GIANT CROSSWORD

CHOOSE cryptic or quick, answers are the same. SOLUTIONS ON MONDAY

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 13 Disregard U.S. president holding

Republican ideas mistakenly (5,5) 14 Specialist disheartened when facing

total speech impediment (7) 15 Arrange break to consume last of

juice in glass (6) 16 Fool easily frightened in retirement

about source of water (6) 17 Bishop and queen taking part in

unusually neat feast (7) 18 Contributor located in London

ordinarily (5) 19 Family possessing large oven (4) 20 One much admired northern

wading bird (5) 21 René’s improvised a contemptuous

look (5) 22 Chap certain to miss sun for

fertiliser (6) 23 Money needed in past possibly for

item of postage (5) 28 Forestall Peter crazily detaining

politician (3-4) 30 Type prone to lose bottle in a form

of check-in (7) 33 Feature of a river largely drained

now (9) 36 Scrub awful place without power

around North Carolina (6) 38 Colonel outwardly has objective for

assertion (5) 39 Imposing duke behind aged

relative (5) 40 Writer probing current company

executive? It’s to happen shortly (6) 42 Inexpensive hotel found in exotic

cape (5) 43 Predict sore feet mostly after

dancing (7) 44 A lot of commotion about old film

showing embryo (6) 46 Lively dance more electrifying in

part (4) 49 Part of a tree in bay (4) 51 DIY today taking a year

represented as a peculiar thing (6) 53 Graduate in a short time comprehends small woodwind instrument (7) 55 Delicious yoghurt’s first found by

unmarried parent (5) 59 Container for food and unlimited

bubbly drink (6) 60 Strange invention shown in

article (5) 61 Drive shown by a graduate in

staged work (5) 62 Blue bar after demolition missing a

pile of bricks? (6) 63 Doctor is quieter? That’s

indispensable (9) 65 Exemplary character in much of

large-scale book (7) 66 Sculpture, say, behind slope in

defensive mound (7) 70 Fine U.S. comedian in woman’s

dress (5) 71 Lay aside tips of such essential

value (6) 73 Wide thoroughfare for slower

drivers? (5) 75 Fast flier (5) 80 Ointment stored by tribal

merchant (4) 82 Sizeable fighter in Hungary yet to

be battered (5) 83 A doctor is housed in expensive

French room (7) 84 Politician finally in Italian city gets to

retire? (4,2) 85 Start to deviate breaking down

route for diversion (6) 86 Admit eccentric now to pub with no

end of hubbub (3,2,2) 87 Escort person in custody and

assume control (4,6)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 13 Disregard (5,5) 14 Speech

impediment (7) 15 Glass (6) 16 Fool (6) 17 Feast (7) 18 Contributor (5)

19 Oven (4) 20 Wading bird (5) 21 Contemptuous

look (5) 22 Fertiliser (6) 23 Impression (5) 28 Forestall (3-4) 30 White meat (7) 33 Now (9) 36 Revoke (6) 38 Assertion (5) 39 Sublime (5) 40 Loom (6) 42 Inexpensive (5) 43 Predict (7) 44 Embryo (6) 46 Lively dance (4) 49 Dog’s cry (4)

51 Peculiar thing (6) 53 Woodwind

instrument (7) 55 Delicious (5) 59 Impede (6) 60 Strange (5)

61 Staged work (5) 62 Masonry

fragments (6) 63 Indispensable (9) 65 Personification (7) 66 Defensive

mound (7) 70 Woman’s

dress (5) 71 Postpone (6) 73 Wide (5) 75 Quick (5) 80 Ointment (4) 82 Sizeable (5) 83 Room (7) 84 Go to bed (4,2) 85 Diversion (6) 86 Admit (3,2,2) 87 Assume

control (4,6)

DOWN 1 Discoloured

mark (6) 2 In general (2,1,5) 3 Social

gathering (5) 4 Break up (7) 5 Psychic

session (6) 6 Publish (5) 7 Usage (6) 8 Learner (7)

9 Win over (5,5) 10 Stop (5) 11 Give up

doing (4,2,2) 12 Touch (4) 24 Mixture (7) 25 Overflow (5) 26 Run about

briskly (7) 27 Walk

aimlessly (7) 29 Come to (5) 31 Make an effort

to lift (5) 32 Rim (4) 34 Agreement (6) 35 Circle of

light (4) 37 Record (5,2)

41 Worry (7) 45 Regrettable (3,3) 47 Rude (7) 48 Instruction (7) 50 Non-professional (7) 52 Prune (4) 54 Throng (5) 56 Tooth (5) 57 Break (4) 58 Vision (5) 60 Indulge in

buffoonery (3,3,4) 64 Rare (8) 67 Restorative

snooze (5,3) 68 Sickly sweet (7) 69 Red pepper (7) 72 Apart from (6) 74 Discount (6) 76 Kitchen appliance (6) 77 Quay (5) 78 Aristocrat (5) 79 Large pile (5) 81 Ancient (4) DOWN 1 Injury for Sue and Brian leaving a

new discoloured mark (6) 2 A whale so seen at sea in

general (2,1,5) 3 Standard type shunning exercise for

a social gathering (5) 4 Break up to rework Dan’s bid (7) 5 A scene that’s transformed for

psychic session (6) 6 Publish an item of contention? (5) 7 Established thing some mostly cut

when trained (6) 8 Central part of idea in cheap piece of publicity for one at college? (7) 9 Win over brother with mixed gin

followed by a set of drinks (5,5) 10 Stop in bistro basically when coming

from the south (5) 11 Give up replacing cap in kit (4,2,2) 12 Touch head of fantastically

slippery fish (4) 24 First person with U.S. actress in a

mixture (7) 25 Waste something for lighting a

candle (5) 26 Run about briskly with Mike and

Penny in varied races (7) 27 Pair set for ramble walk

aimlessly (7) 29 Come to care about hospital (5) 31 Chef waved after shedding outer

layers to get lift? (5) 32 Advantage kept by refined

German (4) 34 Agreement in a cricket club — or

beginning of dispute (6) 35 Henry has love for circle of

light (4) 37 Record what might be used by a

snooker player in the lead? (5,2) 41 PR brute manufactured produces

worry (7) 45 Old boy enthralled by hateful figure?

That’s regrettable (3,3) 47 Rude bachelor trashed his room

almost (7) 48 Staff given scheduled time for

instruction (7) 50 A struggling team for all to see on

river lacking professionalism (7) 52 Neat border put below back of

allotment (4) 54 Crowd conflict within confines of

stadium (5) 56 Damage around essential part of

sole tooth (5) 57 Break a card game (4) 58 Vision somehow remained but not

in Spain (5) 60 Fetch a tool for play and indulge in buffoonery (3,3,4) 64 In Provence, a piece of public land? That’s rare (8) 67 A new prop is devised for a

restorative snooze (5,3) 68 Surprisingly coy girl not right to keep name that’s sickly sweet (7) 69 Father grabs cocktail on the rise and pepper (7) 72 Bar with excellent Eastern part (6) 74 A beret needing repair gets discount (6) 76 Female on journey to acquire good kitchen appliance (6) 77 First signs of wealth here are

reviving famous quay (5)

78 Ring in farm building for aristocrat (5) 79 Part of a library, say, most acknowledged? Not altogether (5) 81 Ancient French painter turned up

with no end of paintings (4)