The Chronicle

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Line drawing (7) 4 Likely (2,3,5) 9 Playhouse (7) 13 Lacking sensation (4) 14 Light wind (6) 15 Lyrical (6) 16 Compensati­on money awarded for loss, injury (7) 19 Still (10) 20 Air force unit (8) 21 Totted up (5) 24 Detective (6) 25 Have enough money for (6) 27 Jazz style (9) 32 Wrap with lagging (8) 33 Was unsuccessf­ul (6) 34 Confection­ery flavour (7) 38 Jewellery item (8) 39 Samples by mouth (6) 40 Wheel shaft (4) 41 Waste drain (5) 42 Gains by work (5) 45 Deliberate­ly confuse the issue (5,3,6) 52 Worries (5) 55 Savoury meat jelly (5) 56 Sink stopper (4) 57 Frozen drip (6) 58 Royal daughter (8) 61 Smeared (7) 62 Travel document (6) 63 Made complainin­g noises (8) 66 Belittle (9) 68 Pesters (6) 69 Purpose (6) 73 Straining utensil (5) 74 Tending to brag (8) 76 Child minder (10) 81 Long steps (7) 82 Ebb (6) 83 Bends down (6) 84 Sweetheart (4) 85 Placate (7) 86 Obstinate (10) 87 Profession­al performer (7)

DOWN

1 Fabric for jeans (5) 2 Confessed (8) 3 Glass ball (6) 4 Cricket spells (5) 5 Layer (4) 6 Revealed (7) 7 Tree-lined street (6) 8 Removed moisture (5) 10 Stack (4) 11 Desert (7) 12 Stank (6) 17 Challenger­s (10) 18 Pick-me-up (5) 22 Of money, currency (8) 23 Genetic copy (5) 24 Trip (7) 26 National emblem (4) 28 Not precise (7) 29 Relic depository (6) 30 Fragmented puzzle (6) 31 Factory second (6) 33 Go get (5) 35 Take an oath (5) 36 Twosome (4) 37 Aspersion (4) 43 Property (6) 44 Inexperien­ced, unworldly (5) 46 Grotesque (4) 47 Using a shovel (7) 48 Having concealed difficulti­es (6) 49 Oust (5) 50 Claiming (8) 51 Bushes (6) 52 Growth on hand (10) 53 Biblical garden (4) 54 Have a hunch about (7) 59 Misses out (5) 60 Red gemstone (4) 64 Shepherd’s staff (5) 65 Unsettled, anxious (8) 67 Sale document (7) 68 Malady (7) 70 Circus tent (3,3) 71 Commit an illegal act (6) 72 Short-sightednes­s (6) 75 Soft leather (5) 77 Surrounded by (5) 78 Red powder (5) 79 Optical glass (4) 80 Norwegian capital (4)

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