The Cairns Post

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Habitual customer (7) 4 Prepared for action (2,3,5)

9 Flying charge (7) 13 Painful to touch (4) 14 Veer sharply (6)

15 Torn (6)

16 Held up (7)

19 Shining tremulousl­y (10)

20 Perverse (8)

21 Direct the course of (5)

24 Minimum attendance for a legal meeting (6) 25 Peaceful (6)

27 Extra (9)

32 Differ in opinions (8) 33 Oak nuts (6)

34 Adhesive dressing (7) 38 Passenger station (8) 39 Capital of Greece (6) 40 Winter crystals (4) 41 Snap (5)

42 Stolen (5)

45 Make an aggressive display of power (6,3,5)

52 Implant deeply (5) 55 Room (5) 56 Opposed to, against (4) 57 Search for food (6) 58 Tutoring (8) 61 Intercepte­d, ambushed (7)

62 Mental pictures (6) 63 Precious metal (8) 66 Pecking order (9) 68 Of public revenue (6) 69 Moves to music (6) 73 Cluster (5)

74 Eye disease (8) 76 Intricacy (10) 81 Defendant in a criminal proceeding (7) 82 Mountain top (6) 83 Design of inlaid pieces (6)

84 Restaurant meal list (4) 85 Souvenir (7) 86 Job candidates (10) 87 Pull longer (7)

DOWN 1 Corrodes (5)

2 Troops in a fort (8)

3 Oar pullers (6) 4 Protective garment (5) 5 Layer (4)

6 Pain inside the ear (7) 7 Make greater (6) 8 Cheerless (5)

10 Thought (4)

11 Praise to excess (7) 12 Marijuana cigarette (6) 17 Bullets, cartridges (10)

18 Avarice (5)

22 Statue base (8) 23 Sacred song (5) 24 Foursome (7)

26 Gain by work (4) 28 Card game (7) 29 Eastern marketplac­e (6) 30 Creamy dessert (6) 31 Threaten (6) 33 Skilful (5) 35 Rugby formation (5) 36 Long arduous journey on foot (4) 37 Needy (4) 43 Attractive­ness (6) 44 Surpass (5)

46 Spots (4)

47 Great victory (7) 48 Human likeness (6) 49 Flavouring plants (5) 50 Direction and distance indicator (8) 51 Titillatin­g (6)

52 Urged on (10) 53 Creamy cheese (4) 54 Wander off the subject (7)

59 Daily record (5)

60 Long tale (4)

64 Warble (5)

65 Chance event (8) 67 Take into account (7) 68 Panic-stricken (7) 70 Savoury open tart (6) 71 Usual (6)

72 Cleaves (6)

75 Supplant (5)

77 Desert green spot (5) 78 Adolescent (5) 79 Immediatel­y following (4)

80 Portent (4)

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