The Chronicle

JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 889

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ACROSS

1 Brief look (7)

4 Disappoint­ing conclusion (10)

9 Impossible daydream (7)

13 Achieved without effort (4) 14 Disinteres­t (6)

15 Open to all (6)

16 Afternoon performanc­e (7) 18 Harden (3)

20 Lexicon (10)

21 Continuous (8)

22 Open-mouthed (5)

25 Scour (6)

26 Sheep's covering (6)

28 Travel plan (9)

33 Cosseted (8)

34 Noisy quarrel (6)

35 Console (7)

39 Abnormally obsessive (8) 40 Of cattle (6)

41 Public building (4)

42 Dapper (5)

43 Boundaries (5)

46 Sell very quickly (2,4,3,5) 53 Vote in (5)

56 Simple song (5)

57 Marries (4)

58 Suave (6)

59 Bowl-shaped strainer (8) 62 Covetous (7)

63 Small harpsichor­d (6)

64 Widespread disease (8) 67 Take the place of (9)

69 Annoy continuall­y (6)

70 Calm down (6)

74 Warn (5)

75 Round (8)

77 Exasperate­d; fed up (7,3) 81 Intention (3)

83 Cur (7)

84 Lines up (6)

85 Fish hawk (6)

86 Nervous (4)

87 Reading stand (7)

88 Aired (10)

89 Fan (7)

DOWN

1 Avarice (5)

2 Wobbly (8)

3 Grow larger (6)

4 Thespian (5)

5 Playthings (4)

6 Nab (7)

7 Take a drink (6)

8 Spanish friend (5)

10 Slightly open (4)

11 Set off (7)

12 Drowsy (6)

17 Fine and translucen­t (10) 19 False blow (5)

23 Wrestler's hold (8)

24 Evidence (5)

25 Queer (7)

27 Fat (4)

29 Windpipe (7)

30 Season (6)

31 Song of mourning (6) 32 Reviewer (6)

34 Confidence (5)

36 Physically delicate (5)

37 Stopper (4)

38 Run away (4)

44 Foolish or senseless talk (6) 45 Praise lavishly (5)

47 Follow orders (4) 48 Lacking flavour (7)

49 Of or like a horse (6) 50 Circular flight (5)

51 Make more compact (8) 52 Brief fall of rain (6)

53 Wiped out (10)

54 Small whirlpool (4)

55 Despotism (7) 60 Healed (5)

61 Nip (4)

65 Meat jelly (5) 66 Confused, untidy state (8) 68 Vertical (7) 69 Sunshade (7) 71 Cubbyhole (6) 72 Display ostentatio­usly (6) 73 Swiss city (6) 76 Bring about (5) 78 Was optimistic (5) 79 Lobby (5) 80 Expensive (4) 82 Nearly all of (4)

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