GIANT CROSSWORD

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

13 Second-hand garment now had mend after being repaired (4-2-4) 14 Understand serial is

shot around Spain (7) 15 Employ again engineer here

around firm’s centre (6) 16 Strong old boy, American, taking

part in rota at odd points (6) 17 Fighter in poor condition

shows flaw (7) 18 Actor Jack mentioned something

needing squeezing? (5) 19 Cold period in bird enclosure (4) 20 Boy disheartened by article in French

to a considerable extent (2,3) 21 Plunder in back of car by yard (5) 22 Mumbled words by

Yankee that’s sleepy (6) 23 Attitude found around

southern sheriff’s group (5) 28 Characteristic section

of a magazine (7) 30 Skill shown by sailor with litheness after dropping a glove initially (7) 33 Clean out sect I find dubious (9) 36 Fellow with agricultural implement

heading off is mercurial (6) 38 Refracting glass found in

Capri’s mountains (5) 39 Loop with a knot shortly

spun close to horse (5) 40 Grade position in a scale? (6) 42 Very small support

shown by U.S. city (5) 43 What astronauts prepare

for in charitable place (7) 44 Save key uniform kept

by Royal Engineers (6) 46 Loosen part of cummerbund

obtrusively (4) 49 End where one catches a bus? (4) 51 My lot getting excited about

end of exercise? It’s varied (6) 53 Irritable slob I twice bothered

around university (7) 55 Promise by unknown character

lacking in concision? (5) 59 Herb from Cambridgeshire

area Leonard rejected (6) 60 Golfers prefer to avoid

this piece of cake? (5) 61 Region is followed on radio (5) 62 Fake taser brandished

by last character (6) 63 Environmental damage

until pool is replaced? (9) 65 How one might describe a security conscious celebrity being wary? (7) 66 This French chive is mixed

up in raw fish dish (7) 70 Female with drunkard

that’s well supplied (5) 71 By the sound of it, undeviating body

of water between islands? (6) 73 Brother getting

assistance for plait (5) 75 Old man gets to exploit interval (5) 80 Bill used intermittently

to be depressed (4) 82 Friend in Calais by ship

is out of place (5) 83 Dull drink in home I had

to make shorter (7) 84 Extremely idiotic designation held

back for frozen mummy (6) 85 Perplex Bill’s partner largely

with source of inspiration? (6) 86 Dope is confused by end

of one part of a serial (7) 87 Brownish bird of prey

flying in elegant way (5,5)

DOWN

1 Duplicate to cover a new awning (6) 2 Shift with sun gone followed by

worker or military aide (8) 3 Burly husband surprisingly yet

to consume first of food (5) 4 Henry and Otto scrambled around

following Oscar hurriedly (7) 5 Consecrate a number

in front of transept (6) 6 British artist initially is

noted for intellect (5) 7 Posh car, say, turning up on end of

road with protruding edges? (6) 8 Greek character left oil spilt on top of neat part of a motorbike (7) 9 Indulgent series with VIP

broadcast about money (10) 10 Eccentric’s lever (5) 11 Mark on list Hungarian’s neighbour reportedly on holiday (5,3) 12 Pull top of document over

cheap newspaper (4) 24 Achieve the desired aim and

take over position? (7) 25 Produce black animals

for grazing in turn (5) 26 Mystify two Frenchmen

with circle amid change (7) 27 Allied type with wine (7) 29 Priest with limits on time

in select group (5) 31 English composer’s supreme joy (5) 32 Sound of a bell or

nightingale in part (4) 34 Elevate for all to see place provided with the ultimate in transport (6) 35 Some devotee’s way to express

a political preference (4) 37 Kelvin pining somehow to be

figure wielding power (7) 41 Travel with posh man beginning to

savour deep-fried strips of meat? (7) 45 Grouchy caterer unburdens totally with characters inside missing (6) 47 Try to equal fast runner

not long past (7) 48 Cretin’s ruptured water tank (7) 50 Designed tile for yellow

flowered plant (7) 52 Give out item in

haphazard fashion (4) 54 Likeness observed in

Lima, generally (5) 56 Abandon channel at side of field (5) 57 List of dishes raised in June, maybe (4) 58 Make equal horizontal plane (5) 60 Drive lots arranged around Haiti’s capital? It’s only brief (5-5) 64 Pay attention and put lines in different order (6,2) 67 Ground is ready to admit American, I suppose (1,4,3) 68 Biting military supremo enthralling just over half of Austria (7) 69 Put pressure on quiet independent now in turmoil (3,4) 72 Customise wild trail around Ohio (6) 74 Place in middle of trees for standing (6) 76 Firmly fixed place to find Arabs? (6) 77 Trainee found in arcade, typically (5) 78 A set of four different points in good condition though used (2,3) 79 Ancient prophetess is recalled near lake (5) 81 Vegetable in part of a

ship resurrected (4)