JUMBO CROSSWORD

NUMBER: 867

ACROSS

1 Green vegetable (7)

4 Job candidates (10) 9 Non-attendance (7) 13 Check and correct (4)

14 Be of importance (6) 15 Parking offence notification (6)

16 As a rule (7) 19 Diminish gradually (7) 20 Thwart or spoil the plans of another (5,8,5)

21 Bypass (6) 22 Kidnapper's demand (6) 24 Off (9)

29 And so forth (8) 30 Rough (6)

31 Plume (7) 35 Gambling game (8) 36 Refrains from harming (6) 37 Smallest of litter (4) 38 Artificial (5)

39 Chart (3) 41 Rendezvous (5) 43 Curtains (6)

47 Divide (5) 50 Domestic fuel (3) 54 Greenfly (5)

55 Unclad (4)

56 Soak up (6)

57 Arouse the curiosity of (8) 60 Illustration title (7) 61 Move out of (6) 62 Widespread disease outbreak (8)

65 Warship (9)

67 Peckish (6)

68 Bravery in battle (6) 72 Make a tremendous effort (4,3,3,3,5)

75 Go before (7) 77 Obsequious (7) 78 Grating (6)

79 Feed box (6) 80 Equitable (4)

81 In the midst of (7) 82 Genealogical chart (6,4) 83 Scottish emblem (7)

DOWN

1 Tempo (5)

2 Cause to begin (8) 3 Warmed up (6) 4 Old-fashioned (10)

5 Pulp of vegetables or fruit (5) 6 Intervening time (7) 7 Weight dropped from boat (6) 8 Topic (5)

10 Popular book (4-6) 11 Study (7)

12 Cotton cloth (6) 17 Alteration (10) 18 Particular skill (5) 21 Drawing (7) 23 Interchanged (7) 25 Ridiculous (6) 26 Lookout (6) 27 Irritating inconvenience (6) 28 Japanese hostess (6) 30 About (5)

32 Defrost (4) 33 Leap (4)

34 Card game (4) 40 Attractiveness (6) 42 Make airtight (4) 44 Former US president (6) 45 Thick adhesive liquid (5) 46 Theatre doctor (7) 48 Tarry (6)

49 Brings to an end (10) 50 Retches (4) 51 Protection (7) 52 Highlander's garment (4) 53 Argue (6)

58 Vertical grating at castle gateway (10) 59 Scientific instrument (10) 63 Gemstone (5) 64 Predict (8)

66 Pep up (7) 67 Stockings, socks (7) 69 Relic repository (6) 70 Hot pod (6) 71 Cask tap (6) 73 Grub (5) 74 Exterior (5) 76 Uncanny (5)