JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 874

ACROSS

1 Accomplish (7)

4 Position with no prospects of promotion (4-3,3)

9 Annual calendar-handbook (7)

13 Cereal heads (4)

14 Commences (6)

15 Tower on castle wall (6)

16 Nightclub floor show (7)

18 Be incorrect (3)

20 Person or thing closely resembling another (4,6)

21 Forebear (8)

22 Adipose (5)

25 Momentary pain (6)

26 Produce shoots (6)

28 Stubborn (9)

33 Verdict (8)

34 Grain crop (6)

35 Give up all hope (7)

39 Broadcast (8)

40 Ravine (6)

41 Potter's oven (4)

42 Drinking tube (5)

43 Stiff (5)

46 Wait a minute! (4,4,6)

53 Storage trunk (5)

56 Convulsion (5)

57 Supplication (4)

58 Printed, glazed cotton fabric (6)

59 Frightening (8)

62 Spreading plant (7)

63 Winner's prize (6)

64 Stringed instrument (8)

67 Scientific star study (9)

69 Breed of hound (6)

70 Of delicate slender build (6) 74 Small bird (5)

75 Blood-sucking insect (8)

77 Domestic appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines (5,5)

81 Harden (3)

83 Scorn (7)

84 Wealth (6)

85 Associated (6)

86 Astound (4)

87 Predict (7)

88 Fellow pupils (10)

89 Subtracts from (7)

DOWN

1 In the lead (5)

2 Working busily (4,2,2)

3 Lengthen (6)

4 Mournful song (5)

5 Church recess (4)

6 Draw or pull out (7)

7 Steer the course of (6) 8 Unlocks (5)

10 Tilt (4)

11 Resolute, unyielding (7) 12 Warns (6)

17 Made headway (10)

19 Footwear (5)

23 Outer limit (8)

24 Beginning (5) 25 Farm vehicle (7)

27 Duo (4)

29 Wave (7)

30 Complete (6)

31 Saturate (6)

32 Competitors (6)

34 Marshy river offshoot in southern US (5)

36 Temporary repair (5) 37 Suspend (4) 38 Adhesive (4) 44 Tainted (6) 45 Offspring (5) 47 Lubricates (4) 48 Sketch (7)

49 Dwell in (6) 50 Pluvial (5)

51 One disposed to take a favourable view (8) 52 Migratory fish (6) 53 Study of heart diseases (10) 54 Depart (4)

55 Harbour vessel (7) 60 Towelling fabric (5) 61 Long ago (4)

65 Pry (5)

66 Coasting (anag)(8) 68 Deprive of by deceit (7) 69 Fruit tree flower (7) 71 Spotted tile (6) 72 Legal entitlements (6) 73 Be present (6) 76 Feather pen (5) 78 Perforations (5) 79 Subsides (5) 80 Workbench clamp (4) 82 Sour-tasting (4)