the big one daily record Tuesday February 14th 2012

[deestew]

Last one!!!! 78a grant y??n. Im sure letters are right

[dannyk13]

Are you sure Y is correct.Could be boon

[deestew]

The y comes from 60d openly and the n comes from 67d franchitti
I think might be error!

[Captain2]

What are the clues for 60d and 67d?

[deestew]

60d overtly,candidly op?n?? 67d dario,racing driver fra?chitti

[Mac5]

Deed
60d Opined

[Mac5]

sorry my mistake not deed

[alid5]

67d Franchitti

[roslyn251254]

yean?

[alid5]

60d opened

[katburd]

I have just phoned daily record to find out if there is a mistake , just waiting on phone call back

[chelle7272]

yean

[norm44]

52d needless u???e

[dannyk13]

Undue

[Captain2]

52d Undue?

(Chelle - only def of Yean I can see is 'to give birth by a sheep' - or something like that!)

[Lie-in King]

Yain (?)

OED (Online) gives: yain - to avail (= grant ?)

[factor-fiction]

Openly seems right- unless they meant opined but didn't get the clue quite right

[katburd]

thanks for that lie-in king, daily record still not phoned back

[factor-fiction]

Yain seems a rather obscure word for this type of crossword. Or is this a Scottish crossword which has dialect words in?
Grant could be Dole or Boon but neither seems to fit

[katburd]

factor30 the other clue was overtly,candidly= openly :)

[factor-fiction]

Thanks. Yes, i was suggesting OPINED but meant that that would mean the crossword setter hadn't defined it properly.
Has anyone else got this crossword as sometimes these are explained by the fact that the OP has got clues mixed up.