GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

12 Was effective (3,3,5)

13 Conclude (6)

14 Use (6)

16 Nothing (4)

17 Played (9)

18 Drink (5)

19 Bird (4)

20 Infringement (9)

22 Accepted (5)

23 Right (9)

27 Celebrity (3,4)

30 Mean (6)

31 Players (4)

32 Tree (5)

35 To-do (4)

36 Confidential (7)

38 Complain (4)

39 Stays (7)

42 Get away (6)

45 Shot (5)

46 Garment (7)

47 Wicked (4)

48 Report (4)

50 Besides (7)

52 Sports (5)

54 Definitely (6)

56 Goes off (7)

57 Bag (4)

59 Those attending (7)

61 Gracious! (4)

64 Take off (5)

66 Arrived (4)

67 Policeman (6)

69 Saw (7)

72 Scent (9)

73 Fruit (5)

74 Flat (9)

79 Class (4)

81 Plant (5)

82 Pen (9)

83 Observe (4)

85 Next (6)

86 Deadly (6)

87 Prolonging (8,3)

DOWN

1 Little child (4)

2 Amble (6)

3 Altitude (6)

4 Red (7)

5 News story (5)

6 Telepathist (4,6)

7 Because (5)

8 Cry (4,1,4)

9 Fears (7)

10 Mimicked (4)

11 Opposite (8)

15 Gratify (6)

21 Fool (5)

24 Performing (2,5)

25 Unjust (6)

26 Hit (6)

28 Female name (5)

29 Shock (3)

33 Varies (7)

34 Cashier (6)

37 Senior (5)

40 Din (5)

41 Rage (7)

43 Extra (5)

44 Strain (6)

46 Should (5)

49 Scowling (7)

51 Injured (6)

53 Noticeable (6)

55 Stingy (5)

58 Vessel (6,4)

60 Highest (3)

62 Grim (5)

63 Music (9)

65 Pastry (8)

68 Preserve (6)

70 Giggled (7)

71 Wells (7)

75 Pass on (6)

76 Succeed in (6)

77 Fraction (5)

78 Wear (5)

80 Servant (4)

84 Solicit business (4)

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

12 Performed some sleight of hand that was effective (3,3,5)

13 Conclude, when you delve about in (6)

14 Use, to turn me against, a subterfuge (6)

16 Is it nothing to modern planes? (4)

17 Played, damaged the old leg, and got a doctor in (9)

18 Half the directions are wrong – it’s the drink! (5)

19 Bird act vet cut short (4) 20 Infringement that got a girl into trouble (9)

22 “Accepted with thanks,” followed by a name (5)

23 Right at the light, get on (9)

27 Strange bang I get, myself, from being a celebrity (3,4)

30 Mean to be at home to look after (6)

31 Players having a drink before the start of the meal (4)

32 Sean cut Penny’s initial into the tree (5)

35 Create a mix-up, causing a to-do (4)

36 Talk about, I figure, but not in public (7)

38 Complain that the airline’s got off to a dodgy start (4)

39 Stays with mother when the siren goes off outside (7)

42 Get away, case packed, to have a little peace (6)

45 “Shot the man,” I put in (5)

46 Taking everything into consideration, a useful garment (7)

47 The bad turn, survive (4)

48 Report precisely on (4) 50 Besides being more expensive to travel to (7)

52 Talk me into providing amusements (5)

54 He left her heartbroken? Very much so! (6)

56 Goes when one fixes it (7)

57 A bag you don’t allow out of your clutches? (4)

59 Prove to be, of all the people who’ve come to (7)

61 Good gracious! It’s a shot, mum! (4)

64 Take off the clothes worn when playing (5)

66 Arrived and, having the keys, am entering (4)

67 A penny – or a nicker! (6)

69 Saw the place name (7)

72 “There’s a whiff of the country about,” you tease (9)

73 English chap preparing to capture a pretty girl (5)

74 Some meant to wander round the home (9)

79 Class as a questionnaire (4)

81 Covering a small wound got from a plant (5)

82 With a pen, writing a circle and a dot (9)

83 Not a long letter, you observe (4)

85 Next I had been surrounded by a swarm of bees (6)

86 Allow the man is a killer (6)

87 Prolonging the act of removing bodily (7,3)

DOWN

1 Catching it myself from the little child (4)

2 Take exercise of a new sort, having put pounds on (6)

3 The altitude is hard to put a figure on (6)

4 Do the edges in red (7)

5 The cops breaking a hole in provide a news story (5)

6 Be careful, you who see this. He’s telepathic (4,6)

7 Because the singer starts with a nice medley (5)

8 Cry “Cut the boyfriend in” (4,1,4)

9 Fears it’s a mistake entering a back street (7)

10 Appeared heartless when one mimicked (4)

11 The opposite of “talk” (8)

15 Satisfy by voicing excuses (6)

21 I do squeeze into it, like a dope (5)

24 Performing animal one goes around with (2,5)

25 Cheating is not pretty (6)

26 Give the impression you’ll attack physically (6)

28 Either a man dressed up outside or a woman (5)

29 “Dry up” gives you a shock (3)

33 Disagrees that it’s unlike (7)

34 Who squealed on the bank robbers? (6)

37 Tree is not a crooked dealer (5)

40 The one playing outside is creating a racket (5)

41 Dad’s in so terrible a rage (7)

43 Slim is the extra (5)

44 Attempt, though it’s a strain (6)

46 Should have struggled to get the top off (5)

49 Looking angry – that’s very obvious (7)

51 Injured by the weapon he had carried (6)

53 Having blemishes that are noticeable (6)

55 Mean when drunk (5)

58 Did it cost the shipowner a fortune? (6,4)

60 Shoot up to highest (3)

62 A grim “Load right into the gun” (5)

63 At the pub, a girl provides music (9)

65 See what the next page says about pastry? (8)

68 Preserve from trouble (6)

70 Thought it funny when the boy took a huge tumble in (7)

71 “Wells” comes to mind (7)

75 Pass on the news to a terribly irate figure (6)

76 Succeed in getting a key that fits into the locks (6)

77 A fraction of the time, then, is free (5)

78 Take a second left, just for fun (5)

80 A girl who’s nuts about one (4)

84 “Solicit” with the T gone (4)