JUMBO CROSSWORD

Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS

1. Part of a horse’s back (7)

5. Thrilled (7) 9. Crustacean (5) 12. Alcoholic beverage (3)

13. Type in data (5)

14. Filled with wonder (9)

16. Popular meal staple (5)

17. Vehicle (3) 18. Clobber (3) 19. Infusion (3) 20. Rubbish (5) 21. Bullets (colloq) (4) 24. Sell (4) 26. Handsome, young male lover (6,8) 33. Attraction (6) 37. Domestic servant (4) 38. Passageway (5) 40. Soak up (6) 41. Wealthy pleasure travellers (3,3) 42. Bright blue (5) 43. Pseudonym (5) 46. Sentimentally endearing (6)

49. Fold up under pressure (7)

51. Perfect world (6)

53. Lively dance (5)

55. Greeting (5)

56. Founder of a religion (6)

58. One of a kind (6) 60. Food on a stick (5) 63. Particle (4) 65. Beam above a door or window (6) 68. Let-down (14) 72. Too (4)

74. Level (4) 77. Moved stealthily (5) 78. Pub (3)

79. Sit (anag) (3) 81. Paddle (3) 82. A scrooge (5) 83. Underline (9) 84. Join together (5) 85. Primate (3)

86. Put off (5) 87. Colourful spotted insect (7)

88. Agony (7)

DOWN

1. Bench (7) 2. Kettledrum (7) 3. Stretchy (7) 4. Hip/leg pain (8) 5. Open walking space (9)

6. Field (sport) (5) 7. Ornamental headband (5)

8. Reverie (5) 9. Walkway (4) 10. Serious (5) 11. Exposed (5) 15. Competitor (5) 22. The Three Wise Men (4)

23. By mouth (4)

25. And not (3)

27. Polish (3)

28. Hangman’s loop (5)

29. Unborn offspring (6)

30. Seize a vehicle in transit (6)

31. News organisations collectively (4,5) 32. Relating to birth (5) 34. Fewest (5) 35. Annex (5)

36. Lift up (7)

39. Travel over snow (3)

40. Liquor (7)

44. Smoothly (music) (6)

45. Season (6)

47. Claw (5)

48. Talked (5)

50. Jewish teacher (5)

52. Drug made from poppies (5)

54. Scientific workplace

(3)

57. Event (9)

59. Vase (3) 61. Otherwise (4) 62. Axe-like tool (4) 64. Salve (8) 66. Poorly (3) 67. Incisor (5) 69. Kitchen appliance (7) 70. Hug (7) 71. Deluge (7) 72. Garden pest (5) 73. Vision (5) 75. Wakeful watch (5) 76. Well known (5) 77. Morsel (5) 80. Slight (4)