JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Smudge (5) 4 Be fond of sugary foods (4,1,5,5) 14 Push down on (5) 15 Proverb (5) 16 Fat used for making pastry (10) 17 Trunk (5) 19 Zero (3) 20 Insult (7) 21 Alertness, concentration (9) 22 Runner’s starting supports (6) 25 Exclamation (9) 27 Ceremony (6) 28 Emergency (6) 33 Make in three copies (10) 35 Facial twitch (3) 36 Type of horse cab (6) 37 Family (4) 39 Be in debt (3) 41 Wool fat (7) 42 Stress (6) 43 Baby’s seat (9) 44 Worn and shabby (5) 45 Stinginess (8) 50 Dad (2) 51 Card game (8) 55 Donor (5) 58 Lancaster (anag)(9) 59 Alternative (6) 60 Butt holder (7) 61 Rascal (3) 63 Narrow opening (4) 64 One-sided (6) 65 Extinguished (3) 66 Friendless isolation (10) 68 Call off (6) 69 Actor’s stand-in (6) 71 Assent to without protest (9) 76 Weak (6) 77 Occupied (9) 79 Surgeon’s blade (7) 81 Old measure of length, about 45 inches (3) 84 Point in question (5) 85 Nominal leader (10) 86 Legitimate (5) 87 Theme (5) 88 Accept or reject with no other choice being possible (4,2,2,5,2) 89 Wobbly dessert (5) DOWN 2 Amend (6) 3 Wrath (5) 5 Throbbing pain (4) 6 Inconsistent and unpredictable (7) 7 Turned obliquely (6) 8 Decree (5) 9 Harbour vessel (7) 10 Sworn statement (4) 11 Exhilarate (6) 12 Hard-wearing trousers (5) 13 Ineffectual (7) 14 Exploded grain (7) 18 Vacillating (10) 23 Canoe (5) 24 Sexually provocative (7) 26 Tropical cyclone (7) 27 Soft Italian cheese (7) 29 Dried grape (7) 30 Fold mark (6) 31 Knife-sharpening rod (5) 32 Puma (6) 34 Engrave with acid (4) 36 Large and heavy (5) 38 Effrontery (5) 40 Cover on a healing cut (4) 45 Money resources (5) 46 Sell to bidders (7) 47 Front part (4) 48 Filter out (6) 49 Stay clear of (5) 50 Suggest (7) 52 Bankruptcy (10) 53 Of plants (7) 54 Polish port (6) 55 Scottish city (7) 56 Announce (5) 57 Fencing sword (4) 62 Muzzle (5) 67 EEC ring (anag)(7) 68 Sadism (7) 70 Advantage (7) 72 Russian playwright (7) 73 American state (6) 74 Savage (6) 75 Domestic servant (6) 76 Aircraft wing parts (5) 78 Portend, bode (5) 80 Permission (5) 82 Used to be (4) 83 Cab (4)