JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Leafy vegetable (7) 5. Doubter (7)

9. Coerce (5)

12. Prompt (3)

13. Levy of one tenth (5) 14. Lose your temper (colloq) (4,1,4)

16. Branch (5)

17. Flock of sheep (3) 18. Joke (3)

19. Take drugs (inf) (3) 20. Ahead of time (5) 21. Long, rambling story (4) 24. Flog (4) 26. Largest (7) 30. Chippies (UK) (6) 33. Channel (6) 37. Scrap (4) 39. Free (5) 41. From an earlier time (6) 42. South American animal (6) 43. Constituent (5) 44. Curt (5)

47. Loathe (6) 50. Windpipe (7) 52. Vow (6)

54. Brief appearance by a well-known actor (5)

56. Get the better of (5) 57. Lower the quality of (6)

59. Evaluate (6) 61. Mischievous fairy (5) 64. Talon (4)

66. Homicide (6) 69. Do without (6)

70. Sickly sweet (7)

74. Many (colloq) (4) 76. Bean protein (4) 79. Ruled (5)

80. Face (inf) (3)

81. Winning serve (3) 83. African antelope (3) 84. Wear away (5)

85. Twirl (9)

86. Data disc (abbr) (2-3) 87. None (3)

88. Paved outdoor area (5) 89. Fortress (7) 90. Own up (7) DOWN 1. Give in (7)

2. Floating mass (7) 3. Procure (7)

4. Thus far (8) 5. Humorously critical

(9)

6. Adversary (5)

7. Rotund (5)

8. Group of songsters (5) 9. Mark for attention (4) 10. Blusher (5)

11. Physical effort (5) 15. Myth (5)

22. As well (4)

23. Crazy (colloq) (4) 25. Curve (3)

27. Climbing plant (3) 28. Sphere (5)

29. Afternoon nap (6) 31. Hot-tempered (9) 32. Dish (5)

34. Relish (5)

35. Well known (5)

36. Set of straps (7) 38. Sample (5)

40. Paddle (3)

41. Sleeping area (7) 45. Artist’s frame (5) 46. Stretch out (6) 48. Instructor (5) 49. Range (5)

51. Cowboy show (5) 53. Composition (5) 55. Combine (3) 58. Rogue (9) 60. Transgress (3) 62. Flower (4) 63. Doubtful (4) 65. Scholastic (8) 67. Alien object (3) 68. Pop music dance party (5)

71. Large padded footstool (7)

72. Massive (7) 73. Protective eyewear (7) 74. Accept with pleasure (3,2)

75. Fortune telling cards (5) 77. Relating to the eye (5) 78. Representative (5) 79. Coherent (5) 82. Currency in multiple countries (4)