GIANT CROSSWORD
CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
12 You won’t hate eccentric no
longer in favour (2,3,3,3) 13 Lament man, bore with no right to
ramble (6) 14 English novelist, one taking
bow? (6) 16 Mediocre show repeated at odd
points (2-2) 17 Posh politician last to vouch in legal
case is victorious (9) 18 Clubs amended rule that’s very
harsh (5) 19 Approaching part of fine arena (4) 20 Undisciplined son in home? That’s
nonsense (9) 22 Suspicious swimmer close to
quay (5) 23 Liverpudlian singer gets to see
place of trouble (5,4) 27 Unsettle director, terrible purist (7) 30 Depend on approval in group and
circle (4,2) 31 Leader of regime facing revolutionary period? That’s uncommon (4) 32 Foam in Scottish river with
interchange in one place (5) 35 Join group of mellow elders (4) 36 Engineer with quartet, we hear,
needs chastening (4,3) 38 Desperate character touring West
in the beginning (4) 39 Skilful sailor captivated by place at
sea (7) 42 Look for merit shortly in school (6) 45 Recall some irregular effigy in
wild (5) 46 Here day’s disturbed overlooking
river for bumpkin (7) 47 Nail course of action (4) 48 Opinion that is dividing five
women (4) 50 Experienced and strangely wily
lord leaving institute (7) 52 Advantage from sun in a spell of
tennis (5) 54 Nigel is upset about source of
gentle or minor criticism (6) 56 Laborious sort of list followed by
tense newsman (7) 57 Excess fat in fellow with
experimental site (4) 59 Slippery eel around U.S. island very
hard to catch (7) 61 Feeling shown in struggle
enveloping Belgium (4) 64 Fit of temper from celebrity
shunning a work (5) 66 Price in Greek island taverna at the
outset (4) 67 A large inlet or recess (6) 69 Greatly revere first of indefatigable
oldies at work (7) 72 Fetch seat when assembling for
informative paper (4,5) 73 Gush possibly about Rex making
dubious gesture (5) 74 Acclaim bar with officially
approved yard (9) 79 Opening gained by old soldier
round November (4) 81 Compact study by outsiders in
service (5) 82 Some in local wrong when missing
a line or punctuation mark (9) 83 Greek character regularly seen in
minor team (4) 85 Counter with line for small cart (6) 86 Old U.S. actress losing diamonds in
store (6) 87 Unusually morose waiter finally linked to fault in hotel hospitality (4,7)
DOWN
1 Release group in ground
obviously (4) 2 Definite winner at home after a lot of
filming (4-2) 3 Change button (6) 4 Cleanliness elevated by Kelly, say, in
speech (7) 5 Fake person knowing nothing (5) 6 Husband sadly loathed essentially
soft kiwi fruit, maybe (6,4) 7 Use a form of words for sofa (5) 8 Popular councillor in packed year is
very active (2,4,3) 9 Old man left in port area security
device (7) 10 Closely examine second chapter and
article (4) 11 Notice a boxing match to
consider (3,5) 15 One visited for consultations getting
to dwindle (6) 21 I love exotic pitted fruit (5) 24 Tavern’s disorientated domestic
employee (7) 25 Bestow first of crowns on fine
queen (6) 26 Words garbled by unknown
character make one sleepy (6) 28 Race competitor’s additional
clause (5) 29 By the sound of it, inferior
hand (3) 33 Supporter given food gets rapturous
reception (7) 34 Andrew confused prison
official (6) 37 Resistance shown by colleague in
political gathering (5) 40 Uplifting company among all getting
tipsy in pub (5) 41 Pete and Liam sadly with no latitude
for pastry dish (4,3) 43 Something legally promulgated in
the dictionary (5) 44 Woman’s keeping hooter making
glaring mistake (6) 46 Strain to lift home equipment and
various else initially (5) 49 Rule overturned by Kelvin dismissed
in industrial strike (7) 51 Weaken revamped diet when consuming pounds for all to see (6) 53 Bob with a bent shape has
disease (6) 55 Some role vaguely brought up for
auctioneer’s hammer (5) 58 Why a biker’s treated
marginally (2,1,7) 60 Finish Pernod at regular
intervals (3) 62 Get ready for plague (5) 63 Dogma once in circulation gets to
fluctuate (4,3,2) 65 Economic dispute warranted possibly with no end of deception (5,3) 68 Sociable companion taken with card
game first off (6) 70 How days are arranged is
murky (7) 71 I’m captivated by rendition of blues
that’s majestic (7) 75 Stay cycling erratically
somewhat (6) 76 Pester Greek character with victor vigorously after vacation (6) 77 Confront female TV presenter (5) 78 Glaswegian, say, having pocketed
nothing gets to leave quickly (5) 80 Thing put on car is exhaust, we’re
told (4) 84 Fold fixed without last of pins (4)
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