GIANT CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

13 Sport pursued by Scottish-born inventor in underwater chamber (6,4) 14 A topic possibly when consuming a starchy pudding (7) 15 Place to store food in Russian car, it’s said (6) 16 Prestige obtained by a revolutionary in court (6) 17 Endure inconvenience ultimately in terrible ground (7) 18 Female prison officer avoiding conflict in uniform? (5) 19 Group of players in shed (4) 20 Part of wooden image showing twilled fabric (5) 21 Vehicle entering the Home Counties needs alarm (5) 22 Winding part of a plot found by Yankee (6) 23 Lewd bachelor departs in weird way (5) 28 Trustee introduces Jamaican musician without top, adventurous type (7) 30 Dismissive expression by a Scot when tucking into cheese roll (7) 33 Speedily promote fighter, a figure that’s revered on trail (4-5) 36 Oil company retains reserve with special muscle (6) 38 Chart for a number of diners (5) 39 Last part of dark stream showing shrimp-like creatures (5) 40 Claim from dubious actress when leaving clubs (6) 42 Mess after time passes in corner (5) 43 Opener with celebrity becomes fundamental (7) 44 Place to grow plants, an obsession for nighttime insect (6) 46 Affected group of people in tents (4) 49 Plucked instrument is piercing first off (4) 51 Weak theory regularly adopted in course (6) 53 Lower the value of diamonds geared for distribution (7) 55 Jargon found in sprawling organisation (5) 59 One involved in winning flutter might be this? (6) 60 Girl’s first passion for something put on hand (5) 61 Accustom home on Yorkshire river (5) 62 Extemporise in part of growing itinerary (4,2) 63 Impress circle in British institution caring for the elderly (5,4) 65 Convincingly communicate verse in comic troupe (3,4) 66 Accelerate in quarter with Nick in a dash around Spain (7) 70 How one might describe some wintry conditions currently in Surrey’s borders? (5) 71 Work up sweat receiving hospital bandage (6) 73 Disreputable son, maybe, merrily discarding book (5) 75 Agent’s upset without new platform (5) 80 Leading hors d’oeuvres (not half) (4) 82 Sticky substance, say, or lump seen at intervals (5) 83 Client’s damaged copying facility (7) 84 Soften about period for austerity (6) 85 Centre of tiny card mostly shows private witticism (2-4) 86 Stretchy lace? It’s needing replacement (7) 87 Plug by old railway for baked food (4,6)

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1 Female composed a line for last part (6) 2 Elevated skier struggling without energy? That’s potentially dangerous (4-4) 3 A thing drawing airport passengers is semi-precious stone (5) 4 Fellow with a clue somehow grabs front of curved Egyptian boat (7) 5 Girl flying around Delaware in engineless plane (6) 6 Exposed tip of coast in British island (5) 7 U.S. port after development has to grow (6) 8 British pair in turn love Irish woman’s private room (7) 9 A part peril played obtaining sequence of documents (5,5) 10 Flounder lots wasting time in small hotel (5) 11 Amateur deployed charm with attitude (8) 12 Part of sale’s substantially reduced (4) 24 Ant’s partner with circle on Hebridean island shows propriety (7) 25 Sort of seal on top of haul or bind (5) 26 Hard individual gets to remain without a virtue (7) 27 Peculiar street in front of shooting club (7) 29 Rule remaining possibly when principal leaves (5) 31 Bird fluttering in brook not all right (5) 32 Increase walk in the countryside (4) 34 A shot finally taken by old footballer, given favourable conditions (2,4) 35 Dark European or U.S. coin (4) 37 Partially hide pieces of footage in here at intervals (7) 41 Cousin excitedly grabbing end of carpet showing process in vacuuming? (7) 45 Friend in New York has to obtain spending plan (6) 47 Nervous pair mostly suffering irritating sensation (7) 48 Shift in ovens rich meat (7) 50 Doddery pair’s at home for pain-killer (7) 52 Tumult in carnival site close to resort (4) 54 Stir up argument largely with purpose (5) 56 Cunning chap not finished on French island (5) 57 Pieces for all to see in list of dishes (4) 58 Australian with form of flu that’s terrible (5) 60 Reserve worker surprisingly wed a German (4,6) 64 Fantastic owner’s given special award in journalistic workplace (8) 67 Last act in work around yard is a stimulus (8) 68 Temporary post redefined by clothing company (7) 69 Enlarge play if making changes about opening of matinee (7) 72 Fake tears spilt by last character (6) 74 Peace’s ruined in outlet (6) 76 Information on tax for aristocrats (6) 77 A second source of eggs drained of colour (5) 78 Some rebel cheekily gets to burp (5) 79 Rex puts on cloak in thin silk (5) 81 Soloist’s ending with a French song (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

13 Underwater chamber (6,4) 14 Sago (7) 15 Food store (6) 16 Prestige (6) 17 Endure (7) 18 Clothing (5) 19 Set of actors (4) 20 Twilled fabric (5) 21 Alarm (5) 22 Winding (6) 23 Lewd (5) 28 Rambler (7) 30 Roll (7) 33 Speedily promote (4-5) 36 Muscle (6) 38 Board (5) 39 Shrimp-like creatures (5) 40 Claim (6) 42 Corner (5)

43 Fundamental (7) 44 Nighttime insect (6) 46 Tent site (4) 49 Plucked instrument (4) 51 Weak (6) 53 Lower the value of (7) 55 Jargon (5) 59 Cheery (6) 60 Hand covering (5) 61 Accustom (5) 62 Extemporise (4,2) 63 Convince (5,4) 65 Convey (3,4) 66 Accelerate (7) 70 Affected by wintry weather (5) 71 Bandage (6) 73 Disreputable (5)

75 Platform (5) 80 Leading (4) 82 Sticky substance (5) 83 Copying plate (7) 84 Soften (6) 85 Private witticism (2-4) 86 Stretchy (7) 87 Layered baked food (4,6)

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1 End (6) 2 Potentially dangerous (4-4) 3 Semi-precious stone (5) 4 Egyptian boat (7) 5 Engineless plane (6) 6 Bare (5)

7 Grow (6) 8 Woman’s private room (7) 9 Sequence of documents (5,5) 10 Watery mess (5) 11 Amateur (8) 12 Reduced (4) 24 Propriety (7) 25 Bind (5) 26 Virtue (7) 27 Peculiar (7) 29 Rule (5) 31 Bird (5) 32 Increase (4) 34 Assuming favourable conditions (2,4) 35 U.S. coin (4) 37 Overshadow (7) 41 Drawing in (7) 45 Spending plan (6)

47 Nervous (7) 48 Deer meat (7) 50 Pain killer (7) 52 Tumult (4) 54 Awaken (5) 56 Cunning (5) 57 Restaurant list (4) 58 Terrible (5) 60 Reserve worker (4,6) 64 Journalistic workplace (8) 67 Stimulus (8) 68 Temporary (7) 69 Enlarge (7) 72 Fake (6) 74 Flee (6) 76 Aristocrats (6) 77 Pale (5) 78 Burp (5) 79 Thin silk (5) 81 Song (4)