GIANT CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
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ACROSS
12 Agree you neither look down nor look up to (3,3,2,3)
13 Telephone the doctor to
get an aid for digestion (6)
14 Had possibly done good
in, one thought (6)
16 If I lost the return half,
would worry (4)
17 Grabbed and roughly turned out, which is too much! (9)
18 Turning, slip a number
into one’s medicine (5)
19 Wrench from and run (4)
20 Song about them I composed which is really impressive (9)
22 Say it’s a sun top (5)
23 Attack that left the salon wrecked by the awful thug (9)
27 The terrier does tug a
bit, running in (3,4)
30 Back again in “16”,
search for (6)
31 Ranks as an emblem,
you say (4)
32 They think one cares (5)
35 Head for the vegetable
garden (4) 36 Doffed and left (4,3)
38 Saying nothing but
“Stupid!” (4)
39 The flags, colonel, are those belonging to us (7)
42 With “Shut up!” put
an end to (6)
45 In the air, way up (5)
46 Obvious I am the
heart case (7)
47 I got cold myself going
out with the pets (4)
48 It’s not honest. Straight
up it’s not! (4)
50 Comforts one in the
terrible loss (7)
52 Removing a grease smudge from the material (5)
54 Though strong, Rex
has dizzy bouts (6)
56 Jumped, one said,
right in (7)
57 From Harry, a loud
“That’s not all” (4)
59 The file is so untidy, with a torn red cover (7)
61 “Ordered some spaghetti to start with”, you say surprisedly (4) 64 The weak right, don’t succeed in catching with (5)
66 It may show one was
wrong to get a medal (4)
67 Opens with nudes
cavorting round the ring (6)
69 German surname,
Scottish first name; that’s material (7)
72 Have to have for some
nefarious purpose? (5,4)
73 Doesn’t allow to send
back spies (5)
74 For motorists, ways
to phone? (4,5)
79 A drink in “The
Tailless Horse” (4)
81 Complains about the
scales of payment (5)
82 Entrance to the
jazz club? (5,4)
83 Give the OK to in a jiffy (4)
85 Will suit you when
you grow into (6)
86 See I have a half of bitter
and won’t hurry (6)
87 How the stockbroker says he corrects his children? (6,5)
DOWN
1 Cherished by, is a
shade upset about (4)
2 Ready, stand by to
get a seat (6)
3 Figure the planet will
have a shortage of (6)
4 Going through the motions
of agreeing with (7)
5 Binding when not
securing a victory (5)
6 Shortened to “caught
it from” (10)
7 Fast getting cold (5)
8 Noted it’s anything
but a secret (4-5)
9 Sympathise with for
tricks Leo played on (7)
10 A sauce that made
a fortune (4)
11 Disinterested in, having
no connections with (8)
15 Holding the quiet, more
docile, monkey (6)
21 Have the name in green (5)
24 All the same, it’s often
compulsory (7)
25 A big noise in the news (6)
26 Quick! Tell me
what to say! (6)
28 Doesn’t allow to carry a
key, so one knocks (5) 29 One tract of land or
a great many (3)
33 To agree with
altogether (7)
34 Harry is the sniper (6)
37 Gets on with the
passengers (5)
40 Shakes, with ice (5)
41 As always, I get caught by
again, in the dream (7)
43 Less than the others in
the final quarter (5)
44 Dad caught, she threw (6)
46 Placed, or deposited, roughly a little more than half (5)
49 “Not all there” is unfair (7)
51 Conversion that requires
little money (6)
53 Gets a move on
and plants (6)
55 An attempt to get back into
the bus, by the phoney (5)
58 Figure the bill is for
the bed (4-6)
60 Wish I hadn’t finished
the liqueur off (3)
62 Bear – the cost of? (5)
63 Prevent by warning
to stop (9)
65 Was aware the dealer
is crooked (8) 68 In particular the backward
boy: the unruly Ali (6)
70 So that it’s shipshape (2,5)
71 The boy with nothing
on. Your boy (7)
75 Loud kid, turning, I
tell to be quiet (6)
76 Stupid to be involving
ourselves in (6)
77 When good and
cold, it sets (5)
78 Weight put on – and not
for the first time (5)
80 Honk and you
honk back (4)
84 Viciously attack society (4)