JUMBO CROSSWORD

850

ACROSS

1 Confined by bonds (5) 4 Shy, self-effacing person (9,6)

14 Silly (5)

15 Theatre platform (5) 16 Ratio (10) 17 Comedian (5)

19 Bolt (3)

20 Actor’s clothes (7) 21 Spring flowers (9) 22 Stone fruit (6) 25 Timetabled (9) 27 Meagre (6) 28 Toothed fastener (6) 33 Earthquake echo (10) 35 Toss (3)

36 Nudges (6)

37 Young cow (4) 39 Lacking in care or strictness (3) 41 Community of nuns (7) 42 Norway lobsters (6) 43 Inform about, make aware (9) 44 Requirements (5) 45 Made jump (8) 50 Symbol for silver (2) 51 Highly respected (8) 55 Sorcery (5) 58 Financial obligation (9) 59 Debated (6) 60 Accumulated over time (7) 61 Jotter (3)

63 Follow orders (4) 64 Shelled insect (6) 65 Consume (3)

66 Found (10)

68 Goal (6) 69 High-spirited (6) 71 Graceful dancer (9) 76 Roman dictator (6) 77 Fallen space rock (9) 79 Lawlessness (7) 81 Snake (3)

84 Russian drink (5) 85 Copy out (10) 86 Practice (5) 87 Subject (5)

88 Make an irrevocable decision (4,4,7)

89 Planet (5)

DOWN

2 Choice (6) 3 Darkness (5) 5 Difficult (4)

6 Whim (7)

7 Heart (6)

8 Sound (5)

9 Ice cream flavour (7) 10 Long ago (4)

11 Eras (6)

12 Linger (5) 13 Wander aimlessly (7) 14 I earn it (anag)(7) 18 Lime aprons (anag)(10) 23 Private instructor (5) 24 Horse accommodation (7) 26 Butcher’s chopper (7) 27 Brother or sister (7) 29 Spectre (7) 30 Exertion (6)

31 Hold responsible (5) 32 Resides (6)

34 Gun recoil (4)

36 Kick out of school (5) 38 Punished with a financial penalty (5)

40 Eye amorously (4) 45 Volley of shots (5) 46 Non-professional (7) 47 Work hard (4)

48 Left (6) 49 Open-mouthed (5) 50 Educational establishment (7)

52 Percussion instrument (10) 53 Oriental (7) 54 Cricket team (6) 55 Enigma (7) 56 Type of quartz (5) 57 Repair (4) 62 Sacred song (5) 67 Merit (7) 68 Eulogy (7) 70 Add sugar (7) 72 Amended (7) 73 Four-wheeled horsedrawn carriage (6)

74 Rubber (6) 75 Mountain hut (6) 76 Tossed pole (5) 78 Knowledge tests (5) 80 Agrarian (5) 82 Increase (4) 83 Woodwind instrument (4)