JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Young cats (7) 4 Very unwell (4,2,1,3) 9 Asserted (7) 13 Slightly open (4) 14 Fletcher’s product (6) 15 Vegetable (6) 16 Smelt (7) 19 Taught (10) 20 About to occur (8) 21 Complain (5) 24 Saturate (6) 25 Talisman (6) 27 Carol’s tea (anag)(9) 32 Extramarital sex (8) 33 Tooth deposit (6) 34 Ticked by (7) 38 Fearless (8) 39 Thick soup (6) 40 Heap (4) 41 Run aground (5) 42 Tiny particles (5) 45 Near to physical collapse (2,4,4,4) 52 Opposite tails (5) 55 Braided piece of hair (5) 56 German Mrs (4) 57 Imaginary (6) 58 Struggled with (8) 61 Struck out (7) 62 Drive forward (6) 63 Widespread disease outbreak (8) 66 Tropical fruit (9) 68 Inside (6) 69 Impaired (6) 73 Puzzle out (5) 74 Strange (8) 76 Signal to proceed (5,5) 81 European language (7) 82 Slake (6) 83 Pit (6) 84 Covetousness (4) 85 Magic lamp rubber (7) 86 Fine repast (4-2,4) 87 Wool fat (7)

DOWN

1 Army colour (5) 2 Pass possession to (8) 3 Authoritarian (6) 4 Said something (5) 5 Barrel (4) 6 Assign to a position (7) 7 Season (6) 8 Frequently (5) 10 Connect (4) 11 Conflagration (7) 12 Not liable to (6) 17 Courses of action (10) 18 Go furtively (5) 22 Scottish broadsword (8) 23 Safe (5) 24 Bloodsucking Transylvanian count (7) 26 Encounter (4) 28 Sharp blade (7) 29 One lacking skin pigment (6) 30 Commands (6) 31 Fought with swords (6) 33 Lag behind (5) 35 Musical composition (5) 36 Lower part of wall, specially decorated (4) 37 Block (4) 43 At an angle (6) 44 Grain crop (5) 46 Standard (4) 47 Impartial (7) 48 Carve (6) 49 Month (5) 50 Vast tyre (anag)(8) 51 Flavoured water-ice (6) 52 Welcoming, cordial (10) 53 Wheel shaft (4) 54 Tranquillised (7) 59 Cut off (5) 60 Flightless bird (4) 64 Increased (5) 65 Master copy (8) 67 Null and void (7) 68 Venerate (7) 70 Accommodation house (6) 71 Abduct (6) 72 Of the teeth (6) 75 Commonly encountered (5) 77 Competitor (5) 78 Check clothes for fit (3,2) 79 Hire car (4) 80 Throb (4)