JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 911

ACROSS

1 Bisect (5) 4 “The boy who never grew up” (5,3) 9 Struggle against (6) 14 Core (5) 15 Following soon after (4,2,3,5,2) 17 Throttle (5) 18 Age (3) 19 Horseback soldiers (7) 20 Writing untidily (9) 21 Rubble (6) 24 The common people (3,6) 25 Steering board (6) 26 Taste (6) 29 Rock studiers (10) 31 Insect (3) 32 Cup-shaped sweet spongy cake (6) 33 Second Greek letter (4) 35 Mined mineral (3) 37 Wind blast (4) 39 In neutral (3,2,4) 40 Trickery (9) 41 Embezzlement (5) 42 Stay of execution (8) 47 Squeeze (8) 51 Impudence (5) 55 Pinball game (9) 56 Makes queasy (9) 58 Ditty (4) 59 Frozen water (3) 60 Require (4) 61 Breathed quickly (6)62 Donkey (3) 63 Fussy (10) 66 Well again (6) 67 Last exams (6) 69 Multiplied (9) 72 Drawing (6) 73 Keeping (9) 75 Strong distilled liquor (7) 77 Share (3) 80 Perfect (5) 81 Hide; make secret (4,1,7,4) 82 Tie up (5) 83 Completely lacking (6) 84 Ascertain, verify (4,4) 85 Declare (5)

DOWN

2 Ski resort danger (9) 3 Alcoholic drink (5) 5 Sound repeat (4) 6 Morally correct (7) 7 Beat about the bush (12) 8 Of the nose (5) 9 Purified (7) 10 Ill (4) 11 Digging tool (6) 12 Feels concern (5) 13 Queer (7) 14 Gossip (7) 16 Accommodation for elderly (7,4) 22 Girdle (6) 23 Remove all faults from (7) 24 Gun pouch (7) 25 Distilling apparatus (6) 27 Go before (7) 28 Sex drive (6) 30 Strongbox (4) 32 Measuring device (5) 34 Deep chasm (5) 36 Twist out of shape (4) 38 Application (3) 42 Small bird (5) 43 Colouring agent (7) 44 To the interior (4) 45 Gross (6) 46 Lukewarm (5) 48 American river (11) 49 Saved from danger (7) 50 Male child (3) 51 Sure (7) 52 Mixes by pressing (6) 53 Punctuation symbol (8,4) 54 Assistance (4) 57 Christmas bird (6) 64 Flat (9) 65 Origin (7) 66 Withdraw trade from (7) 68 Modified for the better (7) 70 Expresses agreement (7) 71 Plot (6) 72 Structural support (5) 74 Warning device (5) 76 Perch (5) 78 Too (4) 79 Mix up (4)