86. X-word jigsaw
Curse answer to "make out overturned shapes" (8)
Diagonally from top left to bottom right is the answer to:
A nun hopes Bible fragments a way to describe universal inflation (6,9)
And from bottom left to top right is the answer to:
At work, see no one's got over admitting mice caused Big Bang (6,9)
In both of these, the wordplay ignores the supplied letter in the centre.
All other clues are in alphabetical order by answer; these should be fitted in, jigsaw-wise, where they will go.
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