JUMBO CROSSWORD
Solution in Monday’s paper 9/7
ACROSS
1. In its original place (L) (2,4)
4. Death (9)
9. Shove (4)
11. Health resort (3)
12. Mineral (3)
13. Neither very good nor very bad (2-2)
15. Mean (5)
16. Moose (3)
17. Simple (4)
19. Request for help (4)
21. British peer (4)
23. Draw (3)
24. Substance which neutralises acids (6)
26. Element (4)
27. Wrath (3)
28. Vigour (3)
30. Become blocked (4)
31. Give out (5)
32. Groom oneself (5)
34. Something gelatinous (5)
35. Despise (4)
36. Celebrity (4)
38. Weakness (4)
39. Cosy retreat (4)
40. Motor (6)
44. Sound of disapproval (3)
45. Limp (6)
46. Cadence (4)
48. Fever (4)
50. Buddy (6)
51. Centre (3)
53. Scribble (6)
57. Covet (4)
58. Notion (4)
59. Sunken shaft (4)
61. Simpleton (4)
63. Stroke of luck (5)
65. Requisition (5)
67. Tilt (5)
68. Move to and fro (4)
69. Prompt (3)
70. Go downhill on snow (3)
71. Meditation exercises (4)
72. Meagre (6)
75. Freeze (3)
76. Vow (4)
79. Inflame (4)
81. Fluff (4)
82. Cinders (3)
83. Numpty (5)
84. Novice (4)
85. Paddle (3)
86. Shorten a skirt (3)
87. Wander (4)
88. Demote (9)
89. Anticipate (6)
DOWN
1. Inordinately greedy (10)
2. Graven image (4)
3. Typical (5)
4. Craze (5)
5. Impatient (7)
6. Psychiatric institution (6)
7. List (7)
8. Fitted part at the top of a garment (4)
9. Squint (4)
10. Seasonal complaint (3,5)
14. Forming words with letters (8)
18. Get down (6)
20. Made of clay (7)
22. Friend (4)
25. Retained (4)
29. Small waterway (5)
30. Garments (7)
33. Take delight in (5)
34. Military group who seize power by force (5)
36. Abstemious (5)
37. Let (5)
41. Mettle (5)
42. Perfect (5)
43. Advanced in years (7)
47. Herb (5)
49. Irritate (5)
52. Small and elegant (Fr) (5)
54. Road marker (4,3)
55. Daring (8)
56. When all else has failed (4,6)
59. Grappler (8)
60. Wound (6)
62. Court order (4)
63. Diet (4)
64. Expertise (4-3)
66. Model (7)
69. Kind (6)
73. Supple (5)
74. Verse (5)
77. Particle (4)
78. Complicated (4)
80. Above (4)