GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Polished material made from broken stone and cement (8)

5 Trifle in argument (7)

8 Gulp down (7)

10 Drop-down feature of

computers (4)

11 Family history (8)

12 Brink (4)

13 Shortfall (10)

15 Political offensive (8)

17 Parvenu (7)

18 Sport involving

horses (4)

19 Anxiety-inducing (9)

21 Mound (5)

23 Lure (6)

25 Pathetic (7)

27 Jersey (7)

30 Wash (4)

33 Upsets, scandalises (7)

35 Chemical compound —

plastic is one (7)

37 Large brass

instrument (4)

38 Physicists, etc. (10)

40 Appal, unsettle (6)

43 Limit (7)

44 Fruit (6)

45 Can be explained (10)

47 Following (4)

49 Unbeliever (7)

51 Ancient Roman

legislator (7)

53 Meddlesome (4)

55 Bright red (7)

58 Crunchy breakfast

cereal (7)

59 Hug (6)

62 Powdery (5) 63 Formal questioning (9)

66 Sailor’s greeting (4)

67 Charming, peaceful (7)

68 Lifeform (8)

70 Manage and be responsible for the running of (10)

71 Amount owed (4)

72 Speak incoherently (8)

73 Place for bees (4)

74 Brave (7)

75 Travel (7)

76 Doggedness (8)

DOWN

2 All the people (8)

3 Wet-weather gear (8)

4 Greek’s alphabetical

climax (5)

5 Australian state (10)

6 Insect with hard wing

cases (6)

7 Refined women (6)

8 Provocation (8)

9 An officer rank in the

army (10)

14 Wide-mouthed glass

bottle (6)

16 Prod (4)

20 Foolishness (5)

22 Thing (6)

24 A macadamia is one (3)

26 Someone making an earnest plea (9)

28 Universal (9)

29 Prompt (5)

31 Ghanaian capital (5)

32 Dog-like African carnivore (5)

33 Exclude (9) 34 Punctuation mark (9)

36 Forward thrust in fencing (5)

39 Berate (5)

41 Blemish (5)

42 Book of maps (5)

44 Something extra (5)

46 Small Mediterranean

ships (6)

48 Ring-shaped pasta (10) 50 Gold brick (5)

52 Safe to drive (10)

54 Mousehawk (3)

56 Frank (6)

57 Stocky (8)

59 Blue used in four-colour

printing (4)

60 Theatrical (8)

61 Fluent in speech or

writing (8) 64 Early stage of a

foetus (6)

65 Seller (6)

69 A useful quality (5)