GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

13 Not exactly what you’d

see at a funfair? (5,5)

14 Liking the bit where I

meet the man (7)

15 Work out a

justification for (6)

16 The so-and-so ran! (6)

17 An overhaul of the way in which people are treated (7)

18 For the keys, taking

him in a ring (5)

19 Not a coin, you observe (4) 20 After a month, yes,

will go off (5)

21 Tidy up and get

yourself a drink (5)

22 Understanding how to

handle the young (6)

23 It lights up just like

the others (5)

28 Delighted to find it

worked like magic? (7)

30 Tell you in near delirium

about the animal (7)

33 Nominating as a candidate for providing accommodation (7,2)

36 Against keeping a

wild rat in a box (6)

38 Gather there’s a

whole heap of (5)

39 Fruit? It’s a vegetable,

child! (5)

40 Guides a good many to (6) 42 A second round the

right put an end to (5)

43 Subdued again, entering,

shrank from (7)

44 As against poetry

recited (6)

46 Talk about rain wear (4)

49 Admits it’s three

points to love (4)

51 Having transport, go off to

get something to eat (6)

53 Wary when accepting

it. It’s free (7)

55 Won’t go on the stand (5) 59 Allowed to cage a

local bird (6)

60 Authorise to exonerate (5) 61 Pet possibly you think

brought the ball in (5)

62 Poison antidote the

artist swallowed (6)

63 Surprising at the beginning,

getting a left in (9)

65 Amended to give colour

to a bizarre tale (7)

66 Be alive and be having

a heart transplant in (7)

70 Gave a lot of time to (5) 71 Blue bird, wild,

Albert caged (6)

73 Ran through, exhausted (5) 75 Climb up to see

the extent of (5)

80 Inform on, when you go

on a spending spree? (4) 82 Has a leaning towards

bounders (5)

83 One is forced to put the order through. Unpleasant (7)

84 In Madras, call on

the rogue (6)

85 In bed. The night

bird is out (6)

86 Goes over one’s

vicissitudes (7)

87 Going to the doctor, perhaps, or reluctant to (10)

DOWN

1 Spirits and extra ale

remaining unfinished in (6) 2 Flying? Not decided

yet (2,3,3)

3 Useful for the start and

finish of a holiday (5)

4 Definitely the four’s been

altered again (3,4)

5 For a rest break, a

number come in fast (6)

6 Something wrong with father in a foreign country (5)

7 Keen to get home: a man

is coming round (6)

8 Abandoned, as many

had longed to (7)

9 Facts of no interest to

mountaineers? (5,5)

10 Saying “Don’t move,” cuts

the restraining bonds? (5) 11 Will take good care

of, you claim (8)

12 Thunder “Run away!” (4) 24 Going against, he

reckons (7)

25 It’s no accident that got

me and Nat involved (5)

26 Understood to have got

one’s hands on (7)

27 If necessary, beating a

path ourselves into (2,1,4) 29 In the middle of summery weather, rain comes through (5)

31 Quickly step ahead (5)

32 Broaches, as one listens

in to the conversation (4) 34 Prefer a quartet outside,

a quintet inside (6)

35 Arrived back with an

English raincoat (4)

37 Tears shed over a crime (7) 41 For the more frivolous,

it’s easier to bear (7)

45 He’s not lying: it’s easy (6) 47 Run from the vessel (7)

48 Pretended to be abashed

about the figure (7)

50 Shut up, silly Lew is about

to give the signal (7)

52 Finished, too (4)

54 Awaken by a river:

an English river (5)

56 Just before the bend,

there’s a large tree (5)

57 The said test (4)

58 Frighten, taking the car into

the middle of the desert (5) 60 The secret of selfassurance (10)

64 Plump for a pudding (4-4) 67 A p-practice you familiarise

yourself with (8)

68 A real liking for – and

it’s the rage (7)

69 Plans to give the silly

nit a send-off! (7)

72 “Man and His Machinations” in a foreign language (6)

74 Return for, when

back in a hole (6) 76 Doesn’t take the sheets (6) 77 It provides relief from the

heat – just a little (5)

78 The hand grasps the

other end, initially (5)

79 With father, he’s

awfully cheeky (5)

81 Catch up? Oh, all right! (4)