JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 882
ACROSS
1 Open to chance; depending on factors that one cannot control (2,3,3,2,3,4)
10 Digitalis plant (8)
15 Did damage to (6)
16 Keen in discernment (10)
17 Inmate (8)
19 Progress (7)
21 Drink made from apples (5) 22 Foe (9)
25 Associate in crime (9)
27 Back financially (7)
29 Give a disease (6)
33 Inexperienced (5)
34 Capital of Chile (8)
36 Tactful (10)
39 Friend (3)
41 Petty gangster (7)
42 Pain in chest (6)
43 In operation (6)
44 Den (4)
45 Military withdrawal (7)
48 Earlier (10)
53 Love affair (7)
57 Boast (4)
58 Metal grid (6)
59 Song of sailors (6)
60 Applying slowing device (7) 62 Dine (3)
64 Oral examinations of job applicants (10)
65 Aloft (8)
66 Tier (5)
69 Athlete’s pre-race exercises (4-2)
70 Requests forcefully (7)
71 Recklessly bold (9)
76 Bullet case (9)
77 Circumference (5)
78 Impartial (7)
83 Card suit (8)
84 Synthetic (10)
85 Ceremony (6)
86 Outside (8)
87 Be in opposition to one’s natural instincts (2,7,3,5)
DOWN
2 Approached (6)
3 Muggy (5)
4 Boy (3)
5 Radio time signals (4)
6 Maker of horseshoes (7)
7 Paid attention to (6)
8 Hinged barrier (4)
9 Payment to shareholders (8) 11 Stampede (6)
12 The art of good eating (10) 13 Has (4)
14 Sincere (7)
18 Talked terms (10)
20 Top, high point (4)
23 Ore test (5)
24 Terrains (anag) (8)
26 Firm smooth cheese (7)
28 Fuel gas (7)
30 Furrow (6) 31 Cotton fabric (6)
32 Smart (6)
35 Unable to relax (5)
37 Sculpt (5)
38 Brass wind instrument (4) 40 Molten volcanic matter (4) 45 Jewish religious leader (5) 46 Fifth columnists (8) 47 Root vegetable (6) 48 Cotton crop pest (4,6) 49 Charges (4)
50 Answer (7)
51 Made well (6)
52 V-shaped cut (5)
54 Yours and mine (4)
55 Clumsy, ungainly (7) 56 Horse gait (6) 61 Poet-singer (10) 63 Motoring competition (5) 67 Jumping animal (8) 68 Yarn (4)
69 Cajole (7)
72 Gets (7)
73 Artist’s workroom (6) 74 Two-piece beach outfit (6) 75 Seasoned dried sausage (6) 79 Private teacher (5) 80 Floating platform (4) 81 Aerofoil (4) 82 Deflated (4)
85 Fish egg mass (3)