JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sacred song (5) 4 Knitwear (8) 9 Severe food shortage (6) 14 Map book (5) 15Elusive deceitful person (8,8) 17 Water vapour (5) 18 Take to court (3) 19 Diluted (7) 20 Mind-reading (9) 21 Hold tightly (6) 24 Film machine (9) 25 One who suffers for the sake of principle (6) 26 Chase (6) 29 Concerning schools, education (10) 31 And not (3) 32 Give an account of (6) 33 Makes a mistake (4) 35 Realise (3) 37 Denuded (4) 39 Cruel ones (anag) (9) 40 Make known (9) 41 Shoe-ties (5) 42 Chum up with (8) 47 Graveyard (8) 51 Utilising (5) 55 New York island (9) 56 Light metal (9) 58 Pitcher (4) 59 Fish (3) 60 Set of clothes (4) 61 Hackneyed phrase (6) 62 Fuel (3) 63 Embellishment (10) 66 Young swan (6) 67 Intelligent (6) 69 Able to adjust to new conditions (9) 72 Hardly ever (6) 73 Character met by Alice (3,6) 75 Marzipan ingredient (7) 77 Tank (3) 80 Severe (5) 81 It is difficult to regain a lost reputation (4,1,3,1,3,4) 82 Dapper (5) 83 Follow secretly (6) 84 More ingenious (8) 85 False blow (5)
DOWN
2 Vitriol, type of acid (9) 3 Plant with tapering spikes of colourful flowers (5) 5 Type of quartz (4) 6 Most deafening (7) 7 Business venturer (12) 8 Lively ballroom dance (5) 9 At a greater distance (7) 10 Disguise (4) 11 Sewing implement (6) 12 Drastically reduce (5) 13 Crux (7) 14 Non-professional (7) 16 A like punishment (3,3,2,3) 22 Infected (6) 23 One-eyed giant (7) 24 Trailblaze (7) 25 Crumb (6) 27 Outlast (7) 28 House for horse (6) 30 Pen for poultry (4) 32 Gag (5) 34 Sordid and run-down (5) 36 Flying device (4) 38 Number of years lived (3) 42 Shells (5) 43 Providing money for (7) 44 Boy’s name (4) 45 Stinging plant (6) 46 Finely chopped meat (5) 48 Collected souvenirs (11) 49 Letters (anag) (7) 50 Bitterly regret (3) 51 One-horned animal (7) 52 Small ingenious device (6) 53 Establish by evidence (12) 54 Good-hearted (4) 57 Provoke to action (6) 64 Complaint-investigating official (9) 65 Rich (7) 66 Strong desire (7) 68 Scottish city (7) 70 Inspiring wonder (7) 71 Quarter (6) 72 Condition (5) 74 Chaos (5) 76 Unit of weight (5) 78 Storage building (4) 79 Appraise (4)