JUMBO CROSSWORD

NUMBER: 869

ACROSS

1 Hot-water burn (5) 4 Known to be too honest to be capable of wrongdoing (5,9) 11 Damp (5)

14 Overly eager speed (5) 15 Doctor’s instrument (11) 16 Last work or act before retirement (8) 19 Distinguished musician (7) 20 Barrister’s instructions (5) 21 Bride’s collection (9)

24 Gut (9) 26 Infrequently (6)

27 Large serving dish (6) 31 Tranquillity (5)

32 Hat maker, seller (8) 34 Not pertinent to the matter at hand (10)

37 Tree (3)

39 Fortified white wine (7)

40 Handwriting (6)

41 Mar (6)

42 Planet (4)

43 Communication (7)

46 Theory (10)

51 Tongs (7)

55 Cat’s lives (4)

56 Colony of rabbits (6)

57 Ban (6)

58 Business tycoon (7)

60 Fuel (3)

62 Takes into custody (10)

63 Egg dish (8)

64 Trainee (5)

67 Culpable (6)

68 Caress (6)

69 Extra (9)

74 Dry (9)

75 Short crowbar (5)

76 Concert by a soloist (7)

81 Insolvent (8)

82 Magician’s chant (11)

83 Concur (5)

84 Hardy fabric (5)

85 Favourite person, one who is loved best (5,2,4,3)

86 Get to one’s feet (5)

DOWN

2 Man’s neckwear (6) 3 Water lily (5) 5 Pieces (4)

6 Old hand (7) 7 Digging tool (6) 8 Unwell (4) 9 Endangers (8) 10 Most recent (6) 11 Very small bottles of spirits (10)

12 Fe, a metal (4) 13 Increase tension (7) 17 Multiply (5) 18 Collected signatures (10) 22 Narrow band (5) 23 Split up (8)

25 Core (7)

26 Prison term (7)

28 Act properly (6) 29 Blue dye (6) 30 Alleviation (6) 33 Fortunate (5) 35 Jobs (5)

36 Ship’s prison (4)

38 Be too late for (4) 43 Craze (5)

44 Brief general summary (8) 45 Tooth covering (6) 46 Genetic (10)

47 Stink (4)

48 Pair (7)

49 Dish before main course (6) 50 Fatuous (5) 52 Elliptical (4) 53 Man-horse creature (7) 54 Golf club (6) 59 Bowl-shaped percussion instrument (10)

61 Direct (5)

65 Able to be carried (8) 66 Basketry willow (5) 67 Retire (2,2,3) 70 Direction-finder (7) 71 Short-sightedness (6) 72 Keep (6) 73 Public house (6) 77 Cast metal bar (5) 78 Shortly (4) 79 Young cow (4) 80 Military force (4)