The Gold Coast Bulletin

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Freshwater fish (5) 4 Don’t lose your temper, stay calm (4,4,5,2) 14 Declare invalid (5) 15 Blacksmith’s block (5) 16 Belonging to the past (10) 17 Sparkle (5) 19 Weir (3) 20 Diminish gradually (7) 21 Transonic (anag)(9) 22 Come to rest (6) 25 Hot and bothered (9) 27 Body shape (6) 28 Speak indistinct­ly (6) 33 Brass instrument (6,4) 35 Fishing lure (3) 36 Pupa’s case (6) 37 Small bed (4) 39 As well (3) 41 Plentiful (7) 42 Thin covering (6) 43 Inspiring love, affection (9) 44 Protective garment (5) 45 Make headway (8) 50 Out of bed (2) 51 Joker (8) 55 Uncertaint­y (5) 58 Dried petal mixture (3-6) 59 Non-transparen­t (6) 60 Tool (7) 61 Tear (3) 63 Heavy metal (4) 64 Turn into (6) 65 Kind (3) 66 Enhanced (10) 68 Lure (6) 69 Astuteness (6) 71 Tolerating without protest (9) 76 Put into words (6) 77 Hard-working, perseverin­g (9) 79 Learning establishm­ent (7) 81 Alcoholic drink (3) 84 Sweeping cut (5) 85 Firebomb (10) 86 Book of maps (5) 87 Push roughly (5) 88 Earnings for little or no effort (5,3,3,4) 89 Stopping device (5)

DOWN 2 Fame (6) 3 Marriage (5) 5 Depart (4) 6 Pit in roadway (7) 7 Stampede (6) 8 Happen again (5) 9 Coming to a stop (7) 10 Fabric scraps (4) 11 Unlocked (6) 12 Supercilio­us (5) 13 Faint or wavering light (7) 14 Unprofessi­onal (7) 18 Plant nursery (10) 23 Citrus fruit (5) 24 Coarse fern (7) 26 Touchdown (7) 27 Insectivor­ous plant (7) 29 Cocktail (7) 30 Passion (6) 31 Bid (5) 32 Black magic (6) 34 Poverty (4) 36 Tennis area (5) 38 Set out (5) 40 Tear down and destroy (4) 45 Learner (5) 46 Pariah (7) 47 Public violence (4) 48 Thoroughfa­re (6) 49 Paper quantity (5) 50 Idealistic (7) 52 Stem of a match (10) 53 Undergroun­d cell (7) 54 Crops up (6) 55 Marriage dissolutio­n (7) 56 River sides (5) 57 Silence (4) 62 Grew weary (5) 67 Celestial obscuring (7) 68 Diplomatic building (7) 70 Large dog breed (7) 72 Messenger, deliverer (7) 73 Smooth, flowing (mus)(6) 74 Burrow (6) 75 Board (6) 76 Spite (5) 78 Bring upon oneself (5) 80 Dissuade (5) 82 Foot cover (4) 83 Harvest (4)

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