JUMBO CROSSWORD
8/5
ACROSS
1 Hold up, bear (7) 4 Pasta in slender threads (10) 9 Spectacles (7) 13 Standard (4) 14 Fire-breathing monster (6) 15 Nauseous (6) 16 Dead body (7) 19 Fat used for pastry (10) 20 Joined the military (8) 21 Hobbles (5) 24 Soak up (6) 25 Quantity (6) 27 Waterproof cover (9) 32 Italian navigator, explorer (8) 33 Attractiveness (6) 34 Futile (7) 38 Grape farm (8) 39 Motor fuel (6) 40 Storage building (4) 41 Once more (5) 42 Military blockade (5) 45 Dismissal notice (8,6) 52 Male deer (5) 55 Knock over (5) 56 Rescind (4) 57 Croaky (6) 58 Curved sword (8) 61 Manufacture (7) 62 Talents (6) 63 Balance in design (8) 66 Weedkiller (9) 68 Early cold period (3,3) 69 Wheedle (6) 73 Hessian (5) 74 Pleasant-smelling (8) 76 Winter crystals (10) 81 Temporary encampment (7) 82 Rounded hat (6) 83 Shrewd, perceptive (6) 84 Jealousy (4) 85 Acute (7) 86 General feelings or opinions (10) 87 Rumour (7)
DOWN
1 Ballads (5) 2 Sea mammal (8) 3 Sovereign’s seat (6) 4 Animal product abstainer (5) 5 Ladder step (4) 6 Death inquiry (7) 7 Uniformly (6) 8 Endures (5) 10 Heavy metal (4) 11 African language (7) 12 Not liable to (6) 17 Pigeonhole (10) 18 Hurdled (5) 22 Rifle repairer (8) 23 Swear (5) 24 Gets there (7) 26 Unruly crowds (4) 28 Accumulated over time (7) 29 Least number of members for a valid meeting (6) 30 Son of Zeus (6) 31 Requesting (6) 33 Fire crime (5) 35 Ignite (5) 36 Long ago (4) 37 Handy (4) 43 Tainted (6) 44 Avarice (5) 46 Female relation (4) 47 Bent (7) 48 Breathe in (6) 49 Tumbler (5) 50 Withstood (8) 51 Holy, sanctified (6) 52 Acrobatic forward roll (10) 53 Industrious insects (4) 54 Food fish (7) 59 Diver’s apparatus (5) 60 Self-satisfied (4) 64 Gain points (5) 65 Reservations (8) 67 Story instalment (7) 68 The meantime (7) 70 Activity (6) 71 Graceful dancing (6) 72 Circuit-breaking device (6) 75 Garden figure (5) 77 Jottings (5) 78 Sneakily (5) 79 Deep voice (4) 80 Daybreak (4)