The Gold Coast Bulletin

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Small piece cut off (7) 4 Traditiona­l lively Scottish dance with walking and polka (3,7) 9 Go down (7) 13 Skating area (4) 14 Business magnate (6) 15 Momentary pain (6) 16 Hone (7) 19 Stress (10) 20 Extra work (8) 21 Medication (5) 24 Haphazard (6) 25 Ghosts (6) 27 Dawdling (9) 32 eg. iron or wood (4,4) 33 Inside (6) 34 Breed of cat (7) 38 Small folded pie (8) 39 Breed of sheep (6) 40 Cereal heads (4) 41 Dog pest (5) 42 Hazardous (5) 45 Earlier times thought of fondly (3,4,3,4) 52 Rub out (5) 55 Thespian (5) 56 Brass wind instrument (4) 57 Taken in (6) 58 Flowering bulb (8) 61 Accommodat­ion for dogs (7) 62 Ring (6) 63 Legal ambiguity allowing evasion of a rule (8) 66 Wooed by song (9) 68 Airport building (6) 69 Horse house (6) 73 Gripping part of tyre (5) 74 Fire-starting material (8) 76 Temperatur­e regulating device (10) 81 Cradlesong (7) 82 Of society (6) 83 Singular (6) 84 Bursts (4) 85 Fine wood particles (7) 86 Appraisal (10) 87 Varied (7)

DOWN

1 Country with Damascus (5) 2 Blameless (8) 3 Test (3,3) 4 Thin mortar (5) 5 Tug (4) 6 Alternativ­es (7) 7 Silly nonsense (6) 8 Darkness (5) 10 Reverberat­ion (4) 11 Of the heart (7) 12 Sewing tool (6) 17 Insect study (10) 18 Wee (5) 22 Wide hat (8) 23 Figure carved in relief for brooch, etc (5) 24 Nuclear power plant structure (7) 26 Wan (4) 28 Confection­ery flavour (7) 29 Act upon (6) 30 Amble (6) 31 Annoy persistent­ly (6) 33 Uncanny (5) 35 Of the sun (5) 36 Part of the eye (4) 37 Quarry (4) 43 Moved little by little (6) 44 Familiar (5) 46 Drag (4) 47 Rock (7) 48 Business premises (6) 49 Stratosphe­ric layer (5) 50 Abode (8) 51 Grass-cutting implement (6) 52 A coastline (anag) (10) 53 Skin problem (4) 54 Heighten (7) 59 Icy rain (5) 60 Duty roster (4) 64 Fear attack (5) 65 Slaughterh­ouse (8) 67 Made possible (7) 68 Bargains over price (7) 70 Shock (6) 71 Split (6) 72 Ban from flying (6) 75 Worthless matter (5) 77 Lifting device (5) 78 Sample by mouth (5) 79 Recedes (4) 80 Uncontamin­ated (4)

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