GIANT CROSSWORD

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

12 Compel acceptance of offensive move all the way (4,7) 13 Restaurant worker, one dividing common drink (6) 14 Source of ruin regularly? Alcoholic spirit (6) 16 A medic put back final piece (4) 17 Pleasing story in short by Kelvin offering flattery (5,4) 18 Male beset by awful boil in an uncertain state (5) 19 Cheap newspaper beginning to engender irate feeling (4) 20 In nervous fashion, eat garlic or gristly material (9) 22 Virginia has visitor after leaving street? That’s unclear (5) 23 Pompous old doctor given Italian wine in British Columbia (9) 27 North American thug excited unknown character that’s ill-behaved (7) 30 Excellent person put in underwater vehicle (6) 31 Star is not working on radio (4) 32 I’m a type (not half) for recreating friendship (5) 35 Elizabeth shortly is given a letter in Rhodes, maybe (4) 36 Side mentioned for residential pupil (7) 38 Counter Republican leading trouble (4) 39 Affectionate term meant to be deployed in exercise (3,4) 42 Western heritage sadly with time gone gets to decline (6) 45 Spotless part of bicycle analysed (5) 46 English footballer at college gets to rise (5,2) 47 Temporarily give learner objective (4) 48 Go by father with two sons (4) 50 Best bull almost running loose in reaped field (7) 52 Female opera singer has new sofa (5) 54 Chat near ground about vacant tenement (6) 56 Cab that’s crashed left in river? That’s a disaster (7) 57 Butt put in small container (4) 59 English voted in rogue, nothing less? That’s quite clear (7) 61 Small measure adopted in Finchley (4) 64 Be on the side of supporter around Latin king (5) 66 Amaze those on the fringes of suspect union (4) 67 Young child with limited expression gets to walk unsteadily (6) 69 Extraordinarily neat woman returns to get aerial (7) 72 Worker outwardly obeying probes sacred writing collection (9) 73 Worth shown in former Italian (5) 74 Be in urgent need of furry coat possibly with nothing for start of autumn (3,3,3) 79 Introduction of this comic, a stupid sort (4) 81 Serious place to lay flowers? (5) 82 Own hotel given piece of publicity? It has to be doomed (4,3,2) 83 Some disorder if encouraged becomes widely prevalent (4) 85 Rubbish is left to crush (6) 86 Embrace colleague initially before secret conference? Not hard (6) 87 Spotted thing with no end of rust requiring repair in garden building (7,4)

DOWN

1 European mismanaged our currency (4) 2 Obstruct first of tramps with seething wrath (6) 3 Companion lies about tool (6) 4 Small sweet left by Gene mistakenly when touring Australia (7) 5 Semi-precious stone put in bag at exhibition (5) 6 Support shown by figure in a past edition (4,6) 7 Latest sign of dissent in retail event that’s outdated (5) 8 With revived form, number triumphed henceforth (4,3,2) 9 Certainly outbound after leaving university in a mess (2,5) 10 Talk of contemporary seaside feature (4) 11 Jack at home, one in fancy togs as fervent patriot (8) 15 Friend dined showing sense of taste (6) 21 A U.S. lawyer, for example, when upset produces saying (5) 24 Key change in meals (7) 25 Make thicker custard initially ruled out of order (6) 26 Note story associated with upper-class setting (6) 28 German former tennis player, we’re told, in diagram (5) 29 Open container for all to see put in sides of tomb (3) 33 Man’s cut out for a holy site (7) 34 With no end of development, manufacture a new top gun, say (6) 37 Wander in a set of mountains (5) 40 German right away requiring treatment has a skin problem (5) 41 Second itinerant seller is disagreeable person (7) 43 Publication in Italy and Spain showing a likeness (5) 44 Some Celt surely in turn makes whispering sound (6) 46 Small fly, say, not clearly seen on reflection (5) 49 Loyal southern Greek character linked to northern church (7) 51 Young male grabs first sign of this article in a study of plants (6) 53 Fraudulent devil keeping source of expenditure hidden (6) 55 Journey ending in Penzance? That’s nonsense (5) 58 Improved modest drink for spouse (6,4) 60 Money in mined material (3) 62 Poem penned by African tourist (5) 63 Canal gate needing renovation on first look (2,1,6) 65 Encumber twin, lad struggling with cough lately (4,4) 68 Take this largely before Adam’s associate (6) 70 One that’s boastful changing direction to become a trickster (7) 71 Councillor, one engaged in complicated duty showing coarseness (7) 75 Trip publicised in front of guide (6) 76 Convincingly beat leaders in the heptathlon showing hot-headedness (6) 77 Notice director overlooking yard that’s disreputable (5) 78 Film part of a plant (5) 80 Wealthy type accommodated in part of France (4) 84 Touch fine slippery fish (4)