JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Ruse (5) 4 Celebrate a birth with a drink (3,3,5,4) 14 Play (5) 15 Grown-up (5) 16 Make easier (10) 17 Furniture item (5) 19 Not at home (3) 20 Word formed from initial letters of others (7) 21 Bottom (9) 22 Class (6) 25 Demote to a poorer job (9) 27 Club used as a weapon (6) 28 Scanty (6) 33 Overcrowding (10) 35 Hearing organ (3) 36 Layout (6) 37 Den (4) 39 Black sealant (3) 41 Tool (7) 42 Daytime nap (6) 43 Custom (9) 44 Fatuous (5) 45 Water body in SE Europe (5,3) 50 Upon (2) 51 Intellectual or rarefied in taste (8) 55 Farewell (5) 58 Sacked (9) 59 Threefold (6) 60 Large jug (7) 61 Top (3) 63 War vehicle (4) 64 Thinks the same (6) 65 Make a choice (3) 66 Deep-rooted, ingrained (10) 68 Staggered (6) 69 Worships (6) 71 Evaluated (9) 76 Powerful (6) 77 Easily set on fire (9) 79 Rested after work (7) 81 Chopping tool (3) 84 Keyboard instrument (5) 85 Appeal (10) 86 Ceasefire (5) 87 Warning device (5) 88 New York construction (6,2,7) 89 Angle (5)
DOWN 2 Lessen (6) 3 Stringed instrument (5) 5 Dutch cheese (4) 6 Diluted (7) 7 Departed (6) 8 Accumulate over time (5) 9 Produced (7) 10 German white wine (4) 11 Flowering shrub (6) 12 Claw (5) 13 Nab (7) 14 Put on clothes (7) 18 Sport displaying strength, balance and agility (10) 23 Circular course (5) 24 Hide (7) 26 No cigar (anag)(7) 27 Window cover (7) 29 Slow-moving ice mass (7) 30 Lodging house (6) 31 Stanza (5) 32 US island state (6) 34 Steel pin (4) 36 Religious brother (5) 38 Begin again (5) 40 Accompanying (4) 45 Debit (anag)(5) 46 Non-attendance (7) 47 Interweave (4) 48 Flag (6) 49 Medication (5) 50 Surpasses (7) 52 Criteria for course of action (10) 53 Two-wheeler (7) 54 Followed orders (6) 55 Appendices (7) 56 As above (5) 57 Otherwise (4) 62 Tempest (5) 67 Refer to (7) 68 Recovery setback (7) 70 Let go (7) 72 Artist’s paint board (7) 73 Chess piece (6) 74 African expedition (6) 75 Signal fire (6) 76 Oyster gem (5) 78 Stitched design (5) 80 Month (5) 82 Single undivided whole (4) 83 Horned animal (4)