Giant Crossword

[pilkie]

7down.6letters
Clue.provokes
Cryptic.in case wrongly imprisoning us provokes
-a-s--
8down.7letters
Clue. Cheated
Cryptic. Cheated,absconded, did get banged up inside.
-i-d---
59across.6letters
Clue. Genie
Cryptic. The genie in the bottle
Really struggling today, brains shut down. All help really appreciated.

[scorpiojo]

Causes

[Frank97]

7d, Causes

[Mamyalynne]

59 spirit

[Frank97]

8d, Fiddled

[elliemay1]

causes

[corylus]

7 d causes
8d fiddled
59a spirit
Why do we bother with this xword/

[Mamyalynne]

I don't know, why?

[emmie]

i don;t know, its a pain in the proverbials

[emmie]

mamy, because its a giant, and often takes too long to do

[Mamyalynne]

Oh is it?

[Mamyalynne]

Too big you mean?

[Mamyalynne]

Understood, can get wearing.

[corylus]

It's just synonyms the cryptic clues are crap.

[emmie]

agree ^

its over 160 clues, so does get a bit wearisome, i don't always do it, but
when i do its the little niggly clues that throw you off

[corylus]

I usually do it when it's raining!

[Mamyalynne]

No, wouldn't do for me - I do ten different ones on Saturday, the largest being the Times Jumbos, but at least there is variety.