JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 945

ACROSS

1 Abbreviate (7)

4 Emergency egress (4,6)

9 Exceptionally large and heavy (7)

13 Uniform (4)

14 Peevish, sulky (6)

15 Civil (6)

16 Expelled (7)

19 Salad vegetable (7)

20 Place overflowing with the good things of life (4,2,4,3,5) 21 Out-of-the-way (6)

22 The greatest possible degree (6)

24 Person in novel, play (9) 29 First in time (8)

30 Concentrated (6)

31 Everlasting (7)

35 Scandalous, lurid (8)

36 Public house (6)

37 Absent (4)

38 Undecorated (5)

39 Wrap with insulation (3) 41 Sample by mouth (5)

43 Goal (6)

47 Detest (5)

50 Brick carrier (3)

54 Heartless (5)

55 Strong wind (4)

56 Tooth coating (6)

57 Spring flower (8)

60 Progress (7)

61 Walk slowly, idly (6)

62 Cherish (8)

65 Height instrument (9)

67 Appeared to be (6)

68 Sundial arm (6)

72 Boast about your achievements (4,4,3,7)

75 Window slats (7)

77 Dry (7)

78 Interior coating (6)

79 Grabbed (6)

80 Aspersion (4)

81 Examined (7)

82 Slow down (10)

83 Précis (7)

DOWN

1 Take away illegally (5)

2 Extra work after hours (8) 3 Looked after while ill (6)

4 Genealogical chart (6,4)

5 Synthetic fabric (5)

6 Make use of unfairly (7)

7 Pillar (6)

8 Flower part (5)

10 Act as judge in a competition (10)

11 Sugar (7)

12 Television user (6)

17 Paper cover for book (4,6) 18 Hirsute (5)

21 Non-acceptance (7) 23 Live longer than (7)

25 Airport building (6)

26 Intermixes (6)

27 Nectar (anag)(6)

28 Gambling house (6)

30 Take an oath (5)

32 Regulation (4)

33 Protracted (4)

34 Side post of doorway (4) 40 Saw eye to eye (6)

42 Defrost (4)

44 Programme (6)

45 Glossy coating (5) 46 Playhouse (7) 48 Croaky (6)

49 Public vote (10) 50 Conceal (4)

51 Sea mammal (7)

52 Fuse together (4) 53 Scold (6)

58 Stringed puppet (10) 59 Singer's stock of songs (10) 63 Feel (5)

64 Weather shield (8)

66 Let down (7)

67 Import secretly (7) 69 Tediously familiar (3,3) 70 Workforce walkout (6) 71 Changes (6) 73 Correspond (5) 74 Italian dish (5) 76 Wander off (5)