JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Rectify (7) 4 Enigmatic (10) 9 Lay down the law (7) 13 Stripped (4) 14 Halfway point (6) 15 Honorary (6) 16 Merge (7) 18 Father (3) 20 Innocuously (10) 21 Enraged (8) 22 Climb (5) 25 Inlaid design (6) 26 Explosive exhalation (6) 28 Choice (9) 33 Unaware (8) 34 Rouse (6) 35 Instructor (7) 39 Red suit (8) 40 Finale (6) 41 Lazy (4) 42 Perforated (5) 43 Alcoholic drink (3) 45 Work until very late (4,3,8,3) 53 Network (3) 56 Coil of yarn (5) 57 Top cards (4) 58 Restore new life to (6) 59 Diamond-shaped sea creature (8) 62 Check the size of (7) 63 Wan (6) 64 Voraciously hungry (8) 67 Recklessly rash (9) 69 Multiplies (6) 70 Go with (6) 74 Sailboat (5) 75 Scenic view (8) 77 Loyalty (10) 81 Furrow (3) 83 Distended (7) 84 Looked fixedly (6) 85 Vehement public protest (6) 86 Telephone (4) 87 Disregarded (7) 88 Intersection (10) 89 Stateless person (7)

DOWN

1 Large spiral seashell (5) 2 International humanitarian organisation (3,5) 3 Dryness (6) 4 Soldier’s award (5) 5 Raced (4) 6 Learned (7) 7 Collision (6) 8 Workers’ organisation (5) 10 Religious picture (4) 11 Plant powdered for snuff (7) 12 Knotted mass (6) 17 Doodlebug (6,4) 19 Insurgent (5) 23 Prison term (8) 24 Say (5) 25 Bullfighter (7) 27 Tidy (4) 29 Late day (7) 30 Meditate upon (6) 31 Reseller’s profit (6) 32 Go back on one’s word (6) 34 Defence of being elsewhere (5) 36 Cage for poultry (4) 37 Soothing ointment (7) 38 Ink stain (4) 44 Maintenance (6) 46 Pleasant (4) 47 Spouse (7) 48 Team spirit (6) 49 Swooped (5) 50 Turned upside down (8) 51 Excursion (6) 52 Of or relating to language (10) 53 Cautious (4) 54 Withhold patronage from (7) 55 Intimate contact (4) 60 Cook under heat (5) 61 Keenly enthusiastic (4) 65 Bringing death (5) 66 Indicating direction (8) 68 Play by Shakespeare (7) 69 Live-in school pupil (7) 71 Insect (6) 72 Tusked marine mammal (6) 73 Great fear (6) 76 Exterior (5) 78 Water lily (5) 79 Bird of prey (5) 80 Surrender up (4) 82 Roman garment (4)