JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 897
ACROSS
1 Object of ridicule (8,5)
8 Buff (6)
14 Male duck (5)
15 Flowering tree (8)
16 Bitterness, resentfulness (7) 17 Open-mouthed (5)
18 Small child (3)
19 Plans (7)
21 Car's instrument panel (9) 22 Prepare for an exam (6)
25 Understand the sentiments of (10)
27 Three-wheeled bike (8)
28 Small wave (6)
31 Larva's spun case (6)
33 Title (7)
34 Second-in-command (6)
35 Young horse (4)
37 Application (3)
39 Business transaction (4) 40 Optically sharp (2,5)
41 Remiss (9)
42 Making conversation (7)
43 Airport passenger building (8)
48 Put together from parts (8) 52 Timed (7)
56 Gain entry without invitation (9)
57 Tidal river mouth (7)
58 Ram down (4)
59 Dead heat (3)
60 Affectedly dainty (4)
61 Bully into doing (6)
62 Colonist (7)
63 Highly decorated (6)
65 Shared (6)
66 Cloudburst (8)
68 Race official (10)
71 Planet (6)
72 Estimates (anag)(9)
74 Baffled (7)
76 Direct a gun (3)
79 Cosmetic powder (5)
80 Illinois city (7)
81 Lecture at length in a forceful manner (8)
83 Intestine part (5)
84 Grown-ups (6)
85 Become familiar with customs and procedures of an organisation (5,3,5)
DOWN
2 Lawlessness (7)
3 Wish granter (5)
4 Unwell (3)
5 Horned animal (4)
6 Fish dressing (7,5)
7 Heavy spiral seashell (5)
8 Depict (7)
9 Heavy metal (4)
10 Climbed (6)
11 Fry quickly (5)
12 Green vegetable (7)
13 Speaking only one language (11)
14 Shortfall (7)
20 Added wing (9)
23 Light fur (anag)(8) 24 Angled (7)
26 Difficulty (7)
27 Dryness (6)
29 Short pithy saying (7) 30 Race sections (6)
32 Excessively fat (5)
34 Hardy fabric (5)
36 Turning machine (5)
38 Military flute (4)
43 Close-fitting (5)
44 Strategic withdrawal (7)
45 Hankering (4)
46 Legendary race of female warriors (6)
47 Trail followed (5)
48 Mixed-up word puzzles (8)
49 Soaring firework (9)
50 Afternoon performance (7)
51 Restrict (5)
52 Ancient two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle (7)
53 Irresistible impulse to steal (11)
54 Eat hungrily, quickly (6)
55 Extremely ill (2,6,4)
64 Repeated decorative design (7)
65 Sovereign (7)
67 Perceives (7)
69 Put to death (7)
70 Debated (6)
71 Odour (5)
73 Fatuous (5)
75 Tropical fruit (5)
77 Relate (4)
78 Closed (4)
82 Cereal crop (3)