GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
13 Hotel? One’s a sight virtually when
busy in peak tourist period (4,6) 14 Artist with musical instrument
ignoring new Italian food (7) 15 Like better match official
appearing in person (6) 16 Root vegetable put in ground
around river (6) 17 View work produced by lowly
follower short of money (7) 18 Endless credit for manufacturing
apple-based drink (5) 19 Part of plan developed
for country (4) 20 A seat is vandalised making
one bewildered (2,3) 21 Paper with no time for
contentious matter (5) 22 Unique type making joke
on holiday (3-3) 23 Loose container guy emptied (5) 28 Pass net that’s been reviewed
for suitability (7) 30 Encumber first of blokes with
dog now needing training (3,4) 33 Avoid making a loss in holiday
period still (5,4) 36 Turn aside and be of use around
onset of winter (6) 38 Substitute doctor rewrote most
of column (5) 39 Lloyd crashed wheeled trolley (5) 40 Nonsense followed by a wide
or loud laugh (6) 42 Nervous priest lacking the ultimate
in holiness? That’s nonsense (5) 43 Drink before call proves
not harmonious (7) 44 A cub’s excited about
a counting frame (6) 46 Tragic figure, it’s said,
has lecherous look (4) 49 Find Olwen regularly being lazy (4)
51 Love scope to get citrus fruit (6) 53 Asian language adopted among
outsiders in struggling party (7) 55 Squander a stew after cooking (5) 59 Shelter in part of a cinema? (6) 60 Element of fibbing obviously
in indoor game (5) 61 Loans for renovating
drawing room (5) 62 In church, ordinary plaything is
put back for wolf-like dog (6) 63 Get rid of female comic,
a troublemaker (9) 65 Joke about name facing trouble in comeback? It makes one bitter (7) 66 Fantastic poet and writer about
island is a classic example (7) 70 Pry in post office about source
of stamps from the East (5) 71 Remove obstruction from a
French wooden shoe (6) 73 Allegation from institute probing
very reticent type (5) 75 Storm by one dark wood (5) 80 Pull shown by director before
student festivity (4) 82 Place offering refreshment in heat
for Manchester-based group (5) 83 Archdeacon is given number on
return for deer’s meat (7) 84 A bus misdirected on road?
That’s ridiculous (6) 85 Recent renovation shorn of
trappings in headquarters (6) 86 Opposite way to characterise
poet’s work? (7) 87 Another in work clutching
book obsessively (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 Short period with switch at end in slow dance (6) 2 Accidentally come across martial arts actor once in play (6,2) 3 Lively exercise by parish priest overlooking yard (5) 4 Support European partner (7) 5 A speaker in Rome’s in its original place (2,4) 6 Brother requires help for plait of hair (5) 7 Pioneering woman taken with awkward son nonetheless (4,2) 8 Victor for all to see in awful chore has ticket to buy goods (7) 9 Forbid pyre created for an eagle, say (4,2,4) 10 Place for beauty treatment about to become surplus (5) 11 Companion inside? (8) 12 Signify chaps touring area (4) 24 Small bomb posing terrible danger close to site (7) 25 A second animal in a coop drained of colour? (5) 26 Unyielding U.S. lawyer followed by staff in a trial’s opening (7) 27 Mischievous desire to retain poor gag (7) 29 Strength shown by prisoner with little sign of hesitation (5) 31 Wild crocus wanting sun? It has to happen (5) 32 Paddle in shallow adeptly (4) 34 A top U.S. city raised
llama-like animal (6) 35 Insincerely smooth Latin
accommodated in Gibraltar (4) 37 Tourist employee allowed front
of exhibition to be full (7) 41 Spanish composer clearly devoid of substance? That’s incorrect notion (7) 45 Celt in convertible is a customer (6) 47 Metal workshop discovered by railway (7) 48 Period of time in which one gets extremely short, shrill sound (7) 50 Drawing, say, lacking energy and
power in a manner of speaking (7) 52 Medal disappearing lacking in
essential character (4) 54 Norway only manufactured fabric (5) 56 Edited tome about first sign of
this outward symbol (5) 57 Couple of notes required
for settee (4) 58 Policeman in the Home Counties in range (5) 60 Deranged family is cause of slip-up? (6,4) 64 Draw out scandal affecting a space entrepreneur? (8) 67 Euro bets going awry certainly (2,2,4) 68 Use live broadcast? It’s difficult to find (7)
69 Tiny dig that’s damaged
self-respect (7) 72 Rule over golf during November (6) 74 Learner with noise treated wound (6) 76 Scandinavian dressed in cords mostly (6) 77 Strongly desire former soldier to support firm (5) 78 Dilapidated car missing front produces vexed feeling (5) 79 Trainee traced with difficulty after leaving rear of foyer (5) 81 Offensive smell from coats of
rare elk (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
13 Peak tourist
period (4,6) 14 Italian pasta (7) 15 Like better (6) 16 Root
vegetable (6) 17 View (7) 18 Apple-based
drink (5) 19 Country (4) 20 Bewildered (2,3) 21 Contentious
matter (5) 22 Unique type (3-3) 23 Loose (5) 28 Suitability (7) 30 Encumber (3,4) 33 Avoid making
a loss (5,4) 36 Turn aside (6) 38 Substitute
doctor (5) 39 Wheeled
trolley (5) 40 Loud laugh (6) 42 Nonsense (5) 43 Harshly
discordant (7) 44 Counting
frame (6) 46 Lecherous
look (4) 49 Lazy (4)
51 Citrus fruit (6) 53 Party (7) 55 Squander (5) 59 Shelter (6) 60 Number-based
game (5) 61 Drawing room (5) 62 Wolf-like dog (6) 63 Troublemaker (9) 65 Vexatious (7) 66 Personification (7)
70 Pry (5) 71 Clear obstruction
from (6) 73 Allegation (5) 75 Black wood (5) 80 Pull (4) 82 Fertile spot
in desert (5) 83 Deer’s meat (7) 84 Ridiculous (6) 85 Middle (6) 86 Opposite (7) 87 As an obsession (2,3,5)
DOWN
1 Slow dance (6) 2 Find accidentally (6,2) 3 Lively (5) 4 Support (7) 5 In its original
place (2,4) 6 Intertwine (5) 7 Nonetheless (4,2) 8 Ticket to
buy goods (7) 9 Raptor (4,2,4) 10 Surplus (5)
11 Fellow prisoner (8) 12 Signify (4) 24 Small bomb (7) 25 Pale (5) 26 Unyielding (7) 27 Mischievous (7) 29 Strength (5)
31 Happen (5) 32 Paddle (4) 34 Llama-like
animal (6) 35 Insincerely
smooth (4) 37 Full (7) 41 Incorrect
notion (7) 45 Customer (6) 47 Metal
workshop (7) 48 Emit a shrill
sound (7) 50 Manner of
speaking (7) 52 Medal (4) 54 Manmade fabric (5) 56 Outward symbol (5) 57 Settee (4) 58 Range (5) 60 Cause of slip-up (6,4) 64 Lengthen (8)
67 Certainly (2,2,4) 68 Difficult to find (7) 69 Self-respect (7) 72 Rule over (6)
74 Wound (6) 76 Scandinavian (6) 77 Strongly desire (5)
78 Wrath (5) 79 Trainee (5) 81 Smell (4)