JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Flooded (5) 4 Horrified (8) 9 Idle scrawl (6) 14 Decorate (5) 15 Very fast and efficiently (4,1,4,2,5) 17 Wheel covers (5) 18 Hardened (3) 19 Greek mountain (7) 20 Spear-shaped food (9) 21 Play text (6) 24 Dangled (9) 25 Clippers (6) 26 Move about restlessly (6) 29 Toys (10) 31 Be in debt (3) 32 Reign (6) 33 At a great altitude (4) 35 Total (3) 37 Siamese (4) 39 Deserted (9) 40 Viewer (9) 41 Surly youth (5) 42 Went over (8) 47 In a doltish manner (8) 51 Farewell (5) 55 Sets free (9) 56 Projecting strip of land (9) 58 Autograph (4) 59 Wind up (3) 60 Nobleman (4) 61 Bow user (6) 62 Fire residue (3) 63 Branch of medical science concerning the elderly (10) 66 Bovine creatures (6) 67 Deadly epidemic (6) 69 Barriers (9) 72 Defective (6) 73 Dancer’s spin (9) 75 Conspicuous (7) 77 Mineral spring (3) 80 Bring upon oneself (5) 81 Always be seemingly protected by magic (4,1,7,4) 82 Upright (5) 83 Fled (6) 84 Ambled (8) 85 Thwarts (5)

DOWN

2 Eddy (9) 3 Water vapour (5) 5 Gone by (4) 6 Stimulated sexually (7) 7 Newspaper column (4,3,5) 8 River mouth (5) 9 Argue about (7) 10 Expletive (4) 11 Song words (6) 12 Lift (5) 13 Immediate (7) 14 Painkilling drug (7) 16 Germans’ name for Germany (11) 22 Strain injury (6) 23 Condition in a contract (7) 24 Horizon (7) 25 Unfluctuating (6) 27 Shone, sparkled (7) 28 Pressing (6) 30 Foam (4) 32 Orb (5) 34 Rugged (5) 36 Halt (4) 38 Evil spell (3) 42 Girl’s name (5) 43 Floor show (7) 44 Gain by work (4) 45 Obtain through intimidation (6) 46 Passenger ship (5) 48 Not obtainable (11) 49 Covers for loss (7) 50 Journey segment (3) 51 Roading material (7) 52 Modernise (6) 53 Alfresco (2,3,4,3) 54 Unexpected drawback (4) 57 Imaginary (6) 64 Psychedelic, vivid (9) 65 Enthusiastic approval (7) 66 Bunch (7) 68 Questioned intensively (7) 70 School bag (7) 71 Plaster wall coating (6) 72 Doomed (5) 74 Multicoloured gemstones (5) 76 Snow house (5) 78 Worry (4) 79 Large plant (4)