JUMBO CROSSWORD
21/9
ACROSS
1. Memory loss (7) 5. Old collectible (7) 9. Unhappily (5) 12. Intimidate (3) 13. Member of court panel (5) 14. Genuine (9) 16. Lightweight wood (5) 17. Mythical creature (3) 18. Decay (3) 19. In the past (3) 20. Notes played together (5) 21. Body fat (4) 24. Roman cloak (4) 26. Criticise (7) 30. Emotional shock or wound (6) 33. Horrified (6) 37. Scratch (4) 39. Proposal (5) 41. A country’s people (6) 42. Shellfish (6) 43. Run away to marry (5) 44. Imperial unit of weight (5) 47. Icecream dish (6) 50. Residue (7) 52. Nervous (2,4) 54. Vapour (5) 56. Russian pancake (5) 57. Founder of a religion (6) 59. Second in command (6) 61. Avoid (5) 64. As well (4) 66. Natural hot spring (6) 69. Painful experience (6) 70. Vague understanding (7) 74. Meat and vegetable dish (4) 76. Areas of land for sale (4) 79. Additional amount (3-2) 80. Dog breed (colloq) (3) 81. Modern (3) 83. Garden vegetable (3) 84. Type of duck (5) 85. Expel from a community or group (9) 86. Fabric made from flax (5) 87. Morepork (3) 88. Perhaps (5) 89. Stonework (7) 90. Never ceasing (7)
DOWN
1. Outdated (7) 2. Infant (7) 3. Glorious (7) 4. Side by side (8) 5. Fit to fly (9) 6. Weary (5) 7. Drink heartily (5) 8. Minor actor in crowd scenes (5) 9. Prophet (4) 10. The same (L) (5) 11. Desert plant (5) 15. Nick (5) 22. Laze about (4) 23. Hillside (Scottish) (4) 25. Petrol, to an American (3) 27. Female reproductive cells (3) 28. Desiccated (5) 29. 18th century dance (6) 31. With a leg on either side (9) 32. Person of low intellect (5) 34. Inexperienced (5) 35. Audibly (5) 36. By that means (7) 38. Snake (5) 40. Marsh (3) 41. Horse feeder (7) 45. Customary (5) 46. Line of police or soldiers around an area (6) 48. Loud (5) 49. Actor’s remark to audience (5) 51. Fragment of burning wood (5) 53. Throw out (5) 55. Conclude (3) 58. Old coin (9) 60. Canister (3) 62. Spoken (4) 63. Caprine animal (4) 65. Coin removed from New Zealand circulation in 1967, replaced by 5 cent coin (8) 67. Consume (3) 68. Underground pipe (5) 71. Relatives (7) 72. Make better (7) 73. Protective eyewear (7) 74. Tempest (5) 75. Way in (5) 77. Drug made from poppies (5) 78. Eyewear (5) 79. Claw (5) 82. Trail left by a boat (4)
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ACROSS: 1 Spear, 4 Do as the Romans do, 14 Putty, 15 Still, 16 Trespasser, 17 Slyly, 19 Lea, 20 Chewing, 21 Celebrate, 22 Unease, 25 Evaporate, 27 Iodine, 28 Tawdry, 33 Implacable, 35 Off, 36 Headed, 37 Alms, 39 Eye, 41 Erratic, 42 Zither, 43 Navigator, 44 Nippy, 45 Belonged, 50 So, 51 Addendum, 55 Elite, 58 Aggrieved, 59 Agreed, 60 Cavalry, 61 Law, 63 Spat, 64 Vestry, 65 Era, 66 Salmonella, 68 Seeing, 69 Foiled, 71 Enunciate, 76 Silent, 77 Unbalance, 79 Tactics, 81 Vie, 84 Miami, 85 Apologetic, 86 Kills, 87 Vogue, 88 Peaches and cream, 89 Verse. DOWN: 2 Patchy, 3 Allow, 5 Oars, 6 Suspect, 7 Healed, 8 Riser, 9 Merited, 10 Nest, 11 Drying, 12 Style, 13 Dynasty, 14 Pyjamas, 18 Inspecting, 23 Grabs, 24 Uncanny, 26 Volcano, 27 Inferno, 29 Deleted, 30 Emerge, 31 Moths, 32 Served, 34 Emit, 36 Helps, 38 Serum, 40 Ogle, 45 Brass, 46 Luggage, 47 Nail, 48 Envied, 49 Silly, 50 Seaweed, 52 Diabolical, 53 Nearest, 54 Unruly, 55 Edition, 56 Broad, 57 Sets, 62 Blend, 67 Inflame, 68 Survive, 70 Lineage, 72 Nuclear, 73 Inhale, 74 Harold, 75 Scales, 76 Serge, 78 Aloha, 80 Tribe, 82 Disc, 83 Visa.