JUMBO CROSSWORD

Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS

1. Minded a child (7)

5. Held on tightly (5)

8. Social climber (7)

12. Press (4)

13. Ludicrous situation (5)

15. Fit to drink (7)

17. Galaxy (5)

19. Sharp explosive sound (3)

20. Thus far (3)

21. Raise your glass (5) 22. Word of praise (8) 23. Shifty (7)

25. Change order (9) 28. Small stone (6)

31. Breathes heavily (5) 35. Undemanding (4) 36. Fake (5)

37. Sickly (6)

39. Result from (5)

40. Alter (5)

43. Appropriate (7)

45. Flow (3)

46. Playing card (3)

47. Surprise (7)

49. Clumsy person (5) 52. Skilled (5)

53. Meal (6) 54. Misty (5)

55. Opera star (4)

57. Way in (5)

60. Engrave (6)

64. Scrounger (9)

66. Apparent (7)

68. 69. 72. Bus Suitor Anger station (3) (5) (8)

73. Cunning (3)

75. Fetch (5)

76. Swagger (7)

78. Intended (5)

79. Person of courage

(4) 80. Component (7)

81. Inundated (5) 82. Haste, pressure (7)

DOWN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Perplex Belch Leak Fall Road Zero Neither over (3) slowly marker (4) black (6) (6) (4) (4,3) nor white (4,4) 8. 9. 10. Wobbly Bench District (4) (8) (4) 11. 14. Insensitive Mollycoddle (8) (6) 16. Promotional words on book (5) 18. Drink made by Coke and Pepsi (4)

22. Avenue (abbr) (3)

24. By way of (L) (3)

26. Refute (5)

27. Careless (9)

29. Salve (4)

30. Slope (4)

31. Iron (5)

32. Longing for something past (9)

33. Prosecute (3)

34. Cursed (5)

38. Limp and straggly (4) 41. Large bird (3)

42. Stun (4)

43. Wild (5)

44. Courageous (5)

48. Herb (5)

50. Soil (4)

51. Threesome (4)

52. Dined (3)

54. Coarse-mannered, shouty woman (8)

55. Military aircraft combat (8)

56. Section of the spine (8)

58. Spry (6)

59. Fled (3)

61. Muslim garment (5) 62. Leafy vegetable (7) 63. Affirmative (3)

65. Change direction suddenly (4)

66. Popular puzzle (6) 67. Tenderly (6)

70. Musical instrument (4)

71. Widespread (4)

73. Self-satisfied (4)

74. Long tale (4)

77. Line (3)