GIANT CROSSWORD

Choose between cryptic and quick clues to tackle the Giant crossword – both lead to the same answers.

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

13 The time and speed

are not good (6-4)

14 A silver veil (7)

15 Appeared to have seen (6)

16 Also, it can make you

feel seasick (2,4)

17 Bird box with a

difference (7)

18 A bag in close up (5)

19 Nail back the section (4)

20 Say “With a small

visor” (5)

21 Awful heat many

couldn’t stand (5)

22 Again, the wrong

answer (6)

23 Music file (5)

28 “Will fly,” we interposed,

“anyway” (7)

30 Think it would be evil

to cut a key for (7)

33 Masters the art of

keeping silent? (7,2)

36 Nevertheless, what I

lost a pound on (6)

38 Edward and Arthur are

back in business (5)

39 Find he dropped out

of the event (5)

40 “The advantages of being

small”, the girl returned (6)

42 The lights reveal big

hunks of wood (5)

43 Give a gate it’s jammed

in a shake (7)

44 Attack that has an

electrifying effect on? (6)

46 Go off, giving you

a fright (4)

49 Run inside, kid – run! (4)

51 Say, when very upset

by, in French (6)

53 Behave themselves,

when you take to (7)

55 Unexpectedly walk

in on and seize (5)

59 Steal away to have

a drink (6)

60 Prick up the floppy ears

when one enters (5)

61 Set maniacally on

going in to attack (5)

62 Understand and

embrace (4,2)

63 Finishes with “The

golf’s cancelled” (6,3)

65 Shown to be owned by

– bred, as well, in (7)

66 In short, anyhow, once

caught is put inside (7)

70 Frank is kind (5) 71 Thought of going into

action myself (6)

73 Mix it with a little bit of (5)

75 Makes a grab at

and it bites (5)

80 Unstable, starting to

wobble, or rock (4)

82 Father rewrote the end

of the chapter (5)

83 The boy took the girl

round a plant (7)

84 Only just got the L

into “Oliver” (6)

85 Duller stuff (6)

86 Keep, to look at (7)

87 A brochure saying “Seek

for gold” (American) (10)

DOWN

1 Leaves one’s bed to

procure a drink (4,2)

2 Tone down the gushing

“dear to me” (8)

3 Are confusing? Rot! (5)

4 With the pawn,

pussyfoot (4-3)

5 Be back in time for

the discussion (6)

6 The rest wander round

in the shop (5)

7 An attractive concealed

compartment? (6)

8 I’d got upset – badly upset

– by the argument (7)

9 It comes in a bottle you

plan to use again (10)

10 Supports the left

in the series (5)

11 Have an ailment you keep

grumbling about? (8)

12 Drop and damage (4)

24 Not real money obtained

from the teller (7)

25 Coped with the many

late stragglers (5)

26 Into the pot cooking –

mine – shaking pepper (7)

27 Supported right through when one took the wrong path (7)

29 She’s single and in

love, madly (5)

31 Right old cat, thoroughly

warped (5)

32 Don’t allow to examine

the ring (4)

34 The various phases when

one puts on a show (6)

35 Line with a little bit of (4)

37 After food, the animal

takes a rest, curled up (7)

41 Recessed, which is a