JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Surgeon’s blade (7) 4 Eating place (10) 9 Roading material (7) 13 Border against (4) 14 Picnic basket (6) 15 Cook just below boiling point (6)

16 Right (7)

19 Odd (7)

20 Take offence and assume a position of moral superiority (3,2,4,4,5)

21 Savagely violent (6) 22 Girl’s name (6) 24 Sparkling French wine (9)

29 Bedtime drink (8) 30 Shows off (6)

31 Refuge (7)

35 Master copy (8) 36 Milk-curdling agent in cheese making (6) 37 Portent (4)

38 Jeans fabric (5) 39 Government take (3) 41 Gag (5)

43 Digging tool (6) 47 Fake (5) 50 Label (3) 54 In search of (5) 55 Lose colour (4) 56 Haphazard (6) 57 Large cooking pot (8) 60 Bird of prey (7) 61 Half of circle diameter (6) 62 Bone frame (8) 65 Irritated at delay (9) 67 Fasten (6)

68 I serve (anag)(6) 72 Confess fully one’s mistakes or wrongdoings (4,1,5,6,2)

75 Pariah (7)

77 Make reference to (7) 78 Marzipan flavour (6) 79 German city (6)

80 Spoil (4)

81 Equivalent word (7) 82 Below (10)

83 Core (7)

DOWN 1 Closes angrily (5)

2 Fish tank (8)

3 Foliage (6)

4 Intense aversion (10) 5 Reinforcing brace (5) 6 Store of weapons and ammunition (7)

7 Prompt (6) 8 Requirements (5) 10 Seer (10)

11 Spear (7)

12 Swarming insect (6) 17 Not known (10) 18 Records on camera (5) 21 Refuse to do business with (7) 23 Unlucky (7) 25 Souped-up car (3,3) 26 Foil (6)

27 Fortified building (6) 28 Yacht harbour (6) 30 Stringed instrument (5) 32 Coral ridge (4) 33 Person bringing bad luck (4)

34 Nil (4) 40 Noisy fight (6) 42 Wheedle (4)

44 Strain injury (6) 45 Grape plants (5) 46 Inspects (5,2) 48 Levelling machine (6) 49 Outline (10)

50 Become sour (4) 51 Shots (7)

52 Support (4)

53 Get back (6)

58 Deep long-lasting sadness (10)

59 From now on (10) 63 Scrumpy (5)

64 Surgical tie (8) 66 Distinguished musician (7)

67 Forsake (7)

69 Bread factory (6) 70 Furrow (6)

71 Skin cream (6) 73 Artificial fibre (5)

74 Leg bone (5)

76 Forceps (5)