GIANT CROSSWORD

CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

12 Some patch for recycling that includes skin of potato? (7,4) 13 Oddball foolishly worried losing heart (6) 14 Wide figure showing heaviness (6) 16 I was first to return in food shop (4) 17 Key lease isn’t to be altered (9) 18 Provide only supply around area (3,2) 19 Cry from Henry with hooter (4) 20 Technological enthusiast agreed eg to move around Thailand (9) 22 Yard with eight from Germany in sailing vessel (5) 23 Trip a club arranged to see murals, say (6,3) 27 Fellow backed stirring bout with certainty (2,5) 30 Condition shown by a lecturer observing propriety? (6) 31 Offhand Australian with Irish Yankee (4) 32 Charlie has to hasten in close crowd (5) 35 Dog, perhaps, rounds lake in downpour (4) 36 Clap poster about Penny and Paul possibly (7) 38 Tiresome type retained by celeb or entourage (4) 39 Roman’s excited by last of fancy building work (7) 42 Drive thing put on stage by the Spanish (6) 45 Make broader study behind allfemale group (5) 46 Here’s first a no good pooch looking dejected (7) 47 Common sense in bosuns regularly observed (4) 48 Powder put in ornamental case (4) 50 Take out woman that’s a spoilsport (7) 52 Chap with energy has fruit (5) 54 Typify Frenchman infiltrating English organisation (6) 56 Pedant is agitated when dismissing a priest’s pay (7) 57 Bill used at intervals to be depressed (4) 59 Exalt inspector heading for guesthouse provided in U.S. city (7) 61 Sign of strength is shown in paper (4) 64 Second supermarket offers ice cream accessory (5) 66 Who in Paris quietly makes gibe? (4) 67 Old Ted after treatment has to saunter (6) 69 Suppress last of records taken by a lover of pop (7) 72 Pranks disrupted shop really losing pounds (9) 73 Don’s fidgety after gripping old hairnet (5) 74 Failure by oil company makes surprising news (9) 79 Steer to assist largely Mike (4) 81 Swear nothing is missing in golf venue (5) 82 Son confronts a form of this ropy, fallacious reasoning (9) 83 Some official lunch on reflection without validity (4) 85 Doctor is enthralled by fish in Arctic environment (6) 86 Note agents left for party (6) 87 Summer clothing taken by husband with split gets summary treatment (5,6)

DOWN

1 Manage work in church (4) 2 Special circle in period around April? (6) 3 Shaking off cold, actress disputed claim (6) 4 Punish awful cheats with term in prison (7) 5 Haggard grandmother’s introduction by female relative (5) 6 Renovated chalet left in centre as place to promote well-being? (6,4) 7 Leaders of this regime understand local yearnings in fact (5) 8 Dodgy bar that’s developed around university requires protective escort (9) 9 Cheat in Wiltshire town not supported by the French (7) 10 Plate stored in cupboard is helpful (4) 11 Article is effective for everything (3,5) 15 Win over maids at work around river (6) 21 Love commercial material of a valuable nature (5) 24 Comic drawing in empty container? (7) 25 Accessible couple, we hear, with labourer (2,4) 26 Two heads of rabbits seen in sort of a new burrow (6) 28 How one might describe successful mountaineer being dominant? (2,3) 29 Snake, animal that’s hunted endlessly (3) 33 Delivery company in healthy condition shows rise (7) 34 Laugh with island covered by a flock of geese (6) 37 Neat department in Kentucky (5) 40 Plump postman’s work? (5) 41 Stupid plan half-formed by short Greek character in charge (7) 43 Show a response concerning a court (5) 44 Penchant shown by U.S. writer after 51 (6) 46 Damp chum identified in part (5) 49 Police officer with financial liabilities becoming plentiful (7) 51 Jack formulated a ploy for old car (6) 53 First of guides in Scottish town held up for minor criticism (6) 55 What a personal trainer might tell a client in suit (5) 58 Be very surprised with heat on a set going wrong (3,4,3) 60 Yen in the morning for sweet potato (3) 62 Put characters in due order for a period (5) 63 Bring off advice to a voter? (3,6) 65 U.S. actress divulged end (5,3) 68 Terrible director given rise over year is lacking backbone? (6) 70 Distinctive place is refurbished (7) 71 Troupe’s altered bearing (7) 75 This yob wasting time in rampage is youthful (6) 76 One leaves Eastern European country without fare? (6) 77 Bring Greek cheese without a companion (5) 78 Sententious point oddly on extremists in history (5) 80 Rocker’s rival beginning to explain way (4) 84 Boost thing taking passengers inside building? (4)