JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Convulsion (5)

4 More important matters to attend to (5,4,2,3) 11 Thoughts (5)

14 Titan (5)

15 Doctor’s instrument (11) 16 One subversively causing damage (8)

19 Surgical pincers (7) 20 Measuring instrument (5) 21 French flag (9) 24 Moved forward (9)

26 Thin paper (6)

27 Vale (6)

31 Oily fruit (5) 32 Courgette (8) 34 Fantasist (10)

38 Petty (7)

39 Heavenly body (6) 40 Repulsive (6) 41 Indication (4)

42 Of the heart (7) 45 Analogy (10)

50 Dry (7)

54 Skin eruption (4) 55 Traps (6)

56 Snake (6)

57 Trooper (7)

60 Giving birth (10) 61 Unnatural (8)

62 Throbs painfully (5) 65 German city (6) 66 Stress (6)

67 In a short while (9) 72 Pouch on horse, bike (9) 73 Pollute (5)

74 Title (7)

79 Bicycle riders (8)

80 Tiny (11)

81 Power (5) 82 Frequently (5)

83 One who prevents others from having things not needed by oneself (3,2,3,6)

84 Long-legged bird (5)

DOWN

2 Toxin (6)

3 Of sound waves (5) 5 Dancer’s skirt (4) 6 Severe (7)

7 Taken in (6) 8 Hosiery item (4) 9 Most important or high-ranking officials (3,5) 10 Every 12 months (6) 11 Vaccinated (10) 12 Biblical garden (4) 13 Doctor’s rooms (7) 17 Pungently flavoured (5) 18 Line of work (10) 22 First appearance (5) 23 World sports event (8) 25 Brought back to life (7) 26 Bird sound (7) 28 Girl’s name (6) 29 Abduct (6) 30 Fine-tune (6) 33 Stringed instrument (5) 35 Fluid (5)

36 Molten rock from volcano (4)

37 Auction items (4) 42 Was concerned (5) 43 Stealing livestock (8) 44 Singing bird (6) 45 Historical records (10) 46 Thin fog (4) 47 Road-surfacing material (7) 48 Purpose (6) 49 Distinctive smell (5) 51 Boxing blow (4) 52 Revolutionary (7) 53 Balance unsteadily (6) 58 Removal from a place of danger to a safer place (10) 59 Untrue (5)

63 In-law (8) 64 Beneath (5) 65 Country in Africa (7) 68 Dilapidated (3-4) 69 Checked and corrected (6) 70 Fragrant ointment (6) 71 Fasten securely (6) 75 Go aimlessly (5) 76 North Briton (4)

77 Part of foot (4)

78 Citrus fruit (4)