JUMBO CROSSWORD

25/6

ACROSS

1 Cloud type (7) 4 Verbose (4-6) 9 Succinct (7) 13 Component (4) 14 Figured out (6) 15 Rudimentary canoe (6) 16 Public outrage (7) 19 One behind the other (6,4) 20 Prosperous (4-2-2) 21 Sacred song (5) 24 Technique (6) 25 Loan shark (6) 27 Newspaper column (9) 32 Pickling cucumbers (8) 33 Remind (6) 34 Place restrictions on, cut back (7) 38 City in India (8) 39 Neglectful (6) 40 London district (4) 41 Particular talent (5) 42 Implant (5) 45 Give a severe warning or reprimand (4,3,4,3) 52 Controlling straps (5) 55 Rose (5) 56 Invites (4) 57 Adapt for use (6) 58 Strategic (8) 61 Spire (7) 62 Probable (6) 63 Disadvantage (8) 66 Made damp (9) 68 Partner (6) 69 Public thoroughfare (6) 73 Ground wheat (5) 74 Scholastic life (8) 76 Study of insects (10) 81 Make calm, still (7) 82 Clandestine (6) 83 Ring-throwing game (6) 84 Genre (4) 85 Bus to and from airport (7) 86 Punctuation mark (10) 87 Sunshade (7)

DOWN

1 Manages (5) 2 Steep before cooking (8) 3 Derides (6) 4 Horizontal (5) 5 Bare (4) 6 Bereaved man (7) 7 Trifling complaint (6) 8 Burst forth (5) 10 Long ago (4) 11 Card game (7) 12 House for horse (6) 17 Tracking dog (10) 18 Diets (anag)(5) 22 Hunt for minerals (8) 23 Category (5) 24 Eyeglass (7) 26 Set of garments (4) 28 Down-payment (7) 29 Public speaker (6) 30 Dwarfed tree (6) 31 Diamond-like gem (6) 33 Aplomb (5) 35 Slight colouring (5) 36 Smooth-tongued (4) 37 Stylish (4) 43 Change genetically (6) 44 Wear away (5) 46 Effortless (4) 47 Have an aversion to (7) 48 Tragedy by Shakespeare (6) 49 Red-faced (5) 50 Side branch on a plant (8) 51 Calamitous (6) 52 Withdrawal of a statement (10) 53 Unit of length (4) 54 Lone singer (7) 59 Drinking container (5) 60 Responsibility (4) 64 Instruct (5) 65 Recollections (8) 67 Sumptuous, lavish (7) 68 Disperse (7) 70 Detective (6) 71 Hot coals (6) 72 Shapeless lump (6) 75 Sag (5) 77 Rope loop (5) 78 Swiss mountain call (5) 79 Prisoner’s room (4) 80 Vessel (4)