JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Goes and gets (7) 4 Causes for complaint (10)

9 Stain (7)

13 Continent (4)

14 Paid male lover (6) 15 Flying insect (6) 16 Horseshoer (7) 19 Associates (10) 20 Counterpoison (8) 21 Strainer (5)

24 Canopy (6)

25 Red fruit (6)

27 Hit parade (anag)(9) 32 Turning into (8)

33 Very thin (6)

34 Stiff, transparent dress fabric (7)

38 Vision (8) 39 Correctional institution (6)

40 Icy (4)

41 Enchantment (5) 42 Nasal voice quality (5) 45 Insincere sorrow (9,5)

52 Remove obstruction (5) 55 Money gambled (5) 56 Intense affection (4) 57 Lower in rank (6) 58 Extreme anxiety (8) 61 Having or showing profound knowledge (7) 62 Travelling show (6) 63 Impediment (8) 66 Failed to give proper care and attention to (9) 68 Atoll lake (6)

69 Take no notice of (6) 73 Make a pretence of (5) 74 Musical instrument (8) 76 Ballerina’s spins (10) 81 Bent over (7) 82 Fermented fodder (6) 83 Soak up (6) 84 Small sheltered bay (4) 85 Annoying (7) 86 Help (10) 87 Respected, distinguished (7)

DOWN

1 Swiss currency (5) 2 Petty, unimportant (8) 3 Mean, ungenerous (6) 4 Small group of trees (5)

5 Superstar (4)

6 Erupting mountain (7) 7 Nuance, finer point (6) 8 Alleviated (5)

10 Principal actor (4) 11 Cocktail (7)

12 Veer sharply (6) 17 Wandering aimlessly (10)

18 Begin (5)

22 Jumping animal (8) 23 Butter-making machine (5)

24 Very old (7)

26 Leave out (4)

28 Stylish elegance (7) 29 Medieval architectural style (6)

30 Engaged man (6) 31 Flowering shrub (6) 33 Japanese dish (5) 35 Horrify (5)

36 White cheese (4) 37 Aspersion (4) 43 Irrigates (6) 44 Bare (5) 46 Civil disorder (4) 47 Woman’s undergarment (7)

48 Make sad, dispirited (6) 49 Breathing organs (5) 50 Meticulous (8)

51 Helix (6)

52 Product books from mail-order companies (10)

53 Potato dents (4)

54 Book (7)

59 Not moving (5) 60 Norwegian capital (4) 64 Water body (5) 65 Round window (8) 67 Absorb all the attention of (7)

68 Merciful, tolerant (7) 70 Grey alloy (6)

71 Acid neutraliser (6) 72 Origin (6)

75 Desiccates (5) 77 Offspring (5)

78 With sugar added (5) 79 Microbe (4)

80 Increase (4)