JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 916

ACROSS

1 Take an oath (5)

4 Safely secured away (5,4,3,3) 14 Sudden forceful flow (5)

15 Room on ship (5)

16 Poet-folk singer (10)

17 Alcoholic drink (5)

19 Infection liquid (3)

20 Illness with spots (7)

21 Graceful dancer (9)

22 Socially awkward (6)

25 Weather instrument (9)

27 Meat pin (6)

28 Argument (6)

33 Lies (10)

35 Night bird (3)

36 Profited (6)

37 Qualify (4)

39 Metal (3)

41 Germ (7)

42 Eastern temple (6)

43 Retinue (9)

44 Wanderer (5)

45 Equestrian event (8)

50 Mother (2)

51 Base for statue (8)

55 Fusillade (5)

58 Conveyance for skiers (9) 59 Maintenance (6)

60 Corridor (7)

61 Impair (3)

63 Place in position (4)

64 Barter (6)

65 Short sleep (3)

66 Predecessor (10)

68 Time of most power, popularity, vigour (6)

69 Fix (6)

71 Bolted to avoid arrest (9) 76 Sewing thread (6)

77 Seasoned (9)

79 Make reference to (7)

81 Mineral spring (3)

84 Surrendered up (5)

85 Insignificant (10)

86 Rudimentary (5)

87 Bedlam (5)

88 Whatever the weather (4,4,2,5)

89 Brimless soft hat (5)

DOWN

2 Enervate (6)

3 Assumed name (5)

5 Standard (4)

6 Do like (7)

7 Legally answerable (6) 8 Group of singers (5)

9 Organise (7)

10 Peace symbol bird (4) 11 Neared (anag)(6)

12 Complaint (5)

13 Deep in thought (7) 14 Small soft suitcase (7) 18 Fear and hatred of foreigners (10)

23 Snake poison (5)

24 Went to bed (7)

26 Soaks up (7) 27 Sultan’s wife (7)

29 Stubbornly resolute (7) 30 Sword (6)

31 Intestine part (5)

32 Spirit, courage (6)

34 Joint line (4)

36 Garden figure (5)

38 Shoplift (5)

40 Fool (4) 45 Wharf area (5)

46 In a precise manner (7) 47 Convinced (4) 48 Musical instrument (6) 49 Hold responsible (5) 50 One at a funeral (7) 52 Exact lookalike (4,6) 53 Hush (7) 54 Flowering shrub (6) 55 Reel (7)

56 Misses out (5)

57 Cow flesh for eating (4) 62 Sunken vessel (5) 67 Strategy (7)

68 Church cushion (7)

70 The capital of US’s Georgia (7)

72 Stain (7) 73 Black magic (6) 74 Subordinate (6) 75 Submissive, compliant (6) 76 Waterway (5) 78 Animal products abstainer (5)

80 Commerce (5) 82 Chopping tool (4) 83 Open pastry (4)