master is excited in first residence (7,4)
DOWN
1 Loud cry from river, thing linked to a rower (4) 2 Oscar in wild ranch is stabilising influence? (6) 3 Masterstroke by number turning up ticket (6) 4 Equal like two, maybe, on strike (4,3) 5 Criminal fellow leads lone delinquent (5) 6 Offer from generous bartender, say, for an independent sort? (4,6) 7 Malicious note divides team (5) 8 Note change on manuscript showing cash value (4,5) 9 First of brakes Cecily ordered for ecofriendly transport? (7) 10 Some names heading network (4) 11 Line working to provoke laugh? It’s a difficult task (4,4) 15 Savage fighter, one with wild cheer leaving hospital (6) 21 Shorten article in Spanish on much of plan (5) 24 Maestro’s finale in a TV broadcast acquires round and sustained applause (7) 25 Two firms supported by protective covering (6) 26 Lax monk with minute gone broke horn (6) 28 Odd drinking haunt restricted dance (5) 29 Offer from book and papers (3) 33 Great youth after exercise wanting to consume dairy food (7) 34 Hard set of rowers require elevation (6) 37 English actress associated with queen in front of theatre? (5) 40 Ordinary safety device is helpful (2,3) 41 Attach importance to love if merrily taken with Romeo (4,3) 43 Make amends giving detail about lunch? (5) 44 Useless sort gets to feel pain with daughter replacing son (6) 46 Reel in Hampshire city (not half) (5) 49 Obscure British king aboard big ship (7) 51 Wardrobe item in place at airport, reportedly (6) 53 Rob and Leo dressed in waistcoat (6) 55 Snide Bob quits getting irritable (5) 58 Popular Australian model works in this to an extent? (2,1,7) 60 Hot drink in the bar oddly (3) 62 Thing put in bars for crew (5) 63 Difficult situation to get post, as it were (5,4) 65 Moderate noted now for reform (4,4) 68 Rich vet about to leave for work has to be successful (6) 70 Question facing a Republican relative in argument (7) 71 Meadow? Use part for a ramble (7) 75 Dutch proprietor has depressing experience (6) 76 Swimming star with tips on holiday proving worthless (6) 77 Unknown character in floating base on water (2,3) 78 Type I converted to show devoutness (5) 80 Provide learner with goal (4) 84 Light-hearted outing from Plymouth partly (4)