GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 13

Wake up and take with you to call on (5,5)

14 He wears uniform, but

not in public! (7)

15 Run, though injured and

a little disheartened (6)

16 Get yourself a permanent

home and land (6)

17 Forbidding one to

make a face (7)

18 Icy. Delightful when

half melted (5)

19 A match in being

courageous (4)

20 Very good in the

water colour (5)

21 It’s a code, inspector (5)

22 Yell “Go away!” when a

note is popped in (6)

23 Unable to get any further

than “attached to” (5)

28 “The sausage”, say, “is

about cooked, love” (7)

30 Surprise beginning and

end for a tale (7)

33 Getting angry when Alf

goes back to telephone (9) 36 Less inclined to run

with the dog (6)

38 Due to tearing the

gown I got into (5) 39 Grant permit (5)

40 The president’s

hand-outs (6)

42 Creep off to have a drink

in “The Sleepy Head” (5)

43 Signs of distress at

the scoldings (7)

44 Accustom to, in a

few months (6)

46 Type the first or last

letter of “suit” (4)

49 Run, witless twit! Go off! (4) 51 This case is a lady

at hospital (6)

53 Are about to make

you feel anxious (7)

55 First-class? That’s

a joke! (5)

59 It allows you to

get in food (6)

60 Bright: that’s evident (5)

61 Be told to take lessons (5) 62 He advises people to

go to high ground (6)

63 Banter not allowed?

Really? (2,7)

65 Yelled out, trapped

in the building (7)

66 Fire he is putting

out in the car (7)

70 Rap, be critical of (5)

71 Caught later, out

having wine (6)

73 The boat is, lady,

a book-end (5)

75 Manage to get away from

for the said break (5)

80 Within an hour, get

the longing (4)

82 Takes a chance on the

run with rickety skis (5)

83 Left outside. Figure

it’s an omen (7)

84 Again taking “46”

to the venue (6)

85 Finding a loophole in the

tricks is exciting (6)

86 With an O and minus an

O in “inauspicious” (7)

87 The dissimilarity creates

an argument (10)

DOWN

1 It’s easy to see what

put the candle out (6)

2 Quickly get a tin out:

pudding (2,1,5)

3 Tormented by, had

a crack at (5)

4 Having done wrong, gunrunning, is in prison (7)

5 Acknowledges it’s possibly

mad, to start with (6)

6 Pop back with a friend

and shock (5)

7 Several people wanting

to acquire pearls? (6)

8 Suspenders found in

the wardrobe (7)

9 Given cards that were

most unfortunate? (5,1,4) 10 Colour of the plug

she’s holding (5)

11 Cheer up, then, swimming

after the ship (8)

12 The best of all trees? (4)

24 Totter against (7)

25 Save, with a ball

difficult to trap (5)

26 After packing, I note

boarding the ship (7)

27 Herb has orange squash

– nothing more (7)

29 Avoid having to demolish

most of the tavern (5)

31 Will reflect, you imagine (5) 32 Don’t follow a star (4)

34 Gloomy and extra

big interior (6)

35 Coloured fritter (4)

37 The vehicle is a cart,

turning to the right (7)

41 Albert’s roan cantered

by unplaced (4,3)

45 Something resilient

to jump on (6) 47 When the cold has run

its course, gets up (7) 48 Dismiss as “a

cockney oaf” (4,3)

50 Pan you seek for

and find (3,4)

52 Again taking it back

after the row (4)

54 Pursue the figure

as he runs (5)

56 Task many a hero

performed (5)

57 Bend over, being

coquettish (4)

58 Paint badly? That’s

a slur! (5)

60 In the end, getting

a deduction (10)

64 Could be nicer. A sea

trip would add to it (8) 67 Somehow heard about the fool having pestered one (8)

68 It’s in character –

retiring and harsh (7) 69 The dog, Sam. It can

by very noisy (7)

72 Sneak it back to the

poet, edited (6)

74 People get dreadfully

sad about changes (6) 76 Had a bash at and

succeeded in finding oil (6) 77 Hardly touch, having

had a tiff with (5)

78 A new father and

he’s jittery (5)

79 Burst into tears when

one yelled at (5)

81 Secure, back from

space (4)