JUMBO CROSSWORD:

NUMBER 964

ACROSS

1 Untrue (5) 4 Redundancy or early retirement payment (6,9) 14 Army colour (5) 15 Neck warmer (5) 16 Stubborn, obstinate (10) 17 Serving spoon (5) 19 Fourth note (3) 20 Pilot’s record (7) 21 Person with an unusual or odd personality (9) 22 Swims (6) 25 Female singer (9) 27 Chaos (6) 28 Celestial body (6) 33 Vacant (10)

35 Lip (3)

36 Place of worship (6) 37 Dross (4) 39 Self-image (3) 41 Prosperous (7)

42 Affix (6) 43 Rebounds readily (9) 44 Chest (5) 45 Musical instrument (8) 50 Accomplish (2) 51 Purifies (8)

55 Prickly plants (5)

58 Fill again (9) 59 Picturesque (6) 60 Sibling (7)

61 Male sheep (3) 63 Reserve (4)

64 Old coin (6) 65 Printing fluid (3) 66 Well recompensed (6,4) 68 Detective (6) 69 Matters in question (6) 71 Idle tuner (anag)(9) 76 Most modern (6) 77 After birth (9) 79 Immediate (7) 81 Beverage (3) 84 Musical drama (5) 85 Tools (10) 86 Fragrant flower (5) 87 Vegetable (5)

88 Very eager, enthusiastic (2,4,2,7)

89 Armada (5)

DOWN

2 Boat weight (6)

3 Small tree (5) 5 Concluded (4)

6 Takes off (7)

7 A spice (6)

8 Bring to a premature end (5)

9 Tidying (anag) (7) 10 Ship’s body (4) 11 Abduct (6) 12 Ragamuffins (5) 13 Uppermost (7)

14 Door aperture (7) 18 He wrote The ThirtyNine Steps (4,6) 23 Tough fabric (5)

24 In a murderous frenzy (7)

26 Pest in an audience (7) 27 Keepsake (7)

29 Core (7) 30 Imaginary (6) 31 Hackneyed (5) 32 Shellfish (6) 34 Sketch (4) 36 Business big wheel (5) 38 Night-flying insects (5) 40 Jumping insect (4) 45 Chocolate substitute (5) 46 Sanction (7)

47 Notion (4)

48 Fit to eat (6) 49 Derision (5)

50 Give the sack (7) 52 Swashbuckling 1930s film actor (5,5) 53 Jotter (7)

54 Eye cover (6) 55 Hold dear (7) 56 Annoying (5) 57 Accompanying (4) 62 Concur (5)

67 Broad hat (7)

68 Train stop (7) 70 Idealistic (7)

72 Most handy (7) 73 Evaluate (6)

74 Rich cake (6) 75 Dangerous (6)

76 Old language (5) 78 Records electronically (5) 80 Court case (5) 82 Renown (4) 83 Celebrity (4)