JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

Char (7) Foresee (10) Come before (7) Tankards (4) Pronounce not guilty (6) Dance company (6) Friendly, good-natured (7) Cold auntie (anag)(10) Suffocation (8) Make flat (5) Bracelet trinkets (6) Remove the disguise from (6) Soliloquy (9) Taken into custody (8) Be hesitant, weak (6) Fell down (7) Death notice (8) Invisible (6) Musical instrument (4) Tossed pole (5) Receded (5) Be not easily bothered by criticism or insult (4,1,5,4) Party-givers (5) Basketry willow (5) Red purplish-brown colour (4) Cream-filled pastry (6) Last, final (8) Decided (7) Rifle-cleaning stick (6) Plant nursery (8) Pause between play acts (9) Multiplies (6) Intense dismay (6) Spacious (5) Monarchy supporter (8) Quicken (10) Circumnavigated (7) Ascending (6) Not clear (6) Stopper (4) Blissfully peaceful (7) Word that reads the same backwards or forwards (10) Citadel (anag)(7)

DOWN

Disney deer (5) Certificate allowing sick student to pass exam (8) Drink of the gods (6) Ill-treat (5) Dancer’s skirt (4) Economise (3,4) Actor’s cue (6) Slightly intoxicated (5) Prevalent (4) Grand French house (7) Muted (6) Waist sash (10) Fulcrum (5) Large-flowering shrub (8) Automaton (5) Rust (7) Paper money (4) Burdensome (7) Fireplace (6) Medical establishment (6) Give in to pressure (6) Just made (5) Performed softly (mus) (5) Branch (4) Asian desert (4) Street performer (6) Put up (5) Lie adjacent to another (4) Gemstone (7) Hypothesis (6) Lazed about (5) Dubbed a Sir (8) Famous British admiral (6) Falling ice (10) Break (4) Pullover (7) Sloping edge (5) Horse farm (4) Masted vessel (5) Cherish (8) Mule ran (anag)(7) Preserved (7) Drenched (6) Beach suit (6) Prolific, fertile (6) Greek letter (5) Discontinue (5) Rowing team (5) Food shop (4) Extinct bird (4)