GIANT CROSSWORD CRYPTIC
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ACROSS 13
Keep company with, as you go hither and yon (5,5) 14 Understood to have been
given shelter by (5,2) 15 Visit and get a chance
to participate (4,2) 16 Saw when we entered
a scruffy dive (6) 17 Had killed and cooked
to give to (4,3) 18 Object that’s slim,
with a gold tip (5) 19 Only something for
you to stand on (4) 20 Start with the man who captured an American soldier (5) 21 Not short of money
and that’s flat! (5) 22 Have it register that you
can’t keep afloat (4,2) 23 Girl of the Day (5) 28 Trips on the stairs (7) 30 I again quickly grabbed
the loveliest (7) 33 Can the sounds, Eastern,
be Chinese? (9) 36 Close up showing a
fellow with a gun (6) 38 Gather it’s a small
US state (5) 39 The creature inside you
think is a duck (5) 40 Bad, getting set to
free oneself of (6) 42 In groups, I put back
into the pens (5) 43 Shrank from the fish
and were hiding in (7) 44 Stroke is the key man (6) 46 Superior to, once again (4) 49 May be met with in a bar
and is unexciting (4) 51 To deal with the landslide,
he goes around (6) 53 Once having changed the
money in, spend it (7) 55 Steal quietly: move
very slowly (5) 59 A rose, red, mother
returns with (6) 60 Service you get in a
good tea room (5) 61 Cherish the award (5) 62 Nag about, when you
won’t switch off (4,2) 63 As well as, for us,
tailoring clothes (4,5) 65 Said how awful it was
one hadn’t rung (7) 66 In form, he has a
brush with (7) 70 Past master, set out at
first to impress (5) 71 It’s to do with the girl
being irresponsible (6) 73 Don’t allow to enter
the club (5) 75 Go with a bang (5) 80 Nip – or nipped (4) 82 Refill to give to the
little dog (3,2) 83 Furls when one puts in
an appearance (5,2) 84 Soon chopped up to mix
in with the vegetables (6) 85 Injured by the weapon
he’d carried (6) 86 Observed and wrote down
“Held in charge” (7) 87 Dog one had trained
for the fool (10)
DOWN
1 Vaguely mention not quite
all are punctual (2,4) 2 Glowering from the
boat at the fish (8) 3 Give the tiny tin away,
though it’s useful (5) 4 Sympathise with the old
twister, once caught out (7) 5 For rises, is still in force (6) 6 Firm it must be
really strong (5) 7 Avoids topless
garments (6) 8 Isn’t bothered about the
colour for a moment (7) 9 Hint I’d gone in to
frighten (10) 10 Gets tired of fellowprisoners (5) 11 Does dress in the gown
and descends (4,4) 12 Man the worm hated to
see approaching (4) 24 “A recreation that’s
beyond me,” I put in (7) 25 Broke, though it’s hard (5) 26 It’s right to protect society
and you’d do well to (7) 27 Less careless about
the tap fasteners (7) 29 Rested, having
spare time (5) 31 Knowing fear, having
a right to hide in (5) 32 Certain it is so, myself (4) 34 The love crazed Norma,
about to abandon (6) 35 Double back to pay
tribute to (4) 37 Paid for having
behaved towards (7) 41 Figure it out myself.
Are cheats (3-4) 45 An issue for the
anaesthetist (6) 47 To get the map, I duck
into the vehicle (7) 48 Understanding,
yet dense (7) 50 A little shoot out! (7) 52 L-look! It’s a den! (4) 54 Brad got a tip from him (5) 56 Thick as thieves
by the end (5) 57 Early woman (4) 58 No skin head! (5) 60 Match – letter for
letter? (10) 64 An ex – and for
quite a while (8) 67 It’s neat and tidy.
Honest (8) 68 Argument that the diet’s
wrong, back up in (7) 69 Daddy’s pet, among
the little darlings (7) 72 Gave the impression it was
jammed right inside (6) 74 Will take on, you
suppose (6) 76 Not the hokey cokey:
the pokey pokey! (6) 77 Possibly a drawing
room (5) 78 Asked a number to come
aboard the cutter (5) 79 Unworn? Impossible! (3,2) 81 Make for the top (4)