JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Haunt of wrongdoers (3,2,8) 8 Bricklayer’s slurry (6) 14 Lively dance (5) 15 Duteous (8) 16 Gun ammunition (7) 17 Steam bath (5) 18 Capture (3) 19 He was duped by Brer Rabbit (4,3) 21 Narrow escape from disaster (5,4) 22 Argue (6) 25 Make amends for loss, injury (10) 27 Serene (8) 28 Gentle breeze (6) 31 Automatic reaction (6) 33 Gemstone (7) 34 Underneath part (6) 35 Stringed instrument (4) 37 Ailing (3) 39 Ballad (4) 40 Coincide partially (7) 41 Australian parrot (9) 42 Thick, dark syrup (7) 43 Mesmerism (8) 48 Sledge (8) 52 Lawlessness (7) 56 Put into bank account (9) 57 Place of study, training (7) 58 Principal (4) 59 Possess (3) 60 Befoul (4) 61 Activity (6) 62 Student (7) 63 Source (6) 65 Volcano opening (6) 66 Bread factories (8) 68 Passing (10) 71 Helix (6) 72 Charming, enchanting (9) 74 Author’s initial payment (7) 76 Reduce (3) 79 Merge (5) 80 Gathering together of livestock (7) 81 Easy conquest (8) 83 Gains by work (5) 84 Secretly follow (6) 85 Eager (4,2,7) DOWN 2 Trade ban (7) 3 Sequence (5) 4 Frozen water (3) 5 Ninth Greek letter (4) 6 Beyond belief (12) 7 Speaks (5) 8 German white wine (7) 9 Foolhardy (4) 10 Good luck charm (6) 11 Carpenter’s tool (5) 12 Anchorage (7) 13 Goods for sale (11) 14 Universal remedy (7) 20 Objectionable, extremely unpleasant (9) 23 Hairlessness (8) 24 Judge, magistrate (7) 26 Many-sided figure (7) 27 On time (6) 29 Title (7) 30 Blanket-like cloak (6) 32 Hard dark wood (5) 34 Clog (5) 36 Power cable tower (5) 38 Mexican dish (4) 43 Underworld (5) 44 Red condiment (7) 45 Eject (4) 46 Whole (6) 47 Breakfast meat (5) 48 Hypotheses (8) 49 Refused to trade with (9) 50 Publicity-attracting contrivance (7) 51 Defence of being elsewhere (5) 52 Naval officer (7) 53 Strikingly visible (11) 54 Sailboats (6) 55 Writing instrument (9,3) 64 Monotonous (7) 65 Exploding firework (7) 67 Facial hair (7) 69 Atomic (7) 70 Diocese subdivision (6) 71 Long-legged bird (5) 73 Shelf (5) 75 Approximately (5) 77 Honey drink (4) 78 Musical work (4) 82 Former French coin (3)