GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Group behind game of bridge gets
flimsy bit of stationery? (6,4) 14 Green in Strasbourg, one with
energy getting giddiness (7) 15 One with very little bread? (6) 16 Turn in interval funnily missing a
line (6) 17 Rex under the weather needs
thing to lean on? (7) 18 First sign of work in country house
requiring toil (5) 19 Family close to park showing
quirk (4) 20 Plate recreated in floral leaf (5)
21 Salvation Army founder’s stall (5) 22 One serving on radio for group of
performers (6) 23 Second jobbing journalist in
roughly built cabin (5) 28 Small gimmick in literary work
terribly lacking in substance (7) 30 Husband is more suited to show
bravery (7) 33 Fighter with everyone at a distance gets to disintegrate (4,5) 36 Drive away dust initially on
scattered piles (6) 38 Charlie remained for opening (5) 39 Damp haze around start of
October (5) 40 Maybe, French thing that’s put in a
bell (6) 42 Nasty team touring Norway (5) 43 Try tube that’s been replaced in
storeroom (7) 44 Twist in legal document presented
by ambassador (6) 46 Period in a year where there’s no
end of brown insect (4) 49 Spot lion regularly that’s
unaccompanied (4) 51 Whole tree in ground (6) 53 Terrible group of students
showing impropriety (3,4) 55 Make a noise when out? (5) 59 Mad flier (6) 60 Sun on border for grassy plant (5) 61 East End criminals reported for
insanity (5) 62 Calculated ploy to include rich
essentially in course of action (6) 63 Top title’s formulated for
experimental aviator? (4,5) 65 Jockey silently having shed
pounds impressively (2,5) 66 British novelist with yen for a
medieval sport (7) 70 Harsh element in master
noticed (5) 71 A wild civet on the move (6) 73 Defeat accepted by most
umpires (5) 75 Manager not right making
blunder (5) 80 Large number in Wales mobilised
leaving area (4) 82 Conservative male sadly one with
a hump (5) 83 Cousin merrily holding hot thing
for comfort (7) 84 Grapple with fishing
equipment (6) 85 Suppress source of fungus in
feature on a country walk (6) 86 Genuine mistake by church linked
to religious education (7) 87 Ninth bloke in a mess not reliably
working (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 One in five choose peeled fruit (6) 2 Renounce a British agent that’s
mislaid tip for espionage (8) 3 Rubbish put in fine harbour’s
entrance, feature of the sea? (5) 4 A group in training, one devoted to
country (7) 5 Commercial dictionary for an
obsessive type (6) 6 Shun a space that’s empty (5) 7 Clever bishop of a conservative
persuasion (6) 8 Religious settlement has something
lacking with entrance gone (7) 9 Influential state with proposal over time for industrial generating site (5,5) 10 Flood in resort leads to this
enquiry (5) 11 Abandons hard work in bric-a-brac
store (4,4) 12 Miserable fellows snatching
article (4) 24 Compass, one that might be
followed by a judge (7) 25 Outdated story in support of
society (5) 26 A tutor reproduced note
exactly (2,1,4) 27 Penny is taken with more recent
dish (7) 29 Top number held up to get edible
bulb (5) 31 Throw out first person from France
in European court (5) 32 Amount of money put on leader in
official Japanese wrestling (4) 34 Discharge from a cold South
American capital, nothing less (6) 35 Look, it’s said, in breakwater (4) 37 Flat area near water is enclosure
for horses (7) 41 Supposed name from Paris in
Austria and Luxembourg (7) 45 Sailor has to obtain objective (6) 47 Pleasant sounding sort of model in
charge (7) 48 Lack found in reportedly destitute
urban site (7) 50 Rich Pole, nut for swimming (7) 52 Discourteous duke beset by
regret (4) 54 Feeble female is put on counter (5) 56 Collection of current religious books going missing? It gets to happen again (5) 57 Bill’s partner consumes a small vegetable (4) 58 Special turret at intervals seen in jet (5) 60 Put a stop to film in drizzle (6,4) 64 Disengage from cast of film principally (5,3) 67 Authoritative teacher lacking warmth gets complaint (4,4) 68 Forceful novel? It requires revision (7) 69 Exciting team in yard and park, say (7) 72 Surpass old commandos’ leader on northerly river (6) 74 Journey by rising party to find stand (6) 76 Crime largely touched on forgery ultimately (6) 77 Short partition in loose rock (5) 78 Small offshore place is hired (5) 79 Scatter last bit of pepper in meat dish (5) 81 Tardy lecturer at back of theatre (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Thin loop (6,4) 14 Giddiness (7) 15 Poor person (6) 16 Turn (6) 17 Fence (7) 18 Hard work (5)
19 Quirk (4) 20 Floral leaf (5)
21 Stall (5) 22 Group of
performers (6) 23 Roughly built
cabin (5) 28 Newness (7) 30 Courage (7) 33 Disintegrate
(4,5) 36 Drive away (6) 38 Opening (5) 39 Damp (5) 40 Language (6) 42 Malicious (5) 43 Storeroom (7) 44 Twist (6) 46 Insect (4) 49 Unaccompanied
(4) 51 Whole (6) 53 Impropriety (3,4) 55 Roughly
breathe (5) 59 Bird (6) 60 Grassy plant (5)
61 Madness (5) 62 Course of
action (6) 63 Experimental
aviator (4,5) 65 Elegantly (2,5) 66 Sport (7) 70 Harsh (5)
71 Busy (6) 73 Perplex (5) 75 Blunder (5) 80 Large number (4) 82 Beast of burden (5) 83 Pillow (7) 84 Grapple with (6) 85 Suppress (6) 86 Genuine (7) 87 Not reliably
working (2,3,5)
DOWN 1 Fruit (6) 2 Renounce (8) 3 Foam (5) 4 Devotee to
a country (7) 5 Obsessive user (6) 6 Shun (5) 7 Shining (6) 8 Religious
settlement (7) 9 Industrial generating site (5,5) 10 Flood (5) 11 Bric-a-brac
store (4,4) 12 Intend (4) 24 Compass (7) 25 Outworn (5) 26 Exactly (2,1,4) 27 Dish (7) 29 Edible bulb (5)
31 Throw out (5) 32 Japanese
wrestling (4) 34 Discharge (6) 35 Breakwater (4) 37 Enclosed area
for horses (7) 41 Supposed (7) 45 Objective (6) 47 Tuneful (7) 48 Lack (7) 50 Rich (7) 52 Discourteous (4) 54 Weak (5) 56 Happen again (5) 57 Small
vegetable (4) 58 Gush out (5) 60 Drizzle (6,4) 64 Disengage
from (5,3) 67 Complaint (4,4) 68 Forceful (7) 69 Facility (7) 72 Surpass (6)
74 Stand (6) 76 Crime (6) 77 Loose rock (5) 78 Small offshore
place (5) 79 Scatter (5)
81 Tardy (4)