JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Protester’s sign (7) 4 Preventive measure (10) 9 Passengers’ attendant (7) 13 Abominable snowman (4) 14 Sky fluff (6) 15 Harvested (6) 16 Continue obstinately (7) 19 Faultlessness (10) 20 Fragrant (8) 21 Criminal deception (5) 24 Idle talk (6) 25 Ethics (anag)(6) 27 Cascade (9) 32 Launching device (8) 33 Burning (6) 34 Sea robbers (7) 38 Feasible (8) 39 Crops up (6) 40 Regulation (4) 41 Leather belt (5) 42 Haggard (5) 45 Resort in desperation to inadequate remedies (6,2,6) 52 Push down on (5) 55 Gain points (5) 56 Whittled (4) 57 Get even for (6) 58 Got (8) 61 Appropriate (7) 62 Thawed (6) 63 Bullfighter (8) 66 Viewer (9) 68 Puts up (6) 69 Travelling show (6) 73 Greek S (5) 74 Writer (8) 76 Painstaking (10) 81 Connecting (7) 82 Gloss (6) 83 Illuminates (6) 84 Astound (4) 85 Trailblazer (7) 86 Interfering (10) 87 Small amount remaining (7)

DOWN

1 Foot the bill (3,2) 2 Star-shaped symbol (8) 3 Thin (6) 4 Planet (5) 5 Posing no difficulty (4) 6 Amount overdue (7) 7 Beverage holder (6) 8 Sung drama (5) 10 Stratum (4) 11 Spendthrift (7) 12 Save from danger (6) 17 Deep contemplation (10) 18 Swooped (5) 22 Bombast (8) 23 Fasten (5) 24 Sorted into categories (7) 26 Factual (4) 28 Fan (7) 29 Celtic language (6) 30 Shuts (6) 31 Goes bad (6) 33 Bewildered (2,3) 35 Change (5) 36 Continent (4) 37 Decelerate (4) 43 Gun kick (6) 44 Most bad (5) 46 Vegetable (4) 47 Citrus hybrid (7) 48 Red suit (6) 49 Place the foot (5) 50 In unison (8) 51 Playpark toy (3-3) 52 Exceptionally smart, prematurely advanced (10) 53 Jealousy (4) 54 Melancholy (7) 59 Light meal (5) 60 Horse gait (4) 64 City head (5) 65 Confronted boldly (8) 67 Large orange gourd (7) 68 Far beyond the norm (7) 70 Two-piece beach suit (6) 71 Talented (6) 72 Acerbic (6) 75 Give the slip (5) 77 Bird of prey (5) 78 Feel (5) 79 Gambler’s stake (4) 80 Too (4)