GIANT CROSSWORD
Choose between cryptic and quick clues to tackle the Giant crossword – both lead to the same answers.
QUICK ACROSS
12 Have potential (4,7)
13 Prefer (6)
14 Obvious (6)
16 Start (4)
17 Understanding (9)
18 Register (5)
19 Cry (4)
20 Management (9)
22 Gleamed (5)
23 Sort (9)
27 Empathy (7)
30 Book (6)
31 Calm (4)
32 Hackneyed (5)
35 Eager (4)
36 Be careful (5,2)
38 Measure (4)
39 Make whoopee (7)
42 Jail (6)
45 Class (5)
46 Sifted (7)
47 Chit (4)
48 Gather (4)
50 Garment (7)
52 Fastener (5)
54 Shake (6)
56 Bellow (7)
57 Tease (4)
59 Fit (7)
61 Cut (4)
64 Awry (5)
66 Forced (4)
67 Sitting (6)
69 Continue (5,2)
72 Instant (9)
73 Coming into (5)
74 Soon (9)
79 Branch (4)
81 Coil (5)
82 Deadlock (9)
83 Sign (4)
85 Box (6)
86 Friendly (6)
87 Inferior (6-5)
DOWN
1 Crack (4)
2 Pain (6)
3 Intelligent (6)
4 Feeling (7)
5 Plus (5)
6 Slightly (10)
7 Brief (5)
8 Club (9)
9 Looms (7)
10 Stay (4)
11 Share in (8)
15 Wants (6)
21 Angry (5)
24 Odd (7)
25 Lands (6)
26 Afraid (6)
28 Trousers (5)
29 Fight (3)
33 Robbery (5-2)
34 Stray (6)
37 Handle (5)
40 Yet (5)
41 Feast (7)
43 Get to (5)
44 Agreed (6)
46 Leans (5)
49 True (7)
51 Subdued (3-3)
53 Rules (6)
55 Animal (5)
58 Greet (3,4,3)
60 Time (3)
62 Reel (5)
63 Bird (9)
65 Not altogether (8)
68 Yell (6)
70 Remote (7)
71 Maker (7)
75 Quick (6)
76 Irritate (6)
77 Intends (5)
78 Saint (5)
80 Acquires (4)
84 Instance (4)
CRYPTIC ACROSS
12 Have potential, you reveal, giving a contract to (4,7)
13 Animal a female? Definitely! (6)
14 Manifest name and number must be entered in (6)
16 Non-exclusive, to start with (4)
17 Understanding from the people assembled (9)
18 Register, as you roam around (5)
19 Look for a sign of lift in the little bird (4)
20 The course one’s taking – in management (9)
22 Did really well: was bright (5)
23 Letter of a sort (9)
27 Understanding, when you hit the bottle (7)
30 Girl with a large book (6)
31 Lovely – with the fan turned on (4)
32 Written, “heart-broken” is obviously hackneyed (5)
35 Eager to know about the East (4)
36 There’s a little cat curled up in it. Be careful (5,2)
38 Backing the vehicle
a few feet (4)
39 Care nothing, ourselves, going in to make whoopee (7)
42 Rips off over and gets time (6)
45 Class as a bizarre sect all round (5)
46 Sifted through, angry, day after day (7)
47 Piece of paper you give to secretively (4)
48 A mother with twin sons, we gather (4)
50 The garment at the heart of the matter! (7)
52 Tighten up on pay (5)
54 Shake when they get one upset (6)
56 Yell “Bolt!” (7)
57 Tease a bird that’s caught a little worm (4)
59 Grasping it’s a fit (7)
61 Cut to the gold tip – remains of a cigarette (4)
64 Want to know if we backed “Cock-eyed” (5)
66 Forced me to put an advertisement in (4)
67 Sitting at the piano, song I compose (6)
69 Continue – to use as a tray? (5,2)
72 Straightaway the press get a mite excited about (9)
73 Coming into form (5)
74 At this very moment or soon (9)
79 Understand it’s not one of the major branches (4)
81 Coil, wringing wet, around in (5)
82 It’s a deadlock, old chum (9)
83 It means you’ve passed a little time (4)
85 Run to get a tin to hold – and a box (6)
86 Note the alien is out to be friendly (6)
87 Poor, for students who are no longer beginners (6-5)
DOWN
1 Split on the fellow (4)
2 About the G-string, it hurts (6)
3 Fine – for the intelligent (6)
4 Feeling the men, too, should rally round one (7)
5 A plus for a g-group (5)
6 Slightly on edge, chum? (10)
7 A little deficient in (5)
8 An officer’s club (9)
9 Becomes visible when the paper is scattered inside (7)
10 The trophies are back to stay (4)
11 “A share in” does make one’s ears prick up (8)
15 Wants to stitch up his tear in (6)
21 Furious when I scold (5)
24 So nosey it’s strange? (7)
25 Lands – on the flare path? (6)
26 Mark and Edward are afraid (6)
28 Clothing one’s too hot in? (5)
29 Fight a racket (3)
33 Display a poster about a robbery? (5-2)
34 The first three letters of “were” are not well aligned (6)
37 Something really nice to handle (5)
40 Even so, getting the picture (5)
41 Either spread or you extinguish (7)
43 Get to her indisposed, having caught a cold (5)
44 Agreed it bobbed up and down (6)
46 Leans against while one takes a breather (5)
49 Because the ending again is true (7)
51 Subdued, for the bass to sing (3-3)
53 Rules the singer broke (6)
55 I get out and run after the animal (5)
58 Greet the ponies corralled in that enclosure (3,4,3)
60 Are going back in time (3)
62 Coils up the film (5)
63 A section of the crest showing a bird (9)
65 Not all thaw out – not altogether (8)
68 At the centre of a swindle again, which is funny (6)
70 I stand corrected. The time is not near (7)
71 He made the actor move about in (7)
75 Off colour, swallowing the first of the pills fast (6)
76 To annoy might be rash (6)
77 Plans to, having the resources (5)
78 He needs time to look around (5)
80 Becomes, when one acquires (4)
84 Size up the container (4)