JUMBO CROSSWORD

10/9

ACROSS

1 Horseback troops (7) 4 Have a hard factual discussion (4,6) 9 Floorshow (7)

13 On (4)

14 Brown (6) 15 Imbedded into surface (6) 16 Correct (7) 19 Observer (10) 20 Obsolete (8) 21 Train (5) 24 Sponsor (6) 25 Unwavering (6) 27 Say sorry (9) 32 Killer (8)

33 Fan out (6) 34 Mode of transport (7) 38 Large boa (8) 39 Most archaic (6) 40 Potato dents (4) 41 Boring tool (5) 42 Heels over (5) 45 Bride and groom or recently married pair (3,5,6)

52 Type of quartz (5) 55 Perfume (5)

56 Equal (4)

57 Grand residence (6) 58 Hitches (8) 61 Played lead (7) 62 Fashion posers (6) 63 Magic practitioner (8) 62 Fashion posers (6) 63 Magic practitioner (8) 66 Dog (9)

68 Cloven feet (6) 69 Fermented fodder (6) 73 Vertical mine passage (5)

74 Movement forward (8)

76 Dexterity (10) 81 Corpulence (7) 82 Hunting expedition (6)

83 Reach (6) 84 Duo (4) 85 Bankruptcy (7) 86 Below (10) 87 Hold-up (7)

DOWN

1 Unrefined (5) 2 Brute force (8) 3 Longs for (6)

4 Airs (5)

5 Tops (4)

6 Set of three literary works (7)

7 Give an account of (6) 8 Heath shrub (5)

10 Summarily dispenses with (4) 11 Behaviour (7) 12 Bring about (6) 17 Size measurements (10)

18 Senses (5) 22 Flowering tree (8) 23 Once more (5) 24 Very obvious (7) 26 Try out (4)

28 Level highland (7) 29 Outlaw (6)

30 Cold region (6) 31 Customer (6) 33 Ovine animals (5) 35 Immature (5) 36 Large meeting room (4)

37 Water hole (4) 43 Provoke, stir up (6) 44 Singing voice (5) 46 Pay close attention (4)

47 Spear (7) 48 Seasoning (6) 49 Egg centres (5) 50 Social event (8) 51 Worked for (6) 52 Shorten (10) 53 Imitated (4)

54 Gist (7) 59 African country (5) 60 Let go (4)

64 Get on (5)

65 Seek a man (anag)(8) 67 Turndown (7) 68 Jute fabric (7) 70 Abnormal dread (6) 71 Argument (6) 72 Duplicator (6) 75 Cereal (5)

77 Small waterway (5) 78 Corsage (5)

79 Mix up (4) 80 Heroic story (4)