JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Speak carefully after due thought (4,4,5) 8 Spoiled (6) 14 Reflection (5) 15 Deliberately sunk (8) 16 Big cat (7) 17 Traverse (5) 18 Day before (3) 19 Narrow connecting land (7) 21 Single (9) 22 Throat (6) 25 Information to mislead or persuade (10) 27 Boxing (8) 28 Laundry stiffener (6) 31 Yacht harbour (6) 33 Flier (7) 34 Worldwide (6) 35 Bird scared to the ancient Egyptians (4) 37 Every one of (3) 39 Revered mentor (4) 40 Take into account (7) 41 Stone fruit (9) 42 Feared (7) 43 Gardened (anag)(8) 48 Drew back, as with fear or pain (8) 52 Not going (7) 56 Sentimental remembering of things past (9) 57 Do like (7) 58 Maximum (4) 59 Tree (3) 60 Mix with spoon (4) 61 Showing favouritism (6) 62 Give the right to (7) 63 Assassin (6) 65 Lump of gold (6) 66 Sick headache (8) 68 I notice art (anag)(10) 71 Beaded counting frame (6) 72 Chicken-heartedness (9) 74 Declares positively (7) 76 Hair-setting cream (3) 79 Fence steps (5) 80 Bicycle user (7) 81 Nabbed (8) 83 Wound up (5) 84 Grey tin alloy (6) 85 Scarce (2,5,6)
DOWN
2 Cutting tooth (7) 3 Sailing vessel (5) 4 Zero (3) 5 Lather (4) 6 Vulgarly showy (12) 7 Unquestioned belief (5) 8 Boy’s name (7) 9 Hankering (4) 10 Mass departure (6) 11 Trainee (5) 12 Under (7) 13 Chill (11) 14 Set apart (7) 20 Raising to a higher standard or rank (9) 23 Heightened (8) 24 Amaze (7) 26 Flower (7) 27 Pock-marked (6) 29 Litter (7) 30 Call off (6) 32 Deep sky-blue (5) 34 Forest clearing (5) 36 Tempo (5) 38 Clipped grass area (4) 43 Sandhills (5) 44 Taking a break (7) 45 Handy (4) 46 Motor (6) 47 Navigation aid (5) 48 Spanish dance (8) 49 Boots with blades (3,6) 50 King Arthur’s town (7) 51 Come after (5) 52 Of the Devil (7) 53 Legacy (11) 54 Mild (6) 55 Hard brittle sweet (12) 64 Recovery setback (7) 65 Badly behaved (7) 67 Happen again or repeatedly (7) 69 Porridge ingredient (7) 70 Light volcanic rock (6) 71 Solo (5) 73 Condescend (5) 75 Kit out (5) 77 Departed (4) 78 Skin mark (4) 82 Liquid from infection (3)