JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Chasing (5) 4 Impulsively (4,2,3,6) 14 Resilient (5)

15 Sag (5)

16 Ill luck (10) 17 Contest (5)

19 Boy (3) 20 Broad-minded (7) 21 Political party’s declaration of aims (9) 22 Hush-hush (6) 25 Gaining ground (9) 27 On ship (6) 28 Stuck (6)

33 Reply shout (anag) (10)

35 Operate (3) 36 Airless (6) 37 Threesome (4) 39 Dine (3) 41 Deadly epidemics (7) 42 Mitts (6) 43 Rudimentary (9) 44 From the Emerald Isle (5)

45 Pace (8)

50 Dad (2) 51 Sorcerer (8)

55 Play (5)

58 Australian city (9) 59 Arm bone (6) 60 Ditties (anag) (7) 61 Fuel (3) 63 Japanese rice drink (4)

64 Put aside for a later time (6) 65 Meadow (3) 66 Captaincy (10) 68 Repudiation (6) 69 Very cold (6) 71 Productive with minimum waste (9) 76 Scanty (6) 77 Pulse (9) 79 Mystify (7) 81 Dead heat (3) 84 Ooze out (5) 85 Silly behaviour (10) 86 Metal mixture (5) 87 Exterior (5) 88 Remote inaccessible place (3,4,2,6)

89 Soak in liquid (5)

DOWN

2 Intensely passionate (6)

3 Wear (5)

5 Stiffly formal (4) 6 Keep oneself from doing (7) 7 Prohibit (6) 8 Accommodate (5) 9 Distinguished musician (7)

10 Play charades (4) 11 Spice (6) 12 Search (5) 13 Ostracised (7) 14 Rising current of warm air (7)

18 Continual pestering (10)

23 Twist (5)

24 Joy at success (7) 26 Long dry spell (7) 27 Memory loss (7) 29 Cocktail (7) 30 Son of Zeus (6) 31 Meat sauce (5) 32 Continent (6) 34 Egg centre (4) 36 Narrow band (5) 38 Water body (5)

40 Short skirt (4) 45 Waste gases (5) 46 Waterproof garment (7)

47 Decelerate (4) 48 Ribald (6) 49 Cooking stove (5) 50 Herb (7)

52 Rules of thumb (10) 53 Deep vivid red (7) 54 Car that had a “baby” model (6) 55 Announce (7) 56 Model (5)

57 Calm pause (4) 62 Small wooden house (5)

67 A German (anag) (7) 68 Tear down (7) 70 Doubter (7) 72 Feebleness (7) 73 Feedbox (6) 74 Soak up (6) 75 Take away (6) 76 Dissolves (5) 78 Juliet’s lover (5) 80 Flier (5) 82 Roadway edging (4) 83 Broad smile (4)