GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 Tenor in a dig created
disparagement (11) 13 Penny alas is nervous when accepting
spymaster’s blood component (6) 14 Catch parent in a muddle (6) 16 Badly behaved child has
right to enter club (4) 17 Scruffy tie on Tory having
bad standing (9) 18 Two rivers characterising
the countryside (5) 19 First person occupied by
work gets to sulk (4) 20 Where one might serve measure of
drink in area enclosed by buildings (9) 22 Suitable award is backed
for recurrent idea (5) 23 Alert like a soccer player at the
centre of attention? (2,3,4) 27 Expert dropping a note certain
to offer criticism (7) 30 Gulp a liquid before onset
of excessive torment (6) 31 Record old commercial symbol (4) 32 Old-fashioned fellow for all
to see with filthy place (5) 35 Cease to bring back a lot of money (4) 36 Loathe spies at work in
Germany and Spain (7) 38 Pleasant resort in the
Mediterranean (4) 39 Put on a deceptive act quietly,
embarrassed about figure (7) 42 Wise figure perched in delivery
vehicle? The opposite! (6) 45 Vote into office progressive
lecturer? Not altogether (5) 46 Greek character with companion in element gets to contribute actively (5,2) 47 Exchange initially missing
in feature of rugby (4) 48 Minor row in department
if fleeting (4) 50 Engineer in flap about onset
of ulcer that’s sore (7) 52 Read about Frenchman in fantasy (5) 54 English artist with no end of
passion for team sport (6) 56 Small compartment is threedimensional, it’s said (7) 57 Abandon place for rejected goods (4) 59 Convey in words experiment
about ship (7) 61 Artist, say, flips showing fury (4) 64 A gentleman grabbing
time out of bed? (5) 66 Wild cat raised on reflection
by old woman (4) 67 Treat someone in a surgery (6) 69 Frenchman rejected rule
for continuation (7) 72 A clean tag for a change
on first looking (2,1,6) 73 Linger covered in sticky stuff? (5) 74 Fall guy got a space
for reinvention (9) 79 Stoat-like animal found
in farm in Kansas (4) 81 Director given free rein
in small restaurant (5) 82 More rifts developed for one
favouring gradual change (9) 83 Hideous walls found in
unprepossessing library (4) 85 Band of singers or such
becoming discordant (6) 86 Unusually silent recruit (6) 87 Lose one’s opportunity as late tourists before a cruise might do? (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Listen to husband on organ (4) 2 Element of snow in terrible
period of cold (6) 3 Group consuming first of rum
and variable alcoholic spirit (6) 4 Good man with a true eccentric
has imposing presence (7) 5 Concern with argument
brought up on railway (5) 6 Cagily open poorly made
disc for shooting (4,6) 7 Supplant unique selling
point about old city (5) 8 A top range newly manufactured
gets sponsorship (9) 9 Late changes in two hospitals over year to make one sound (7) 10 Originate some activities
temporarily (4) 11 In the morning organised help
in part for brochure (8) 15 Take an extensive time to fit in (6) 21 Part of Dover that’s open (5) 24 Bishop before crowd first
off making rant (7) 25 Clue is altered for rinse (6) 26 Draw out priest with appeal
around front of church (6) 28 Rotten pea is reddish-brown (5) 29 Republican Party from the
South gets stick (3) 33 A sect somehow in
charge is austere (7) 34 Brother with intuitive feeling losing aspiration for late morning meal (6) 37 Praise former group
after revolution (5) 40 Specialised section in
Hispanic heliport (5) 41 Fancy person making
feeble sound (7) 43 Give up for good in a university
making farewell (5) 44 Extreme place beginning
to export drink (6) 46 Military chaplain shifted drape (5) 49 Female out of sorts
reveals flaw (7) 51 France and another EU country getting rid of wine to be thrifty (6) 53 Use my pole at sea (6) 55 First signs of cars using reduced velocity entering bend (5) 58 One who might deal with a sole complaint? (10) 60 Notice odd characters in scenes (3) 62 Master in short touring area with a tropical fruit (5) 63 Cuban creep at sea after losing power as pirate (9) 65 Brood getting drunk stay put (3,5) 68 Arab found in hot drinks outlet has glass flask (6) 70 Rogue had slid being boisterous (7) 71 Partially hide last of mace left among exotic spice (7) 75 Uneven sort of chat in confines of priory (6) 76 Squalid food discontented boy (6) 77 Ornamentation for big lilo at regular intervals (5) 78 Intellectual sort disturbed in bar (5) 80 By the sound of it, restrict edge to pavement (4) 84 Some bridle apparently to make jump (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
12 Disparagement (11) 13 Component
of blood (6) 14 Snare (6) 16 Badly behaved
child (4) 17 Ill repute (9) 18 Bucolic (5)
19 Sulk (4) 20 Area enclosed
by buildings (9) 22 Recurrent idea (5) 23 Alert (2,3,4) 27 Criticism (7) 30 Torment (6) 31 Commercial
symbol (4) 32 Old-fashioned (5) 35 Desist (4) 36 Loathe (7) 38 Pleasant (4) 39 Feign (7) 42 Scholar (6) 45 Vote into
office (5) 46 Actively
contribute (5,2) 47 Mass (4) 48 Minor row (4) 50 Sore (7) 52 Fantasy (5) 54 Team sport (6) 56 A small
compartment (7) 57 Abandon (4) 59 Put into
words (7) 61 Fury (4) 64 Out of bed (5) 66 Wild cat (4) 67 Medical
practitioner (6) 69 Continuation (7) 72 On first
looking (2,1,6) 73 Linger (5)
74 Fall guy (9) 79 Stoat-like
animal (4) 81 A small
restaurant (5) 82 Supporter of
gradual change (9) 83 Hideous (4) 85 Band of singers (6) 86 Recruit (6) 87 Lose one’s
opportunity (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Listen to (4) 2 Season (6) 3 Alcoholic
spirit (6) 4 Height (7) 5 Concern (5) 6 Disc for
shooting (4,6)
7 Supplant (5) 8 Sponsorship (9)
9 Well (7) 10 Originate (4)
11 Brochure (8) 15 Fit in (6) 21 Open (5) 24 Rant (7) 25 Rinse (6) 26 Draw out (6) 28 Reddish
brown (5) 29 Stick (3) 33 Austere (7) 34 A latemorning meal (6) 37 Praise (5) 40 Recess (5) 41 Feeble
sound (7) 43 Farewell (5) 44 Drink (6) 46 Military
chaplain (5) 49 Defect (7)
51 Thrifty (6) 53 Use (6) 55 Bend (5) 58 A foot
expert (10) 60 Notice (3) 62 Tropical
fruit (5) 63 Pirate (9) 65 Stay put (3,5) 68 Glass flask (6) 70 Boisterous (7)
71 Overshadow (7) 75 Uneven (6)
76 Soiled (6) 77 Ornamentation (5)
78 Intellect (5) 80 Pavement
edge (4) 84 Jump (4)
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