Big Crossword

ACROSS 1 Normal

5 More than is needed 11 Horse

12 Payout (4,3)

13 Shake or tremble

14 Dog breed with black spots 15 Exemplified

17 Foyer

18 Fetched 20 Indonesian tourist isle 23 Narcotic

25 Head lice

27 Hanging around 30 Arduous

32 Pig meat 33 Japanese dish 34 Become tattered 35 Improved

37 Ramble

39 Period piece

41 Value of LX

44 Pieces of jewellery 46 Type of college 48 Flambeau, eg

49 Rude

50 Nips

51 Dispirited

52 Mocks

DOWN

1 Armoured mammal 2 Balance 3 Statistician 4 Chocolate choux pastry 5 Student meeting 6 Elegant (coll)

7 Card game 8 Fluid 9 Musical toy 10 Bracing

16 Carry on; make a ... 18 Guarantee 19 Aura

21 Horror 22 Backwash 24 Clunk 26 Bitumen 28 Balls 29 Drunk 31 Cloudburst 32 Funeral pile 33 Pestered 34 Break down 36 Monarchists

38 Pilots and co-pilots, eg 40 Untested

41 Bank in a river

42 One of an octet 43 Long piece of writing 45 W African republic 47 One married to an uncle