GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
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ACROSS 12
How far the window was from the boy who broke it? (6-5) 13 What’s so absorbing in
the cookery book? (6) 14 A criminal and a
lout: wild West (6) 16 Fish hard for the little
animal to catch (4) 17 Inform on how to make
less gloomy? (9) 18 Mean one’s got capital (5) 19 With frost about, I’m
going inside (4) 20 Question to which the paparazzo answers “Yes” readily (4,1,4) 22 Don’t allow the boy
to be ordinary (5) 23 Very funny way of
saying “free”? (9) 27 Spring again, the
easel is unfolded (7) 30 Didn’t permit the girl
to get into bed (6) 31 After you stick up (4) 32 What you went through to
get it at the jeweller’s? (5) 35 Caught the boy
getting dressed (4) 36 Furious about the lies
concocted to deceive (7) 38 Swindles the females (4) 39 Cheat at the exam?
I dispute it (7) 42 Attacked the said man (6) 45 Say you’ll put into
circulation (5) 46 Small and rotten to be
lumbered with (7) 47 Study for about a day (4) 48 About a stupid,
backward girl (4) 50 Reacted strangely:
made a fuss (7) 52 Can hold the
double room (5) 54 Spoke sharply to
and struck (6) 56 Annoyed or, to put it
another way, enraged (7) 57 Blast! What does
“panache” mean? (4) 59 Believe you’ll put
up with it (7) 61 Gosh! The key to
the heart! (4) 64 Urge to have squash (5) 66 The sea is most
important (4) 67 Are collectors, you
understand (6) 69 Subdues the
infatuations (7) 72 Prepared to send the letter
that tackled the problem (9) 73 When the boat turns,
am within range (5) 74 A writer on “The Post”? (9) 79 What X equals? (4) 81 Promiscuous, having
no ties (5) 82 Would it discourage a man from doing the washing? (9) 83 Sound unpopular
with dogs (4) 85 Lots and lots of
scratches (6) 86 Assume Sam crashed
into the tree (6) 87 Poor, for students who are
no longer beginners (6-5)
DOWN 1
Long article on the church (4) 2 Make it possible to set three quarters of the Lebanese free (6) 3 While the rest spray
the flowers (6) 4 Try to get everybody inside
for something to eat (7) 5 As far as “Disgusting!
Leathery!” (5) 6 Unable to grasp, being
generous (4-6) 7 Turns up when there
are good buys (5) 8 I set out – a mistake – to
go in and frighten (9) 9 The Russian company’s
been given the boot (7) 10 That’s right. It’s
turned cooler (4) 11 Animal the worried master
got the doctor in for (8) 15 Do everything possible
to provide variety (6) 21 The perfect one to do
business with (5) 24 With craft, having succeeded in losing weight (7) 25 The newest is large
and state-built (6) 26 Holding of land that will
get bigger and bigger? (6) 28 Give “34” a break
right away (5) 29 Brought up as a
mother’s boy (3) 33 Supposed it means “false”,
as regards names (7) 34 Having come first, flushed
up in amazement (6) 37 Challenged father
about going in (5) 40 Seem frightened
by a flash (5) 41 How you said “You’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer”? (7) 43 Ascertain you incline
towards the right in (5) 44 Shortened to “Brought
into harbour” (6) 46 Blows – a right
and a left (5) 49 Won’t it allow you to go
nude in the kitchen? (7) 51 Teaches the star to
run about in (6) 53 Having been caught
at, is punished (6) 55 Carries the bundles (5) 58 Everywhere from boss
to minion (4,3,3) 60 Unused to it, upset
by the fight (3) 62 Plants, when there’s
rain, the new seed (5) 63 Be able to express, when
you argue with (4,5) 65 Send on again,
immediately (8) 68 Reliable, though at the
time out of practice (6) 70 A vain “Be more
economical with it” (7) 71 Lack of interest in the big
noise – a cardinal? (7) 75 Messy unscrewing
the nut: bad DIY (6) 76 Would it peeve you to
see it in the garden? (6) 77 Seems pleased by
the lights (5) 78 Unskilled, is about to
enter the facts (5) 80 Charge for returning
“79” (4) 84 Patient, carry out a
preliminary survey (4)