The Gold Coast Bulletin

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Let the air out of (7) 4 About (10) 9 Enterprise (7) 13 Abominably wicked (4) 14 Fluid (6) 15 In operation (6) 16 Sharp road bend (7) 19 Applied science (10) 20 Young plant (8) 21 Cut gem face (5) 24 Natural fabric (6) 25 Apprehensi­ve (6) 27 Accuracy (9) 32 Lamented, regretted strongly (8) 33 Contract (6) 34 Nomad (7) 38 Without warning (8) 39 Employ (6) 40 Yours and mine (4) 41 Craze (5) 42 Beau (5) 45 Factually very inaccurate (4,2,3,5) 52 Gradually decreased (5) 55 Bungling (5) 56 Extinct bird (4) 57 Winter sport (6) 58 Code of behaviour (8) 61 Unvarying regular procedure (7) 62 Last exams (6) 63 South American boa (8) 66 Miser (9) 68 Speak ill of (6) 69 Country (6) 73 Boundaries (5) 74 Extremely poisonous or injurious (8) 76 Having conflictin­g feelings about (10) 81 Evasive, shifty (7) 82 Quiet (6) 83 Bargain (6) 84 Company (4) 85 Long-winded (7) 86 Wagon-builder (10) 87 Passed on (7) DOWN 1 Soft thick quilt (5) 2 Girl’s name (8) 3 Able to be eaten (6) 4 Held fast (5) 5 Naked (4) 6 Ticked by (7) 7 Made after expenses (6) 8 Belly button (5) 10 Dutch cheese (4) 11 Wind storm (7) 12 Hoisted (6) 17 Not predicted (10) 18 Light meal (5) 22 Lively Spanish dance (8) 23 Grey-faced (5) 24 Vehicle’s frame (7) 26 Movie (4) 28 Bitterness, resentment (7) 29 Uncultivat­ed (6) 30 Decorative band (6) 31 Split up (6) 33 Vertical passageway (5) 35 Japanese city (5) 36 Thought (4) 37 Court order (4) 43 Wall opening (6) 44 Data for computer (5) 46 Superstar (4) 47 Feeling (7) 48 Of public revenue (6) 49 Shire (anag)(5) 50 Octopus’s arm (8) 51 Intense fear, disgust (6) 52 Retraction (10) 53 Small cut (4) 54 Sea creature (7) 59 Silly (5) 60 Large sharp tooth (4) 64 Gold miner’s plot (5) 65 Faithfulne­ss (8) 67 Retaining (7) 68 Bullfighte­r (7) 70 Stick (6) 71 Peacock’s mate (6) 72 Assassin (6) 75 Fleshy extension above the throat (5) 77 Power (5) 78 Domesticat­ed (5) 79 Hurry (4) 80 Cormorant (4)

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