JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

Pivotal, critical (7) Uninterrupted (10) Argue over petty things (7) Surprise attack (4) Time to come (6)

Regained consciousness (4,2) Obsolete (7) Stretchiness (10) Put into (8) Bottomless pit (5) Oppressively solemn (6)

Gracefully thin (6) Functioning with the least waste (9) Precise (8) Reached maximum (6) Obtain (7)

Most fortunate (8) Spiritualist (6)

Brief satirical sketch (4) Allocated share (5) Clergyman (5) Money obtained dishonestly (3-6,5)

In reserve (5) Animal life (5) Body’s covering (4) Nullify (6)

Buy (8)

Sleek dog (7) Dairy product (6) Praised enthusiastically (8)

Schedule (9)

Day nursery (6) Lend a hand (6) Heartbeat (5) Bomb fragments (8) Ending (10) Double (7) Surpassingly good (6) Semitic language (6) Cure (4)

Played for time (7) Village (10) Abbreviate (7)

DOWN

Arc (5)

Angrily protesting (2,2,4)

Inaugurate (6)

Add up (5) Require (4)

Slope (7) Greatest possible degree (6)

Express audibly (5)

Second-hand (4) American whisky (7)

Flying swarming insect (6)

Pull (10) Danger (5) Second self (5,3) Female dog (5) Thin varnish (7) Calf meat (4) Small plant with fragrant flowers (7) Breakfast food (6) Large edible fish (6) Scribe (6)

Tip (5)

Seize power illegally (5)

Religious image (4) Communicate silently (4)

Disinterest (6) Confess to (3,2) Water body (4) Checked fabric (7) Sore to touch (6) Bird of prey (5) Amassed (8) Sudden wind storm (6) Victorious (10) On holiday (4) Graceful and stylish (7) Fence of bushes (5) Engrave with acid (4) Turning machine (5) Embrocation (8) Relaxing (7)

Gun bore size (7) Beat through cleverness (6) Purpose (6)

Right of entry (6) Severe (5) Circular flight (5) Synthetic yarn (5) Adhesive (4)

Foot cover (4)