JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Perplexed (7) 4 Larkspur (10) 9 Own (7) 13 Absent (4) 14 Eye centres (6) 15 Well-stuffed cushions (6) 16 Close at the end of a session (7) 19 Study of insects (10) 20 Unending time (8) 21 Call on (5) 24 Optical (6) 25 Hypothesis (6) 27 Speed (9) 32 Bone structure (8) 33 Verse (6) 34 Eccentric, unconventional (7) 38 Assassin (8) 39 Long pace (6) 40 Hankering (4) 41 Eagle’s nest (5) 42 Nozzle (5) 45 Intensive, even brutal interrogation (3,5,6) 52 Wilt (5) 55 Saying (5) 56 Board game (4) 57 Ban (6) 58 Spotless (8) 61 Please (7) 62 On edge (6) 63 Gin on tap (anag)(8) 66 Choir member (9) 68 Vow (6) 69 Paltry (6) 73 Feather pen (5) 74 Unmarried man (8) 76 Closely associated with (10) 81 Fleet commander (7) 82 Unfolded (6) 83 Concavity (6) 84 Portent (4) 85 Seeking charity (7) 86 Smother (10) 87 Back (7)

DOWN

1 Stopping device (5) 2 Flute player (8) 3 Twofold (6) 4 Performing (5) 5 Deprivation (4) 6 Stockings, socks (7) 7 Queasiness (6) 8 Metropolitan (5) 10 Probability (4) 11 Rosiest (anag)(7) 12 Rick (6) 17 Artificial ridge for confining a waterway (10) 18 Employees (5) 22 First-rate (3-5) 23 Powdered tobacco (5) 24 Books (7) 26 Popular successes (4) 28 Going (7) 29 Customer (6) 30 Decapitate (6) 31 Cotton cloth (6) 33 Earlier (5) 35 Purchaser (5) 36 Therefore (4) 37 Throb (4) 43 Small pool (6) 44 Encouraged (5) 46 Drag (4) 47 Defeat utterly (7) 48 Weather map line (6) 49 Simple song (5) 50 Instances (8) 51 Wayward (6) 52 Reject as one’s heir (10) 53 Leave out (4) 54 Go before (7) 59 Salty drops (5) 60 Sovereign (4) 64 Ore analysis (5) 65 Miniature hourglass (3,5) 67 Portion of food (7) 68 Self-contradiction (7) 70 Mix up, confuse (6) 71 Column support (6) 72 Energy (6) 75 Expectations (5) 77 Deceitful (5) 78 Solid (5) 79 Principal (4) 80 Stop! (4)