JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fire remains (5) 4 Last month (8) 9 Handwriting (6) 14 Trap (5) 15 Die in a very unpleasant situation (4,2,1,6,3) 17 Swagger (5) 18 Dead heat (3) 19 Infatuated (7) 20 Stained (9) 21 Airless (6) 24 Astronaut’s craft (9) 25 Accident (6) 26 Assisted (6) 29 Illegal or dishonest behaviour (10) 31 Route (3) 32 Dung-beetle (6) 33 Trim very short (4) 35 Dunk in liquid (3) 37 Slight advantage (4) 39 South American country (9) 40 Reduce expenditure (9) 41 Sailboat (5) 42 Systematic factfinding (8) 47 Foolhardy (8) 51 Privileged class (5) 55 Catches unawares (9) 56 Percussion instrument (9) 58 Scuttled (4) 59 Self-image (3) 7 60 Cold crystals (4) 61 Plump (6) 62 Digit (3) 63 Occurring from time to time (10) 66 Scamp (6) 67 Calamitous (6) 69 Persuades to believe (9) 72 Fish covering (6) 73 Throbbing (9) 75 Contaminate (7) 77 Chop off (3) 80 Basket-making willow (5) 81 Usually (4,5,4,3) 82 Angler’s basket (5) 83 Flaw (6) 84 Put off until a later time (8) 85 Dog’s lead (5)

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2 Cobbler (9) 3 Occurrence (5) 5 Effortless (4) 6 Tombstone inscription (7) Cake-making ingredient (6,6) 8 Stinks (5) 9 Melancholy (7) 10 Stood up (4) 11 Sea robber (6) 12 Flavoursome (5) 13 Ebbed (7) 14 Starch (7) 16 Repeatedly (4,3,4) 22 Quit (6) 23 Nightclub floor show (7) 24 Open and genuine (7) 25 Distress signal (6) 27 Of or like pigs (7) 28 Persuade by flattery (6) 30 Long fixed look (4) 32 Small mark (5) 34 Push down on (5) 36 Courtroom enclosure (4) 38 Immediately payable (3) 42 Corrodes (5) 43 Solemn (7) 44 Well ventilated (4) 45 Habit (6) 46 Assorted (5) 48 Coarse loosely-woven cotton gauze (11) 49 Classes (7) 50 Male child (3) 51 Wide tidal river mouth (7) 52 Not native (6) 53 Heated quarrels (12) 54 As far as (2,2) 57 Exotic flower (6) 64 Large seabird (9) 65 Sunshade (7) 66 Copy (7) 68 Connoisseur of good food (7) 70 Incessant (3-4) 71 Formula (6) 72 Seller’s patter (5) 74 Remnant (5) 76 Spear (5) 78 Costing nothing (4) 79 Shortly (4)