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JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 877 ACROSS

1 Small rodent (5)

4 About to incur a severe reprimand (3,3,4,4)

11 Icy rain (5)

14 Blemish (5)

15 Scientific study of language (11)

16 Altered slightly (8)

19 Fitness runners (7)

20 Bend over (5)

21 Study of lines of descent (9) 24 Blown musical instrument (9)

26 Self-effacing (6)

27 Cope (6)

31 Bow-legged (5)

32 Large boiling pot (8)

34 Civility (10)

37 Tune (3)

39 Parachute pull (7)

40 Water diviner (6)

41 Of help (6)

42 Heap (4)

43 File (7)

46 Gullet (10)

51 Kitchen appliance (7)

55 Diversify (4)

56 Illicit relationsh­ip (6)

57 Irritable (6)

58 Punishment for breaking laws, rules (7)

60 Beverage (3)

62 Over and over (10)

63 Discourage­d (8)

64 With no money at all (5) 67 Fetid (6)

68 Medical profession­al (6) 69 Part (9)

74 Not permanent (9)

75 Year subdivisio­n (5)

76 Demolish, smash (7)

81 Unfaithful partner (3-5)

82 Wartime beam (11)

83 Characteri­stic (5)

84 Bare (5)

85 In a state of flustered confusion (3,3,8)

86 Currency (5)

DOWN

2 Alternativ­e (6)

3 Oscillate (5)

5 Leave out (4)

6 Increase tension (7)

7 Newspaper boss (6)

8 To the interior (4)

9 Big house on Spanish ranch (8)

10 Pool of rainwater (6)

11 Resentful disparagem­ent of something unattainab­le (4,6) 12 Dines (4)

13 Undevelope­d frog (7)

17 Evidence (5)

18 Senior citizens (10)

22 Inexpensiv­e (5)

23 Cosmetic surgery (8)

25 Habitual users (7) 26 Sovereign (7)

28 Gambling house (6)

29 Painting in wet plaster (6) 30 Musical compositio­n (6) 33 Unrestrain­ed (5)

35 Lance (5)

36 Gratis (4)

38 Ladder step (4)

43 English port (5) 44 Bomb fragments (8)

45 Roof beam (6)

46 Hands and knees position (2,3,5)

47 Arrange by type (4)

48 Mounted goader in bullfighti­ng (7)

49 Modifies for use (6)

50 Brown pigment (5) 52 Cricket spell (4)

53 Become looser (7)

54 Draw out (6)

59 Become late with work (4,6)

61 Retains (5)

65 Caviar fish (8)

66 Single (5)

67 Abbreviate (7) 70 Silhouette (7) 71 Oration (6)

72 Formal headwear (3,3) 73 Reason for action (6) 77 Body trunk (5) 78 Security device (4) 79 Sea creature (4) 80 Indian clarified butter (4)

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