JUMBO CROSSWORD

14/12

ACROSS

Portly (5) Affairs of state (8) Pamper (6) Porcelain (5) Special job skills gathered from experience (6,2,3,5) See-through, thin (5) Self-image (3) Fighter (7) Ill-considered (9) Mountain top (6) Gradually louder (mus) (9) Espionage (6) Holds responsible (6) Not kindly or courteous (10) Amazement (3) Muslim sovereign (6) With the addition of (4) Permit (3) Blood vessel (4) Income or property bequeathed (9) Citrus fruit (9) Wear away (5) Country’s money (8) Against the current (8) Smell (5) Racing craft (9) Meal break (9) Articulates (4) Muck (3) Lose footing (4) Prescribed allocations (6) Cereal crop (3) Cosmetic lacquer (4,6) Obstinately determined (6) Ban (6) Restore to former position (9) Body cloth (6) Break up and vanish (9) Not thorough or detailed (7) Printing fluid (3) Unpleasantly vivid (5) Don’t tell anyone about it (4,2,5,5) Mournful poem (5) Fled (6) Reflected deeply on (8) Wins over (5)

DOWN

Rainproof cover (9) Stomach lesion (5) Dolts (4) Cruel and barbaric (7) Questioned closely, aggressively (12) Rise (5) Any cell (anag)(7) Winner’s ribbon (4) Balance (4,2) Metal joiner (5) Likes better (7) Wrinkle by crushing (7) Concealing ruse (11) Agreement (6) Blow up (7) Death investigator (7) Gracefully slender (6) Illness (7) Short sleep (6) Stitched (4) Backless seat (5) Water vapour (5) Pause for relaxation (4) Big bird (3) Expenses (5) Staggering (7) Small whirlpool (4) Occurs (anag)(6) Pilot’s badge (5) Somnambulist (11) Settle (7) Whichever (3) Train stop (7) With red or flushed complexion (6) Continuity break (12) Dilute (4) Cities (anag)(6) Cheerfully careless (4-5) Gaily (7) Splits up (7) Briefly shut the eyes (7) Trespass (7) Paper size (6) Clay target shooting sport (5) Farm animal (5) Hurled (5) Check and correct (4) Doing nothing (4)