JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Malady (7)

6. Skinflint (5)

9. Scottish instrument (5)

12. Farewell (Fr) (5)

13. Beer (3)

14. Tiles (5)

15. More delicate (5)

16. Unemotional (5)

18. Large area of land (5)

20. Cross the threshold (5)

21. 1920s style (3,4) 23. Breach (4) 25. Nonsense (5) 27. Frilly (4) 29. Wanderer (5)

31. Car for hire (4) 33. Present (4) 34. Those ones (4) 36. Self-service restaurant (9) 39. Garland (3) 40. Insult (6)

43. Slot machine (3-5,6) 46. Tear apart (4) 47. Young horse (4)

49. Without rules or organisation (5-3-6) 54. Soft felt hat (6) 56. Shack (3)

57. Pen (9) 61. Aviary (4) 64. Pitcher (4) 66. Matured (4) 67. Pastoral (5)

68. Not as much (4) 70. Demolish (5) 72. Small island (4) 74. Big cat (7) 76. Basil paste (5) 78. Debate (5) 80. Openly (5) 81. Mawkish (5) 82. Lustre (5) 83. Cleaver (3) 84. Penniless (5) 85. Put off (5) 86. Highly-strung (5) 87. Decoration made of ribbon (7)

DOWN

1. Order of letters (8) 2. Hover (8)

3. As a result (5) 4. Skin art (6) 5. Prima donna (4) 6. Plain clothes (5) 7. Classical piece for soloist (6) 8. Seldom (6) 9. Nuisance (4) 10. Impoverished (4) 11. Subordinate role (colloq) (6,6) 17. Singing voice (5) 19. Burial chamber (5) 22. Stylish (4) 24. Ruddy (6) 26. Lout (3) 28. Humble (7) 29. Require (4) 30. Scuffle (5) 32. Friendly (7) 35. Chook (3) 37. Wonder (3) 38. Recede (3) 41. Give off (4) 42. Make a face (7)

43. Unofficially (3,3,6) 44. Note (4) 45. Hard-wearing (7) 48. Following (5) 50. Otherwise (6) 51. Bother (3)

52. Put on (3) 53. Register (3) 55. Affair of honour (4) 58. Might (5) 59. Anger (3) 60. Filmed sequence (4) 62. Side by side (8) 63. Testimony (8) 65. Bet (5) 68. Slacken (6) 69. Smile coyly (6) 71. Smart (6)

73. Hire purchase (3-2) 75. Watering hole (5) 76. Animal skin (4) 77. Outstanding performer (4)

79. Alcohol (colloq) (4)

AcroSS: 1 Bunch, 4 Want for nothing, 11 Sharp, 14 Greed, 15 Connoisseur, 16 Dynamite, 19 Harpoon, 20 Druid, 21 Sharpened, 24 Incurable, 26 Fluids, 27 Covert, 31 Court, 32 Fitfully, 34 Democratic, 38 Alluded, 39 Curate, 40 Oboist, 41 Pair, 42 Antenna, 45 Satisfying, 50 Spawned, 54 Tame, 55 Enmity, 56 Ruling, 57 Stadium, 60 Cleverness, 61 Trophies, 62 Fleet, 65 Eyelid, 66 French, 67 Childless, 72 Automatic, 73 Mayor, 74 Learned, 79 Approval, 80 Caterpillar, 81 Slope, 82 Mutes, 83 Three blind mice, 84 Scare.

DoWn: 2 Unreal, 3 Cheap, 5 Avow, 6 Tendril, 7 Origin, 8 Nose, 9 Truthful, 10 Geyser, 11 Skateboard, 12 Arid, 13 Prevent, 17 Focus, 18 Cradle song, 22 Mania, 23 Restrain, 25 Nurture, 26 Flyleaf, 28 Goblin, 29 Alkali, 30 Joists, 33 Fauna, 35 Cared, 36 Vein, 37 Gobi, 42 Antic, 43 Tampered, 44 Awning, 45 Slipstream, 46 Toys, 47 Scratch, 48 Yellow, 49 Ninth, 51 Path, 52 Waddles, 53 Eluded, 58 Meticulous, 59 Jelly, 63 Indicate, 64 Sleet, 65 Exclaim, 68 Hoodlum, 69 Mozart, 70 Happen, 71 Pepper, 75 Relic, 76 Spit, 77 Well, 78 Talc.