JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Hound (6)

4. Relaxed and tolerant (4-5)

9. Type of cheese (4)

11. Sicken (3)

12. Everyone (3)

13. Shred (4)

15. Motivate (5)

16. Comrade (3)

17. Every one or thing (4)

19. Singing voice (4)

21. A long time (4)

23. And not (3)

24. Regular customer (6)

26. Drink of whisky (4)

27. Prosecute (3)

28. Pretending modesty (3)

30. Secret language (4)

31. Stone worker (5)

32. Shirker (5)

34. Lob (5)

35. Label (4)

36. Yuletide symbol (4)

38. Trailing or climbing plant (4)

39. Make a reservation (4)

40. Large scissors (6)

44. Costa (3)

45. Column (6)

46. Powder (abbr) (4)

48. Man-like monster (4) 50. Misprints (6)

51. Word of agreement (3)

53. Garden tool (6)

57. Lean (4)

58. The Three Wise Men (4)

59. Pack of cards (4)

61. Pre-exam study (4)

63. Pick-me-up (5)

65. Quick series of events (5)

67. Pungent (5)

68. A horse’s coat, spotted grey and white (4)

69. Which person? (3)

70. Alcoholic drink (3)

71. Blacken (4)

72. Decayed (6)

75. Through (3)

76. Long poem narrating heroic events (4)

79. Small land mass (4)

81. Sweetheart (4)

82. Cured meat (3)

83. Iwi, clan (5)

84. Spoken (4)

85. Device for snow travel (3)

86. Cinders (3)

87. Deep cut (4)

88. Worried (9)

89. Move unsteadily (6)

DOWN 1.

As likely for success as failure (3-3-4)

2. Atmosphere (4)

3. Tomato sauce (5)

4. Church official (5)

5. School subject (7)

6. Avaricious (6)

7. Charge with treason (7)

8. Apple variety developed in NZ (4)

9. Run away (4)

10. Success story (8)

14. Rough (8)

18. Agreement (6)

20. Wrench (7)

22. Radiance (4)

25. Well-groomed (4)

29. Command (5)

30. Pilot’s area (7)

33. Demon (5)

34. Chubby (5)

36. Bombardment (5)

37. Astound (5)

41. Multitude (5)

42. Surprised – taken __ (5)

43. Train stop (7)

47. Sceptic (5)

49. Expel from a property (5)

52. Break (5) 54. Stays (7)

55. In any place (8)

56. Megaphone (10)

59. Diner’s take-home leftovers (5,3)

60. Part of the eye (6)

62. Relax and recover (4)

63. Move slowly (aircraft) (4)

64. Barbaric (7)

66. Share (7)

69. Squirm (6)

73. Step (5)

74. Two times four (5)

77. Press (4)

78. Stylish (Fr) (4)

80. Misplaced (4)