JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Port in Belgium (7)
4 Beau (10)
9 Unusually gifted youngster (7)
13 Leaf of a book (4)
14 Big cat (6)
15 Take a drink (6)
16 Serial part (7)
19 Easy (10)
20 Sample (8)
21 Of short duration (5) 24 Pre-euro French money (6)
25 Insubstantial (6)
27 Large triangular racing sail (9)
32 Wrongdoer (8)
33 Educate (6)
34 Natural polish (7)
38 Burn slowly without flame (8)
39 Unpowered aircraft (6)
40 Advantage (4)
41 Beg (5)
42 Great pain (5)
45 Bathers a bit wee (3,5-6)(anag) 52 Wheeled undercarriage of rail vehicle (5)
55 Quietens (5)
56 Play segments (4)
57 Tropical lizard (6)
58 Fecund (8)
61 Temperature scale (7) 62 Latticed metal screen (6)
63 Lays back (8)
66 Unable (9)
68 Ageism (anag)(6)
69 Alter slightly (6)
73 Group of notes played together (5)
74 Pass (8)
76 Evaluation (10)
81 Acquires (7)
82 Small harpsichord (6) 83 Land surrounded by water (6)
84 Mountain lake (4)
85 In tiers (7)
86 Literary work recast as a film or play (10)
87 Quandary (7)
DOWN
1 Pip fruit (5)
2 Pulling contest (3-2-3) 3 Jewels from the sea (6) 4 Turns acidic (5)
5 Cereal heads (4)
6 Dry (7)
7 Symbol (6)
8 Jewish teacher (5)
10 Mature (4)
11 Merit (7)
12 Novel appliance (6) 17 With elegance (10)
18 False blow (5)
22 Weather shield (8)
23 Thin biscuit (5)
24 Shrub with drooping flowers (7)
26 Tops (4)
28 Short pithy saying (7) 29 Spurn (6)
30 Winged child (6)
31 African expedition (6) 33 Edges (anag)(5)
35 Volley of shots (5)
36 Alone (4)
37 Monster (4)
43 Ground-levelling machine (6) 44 Identifies (5) 46 Chop at roughly (4) 47 Spendthrift (7) 48 Sherried dessert (6) 49 Red powder (5) 50 Freakish (8) 51 Dirty, squalid (6) 52 Nonsense (10) 53 Present (4) 54 Selected passage (7) 59 One from Havana (5) 60 Measure of land (4) 64 Soothing ointment (5) 65 Tepid (8) 67 Provide a commentary for (7) 68 Disinclination to move (7)
70 Irrational fear (6) 71 Short sleep (6) 72 Wrote (6) 75 Quick (5) 77 Hairdresser’s premises (5)
78 Athlete’s foot (5) 79 Long ago (4)
80 Pacific country (4)