JUMBO CROSSWORD | 822

ACROSS

1 Surgical stitches (7) 4 Capital put into an enterprise (10)

9 Make ready (7)

13 Bacon rasher edge (4) 14 Chirping insect (6) 15 Charge a liquid with gas (6) 16 Germ (7)

19 Causes for complaint (10) 20 Stiffness (8)

21 Finger by thumb (5)

24 Bell tower (6)

25 Grief (6)

27 Militia (4,5) 32 Soldiers’ accommodation (8)

33 Acute insufficiency (6) 34 Confidentiality (7) 38 Cosmetic renovation (8) 39 Radioactive element discovered by the Curies (6) 40 Defeat decisively (4) 41 Totted up (5) 42 Horizontal stair part (5) 45 Innocent, naive, overtrustful people (5,2,3,4) 52 Outspoken (5) 55 Actors’ platform (5)

56 Nil (4)

57 Make dim (6)

58 Light gas (8) 61 Bringing up (7)

62 Huge people (6)

63 Court (8)

66 Excite pleasantly (9) 68 Astonished (6) 69 Blunted (6)

73 Card game (5) 74 Dauntless, intrepid (8) 76 Bluish-green colour (10) 81 American grassland (7) 82 Old coin worth two shillings (6)

83 Bird enclosure (6) 84 Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter (4)

85 States categorically (7) 86 Pupil’s text (6,4)

87 Own up to (7)

DOWN

1 Small branch (5) 2 Bleating (anag)(8) 3 Overly thin (6) 4 Fatuous (5)

5 Calf meat (4)

6 Small bird (7)

7 Optical illusion (6) 8 Renowned (5) 10 Downfall (4)

11 Spouse (7)

12 Disease of dogs (6) 17 Checked and repaired (10) 18 Horse (5)

22 Enter property unlawfully (8)

23 Paper quantity (5) 24 Social security payment (7) 26 Killer whale (4) 28 Become too big for (7) 29 Building assembled from ready-made sections (6) 30 Affection (6)

31 Skin disorder (6) 33 Condescend (5) 35 TV accessory (5) 36 Peak of perfection (4) 37 Board game (4) 43 Became decayed (6) 44 Boring tool (5) 46 Mimicked (4) 47 Self-centred person (7) 48 Violet antiseptic (6) 49 Grows weary (5) 50 Happening in due course (8) 51 Rehearsal (3,3) 52 Local lingo (10) 53 Sprockets (4)

54 Oil from flax plant (7) 59 Garden pest (5) 60 Stand up (4)

64 Icy rain (5) 65 Coalition (8)

67 List in detail (7) 68 Store of weapons (7) 70 Planks (6) 71 Oddball (6) 72 Material (6) 75 Historical object (5) 77 Fast (5)

78 Makes regular (5) 79 Clenched hand (4) 80 Visible aura (4)