JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Declare (5)

4 Vessel for molten metal (8) 9 Dried seasoned sausage (6) 14 Cringe (5)

15 Start behaving in a better way (4,4,1,3,4)

17 Skinflint (5)

18 Floor covering (3) 19 Educates (7)

20 Lifelike (9) 21 One-sided (6) 24 Impediment (9)

25 Of service (6)

26 Picnic basket (6)

29 Not seen (10) 31 Encountered (3) 32 Muslim sovereign (6) 33 Percussion instrument (4) 35 Hard water (3)

37 Cut down (4)

39 Gin dealer (anag)(9) 40 Applying compression (9) 41 Shouts (5)

42 Frankly (8) 47 Powerless (8) 51 Components (5) 55 Hideous (9)

56 Green deposit on copper (9) 58 Arm bone (4) 59 Contend (3)

60 Lip (4)

61 Act correctly (6) 62 Garland (3)

63 US city (10)

66 Mute (6)

67 Chase (6)

69 Tornado (9) 72 Overcome, conquer (6) 73 Conceited, boastful (9) 75 Say again (7)

77 Large bird (3)

80 Dark wood (5) 81 Operate smoothly without a hitch (3,4,9) 82 Concluded (5)

83 Scale (6)

84 Enrol to vote (8) 85 Haggard (5)

DOWN

2 Police club (9) 3 Dance (5) 5 Uncommon (4) 6 Factory restaurant (7) 7 Perplexity, confusion (12) 8 Balances up (5) 9 Be adequate (7) 10 Citrus fruit (4) 11 Inlaid design (6) 12 Winner’s prize (5) 13 Part of a gun (7) 14 Fine glassware (7) 16 Offered (11)

22 Petty details (6) 23 Sword (7) 24 Limped (7) 25 Messy (6)

27 Of pigs (7) 28 Space devoid of matter (6) 30 Speaker’s platform (4) 32 Vends (5)

34 Physical strength (5)

36 Nil (4)

38 Age (3) 42 Chocolate substitute (5) 43 Relating to marriage (7) 44 Unoccupied (4) 45 Linger idly (6)

46 Burial place (5) 48 Always expecting the worst outcome (11)

49 Plodded wearily (7) 50 Religious sister (3) 51 Mythical flying horse (7) 52 Gracefully slender (6) 53 Indoctrination (12) 54 Opinion (4) 57 Outcome (6) 64 Topple from power (9) 65 Made possible (7) 66 Railway supporter (7) 68 Sweetened (7) 70 Severe coldness (7) 71 Courtroom trial participants (6)

72 Velvety leather (5) 74 Singing voice (5)

76 User of oars (5) 78 Wheel cover (4) 79 Inkling (4)