GIANT CROSSWORD CRYPTIC QUICK
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ACROSS 13
Drawing – or withdrawing (7,3) 14 In a later skirmish,
he beat (7) 15 The dilettante starting off
had a leaning towards (6) 16 Among their milling number, one who hates crowds (6) 17 Create, in your sleep? (5,2) 18 A title I keep quiet
about (5) 19 Try again, or have
a stab at (4) 20 Put up with having
to pay for (5) 21 Having weapons, the cockney says, is injurious (5) 22 Anyhow, Barney is
not far away (6) 23 And is carried by the
father animal (5) 28 Smart to a fault interior
but very messy (7) 30 When businesses run so, are the owners perplexed? (2,1,4) 33 And, tail wagging when
mother comes in, a dog (9) 36 What cookery books will
equivocate about? (6) 38 Give back to, after all (5) 39 I’m freeing the animal
caged. It’s wrong (5) 40 Terribly cruel to lock the
daughter in and go off (6) 42 Set about destroying
or keep (5) 43 Not sand, which is hard
for one to grasp (7) 44 Make amends for hiding
the key forthwith (2,4) 46 Earned when forced to (4) 49 Resent that you
look after (4) 51 The vegetable is right with
the shad I cooked (6) 53 Bad? No, the thug
reformed inside (7) 55 Even when well supplied
with money (5) 59 A two-foot tree (6) 60 Support the two (5) 61 When the tit flies in,
do the same (5) 62 The first two letters
posted are missing (6) 63 Being a substitute
sandwichman? (7,2) 65 Locks up. The errant sinner’s given time inside (7) 66 Group together to
give support (7) 70 Through the tree, flickering
sun comes, in short (5) 71 A gold key is found
inside: very antique (3-3) 73 Quite a few are scratch (5) 75 Say contemptuously
“A tot!” (5) 80 Bad, in the vilest sense (4) 82 Gives one Harry
Smith’s initials (5) 83 He doesn’t imagine to
be true: it’s awful (7) 84 Pull in and pull up (6) 85 The girls one wishes
one were with (6) 86 See-through and
wrinkle-free (7) 87 Isn’t bother by irritations.
Is laughing (2,8)
DOWN 1
Most shrewd, takes a commission to offset (6) 2 Mad with love for a longlegged flighty creature (8) 3 Will join you the night
after, you say (5) 4 Heavens, lad, I spilled
the drink! (7) 5 Right back in the same
surging water (6) 6 Go for it but flop (5) 7 Take place, maybe,
in the north (6) 8 An Indian dog act
that’s funny in (7) 9 Vegetables American
men won’t eat? (5,5) 10 Frank is kind (5) 11 “A blatant display of
jingoism,” you storm (8) 12 Be in a hurry and
open roughly (4) 24 Having called, did
the girl turn in? (7) 25 “The Snake” preview
started badly (5) 26 None kept their mouths
shut in toto (3,4) 27 Struck one as having
savoured of (7) 29 A man requires skill
and courage (5) 31 Not a squiggly L
in “claw” (5) 32 Hold up so you don’t go (4) 34 The bundle she put in
to be cleaned (6) 35 Intimate it should be
just the teeniest bit (4) 37 Excited, shot into
the air (5,2)
ACROSS 13 Withdrawing (7,3) 14 Beat (7) 15 Leaned (6) 16 Recluse (6) 17 Create (5,2) 18 Title (5) 19 Wound (4) 20 Bear (5) 21 Injures (5) 22 Close (6) 23 Animal (5) 28 Topsy-turvy (7) 30 Perplexed (2,1,4) 33 Dog (9) 36 Equivocate (6) 38 Apportion (5) 39 Wrong (5) 40 Sour (6) 42 Keep (5) 43 Pebbles (7) 44 Forthwith (2,4) 46 Forced (4) 49 Resent (4) 51 Salad plant (6) 53 Disobedient (7) 55 Even (5) 59 Tree (6) 60 Support (5) 61 The same (5) 62 Missing (6) 63 Substituting (7,2) 65 Locks up (7) 66 Group together (7) 70 Short (5) 71 Ancient (3-3) 73 Scratch (5) 75 Snifter (5) 80 Wicked (4) 82 Gives (5) 83 Pragmatist (7) 84 Pull in (6) 85 Skips (6) 86 Wrinkle-free (7) 87 Laughing (2,8) 41 Walks – walks by
the river (7) 45 Won’t, on getting
up later (3,3) 47 Being attractive in
the picture (7) 48 Feels, when one
deals with (7) 50 Thank I mean somehow
to capture the soldier (7) 52 “Aquatic mammal”
is close (4) 54 Succeed or don’t succeed
in staying off (3,2) 56 Because the flying
insect is tailless (5) 57 Tight with money or
just average (4) 58 So badly in need of a
barber it’s frightening? (5) 60 Mentioning that one’s
giving a rise to (8,2) 64 Having no inclination:
feeling languid (8) 67 Promise or you’ll
catch it! (8) 68 So getting the figure in shape will make you feel better (7) 69 Complain the step is crumbling that rot got into (7)
DOWN 1 Most shrewd (6) 2 Bird (8) 3 Join (5) 4 Drink (7) 5 Brook (6) 6 Flop down (5) 7 Occur (6) 8 Indian (7) 9 Vegetables (5,5) 10 Ilk (5) 11 Blatant (8) 12 Hurtle (4) 24 Rang (7) 25 Snake (5) 26 In toto (3,4) 27 Slapped (7) 29 Courage (5) 31 Claw (5) 32 Hold up (4) 34 Cleaned (6) 35 Intimate (4) 37 Excited (5,2) 41 Walks (7) 45 Later (3,3) 47 Picture (7) 48 Deals with (7) 50 Suppose (7) 52 Shut (4) 54 Succeed (3,2) 56 Because (5) 57 Miserly (4) 58 Hirsute (5) 60 Mentioning (8,2) 64 Languid (8) 67 Catch (8) 68 Comfort (7) 69 Complain (7) 72 Brave (6) 74 Reviewer (6) 76 Grated (6) 77 Shut up! (5) 78 Late (5) 79 Custom (5) 81 Useless (4) 72 “Grand recreation,” I put
in, “for the bold” (6) 74 A ham roaster (6) 76 Said harshly “There’s a snake hiding in the shade” (6) 77 It’s shut up but a little
sun comes through (5) 78 In the out-tray a
day late (5) 79 Laugh a little at
the custom (5) 81 It’s useless putting
one in front (4)