JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Meat seller (7)

4 Entirely without money (5-5)

9 Arrest authorisation (7)

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15 Beat (6)

16 Superior skill (7)

19 Putting together from parts (10)

20 Start off (8)

21 Lace mat (5)

24 Image-capturer (6)

25 Char (6)

27 Political party’s policy declaration (9)

32 Capsize (8)

33 Mislead (6)

34 Scotsman’s pouch

(7)

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40 Exposed (4)

41 Unexpected drawbacks (5)

Fat (4)

Of the same opinion

Serenely joyful (8) South American river 42 Stiff (5)

45 A wild random guess (1,4,2,3,4)

52 Valuable quality (5)

55 Extent, range (5)

56 Finest (4)

57 Layers (6)

58 Modifying (8)

61 Ore-processing plant (7)

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Vast crowds (6) Cumbersome (8) Play writer (9) Meadows (6) Allocate (6)

Untidy (5) Declining in vigour

Lyricist (10) Skating area (3,4) Gaming house (6) Smoothed (6) Multiplied (4) Be subjected to (7) Huge (10)

Defraud (7)

DOWN

1 Light wood (5)

2 Tedious (8)

3 Get one’s goat (6)

4 Beelzebub (5)

5 Likelihood (4)

6 Jewish vernacular (7)

7 Palm fibre for weaving, tying (6)

8 Army colour (5)

10 Unit of area (4)

11 Dinghy (7)

12 Cuddle closely (6)

17 Made do (10)

18 Narrow band (5)

22 Send out by radio (8)

23 Sneaks a look (5)

24 Iron lever (7)

26 Hint (4)

28 Human-like robot (7)

29 Emotional shock (6)

30 Column support (6)

31 Bargain (6)

33 Twelve (5)

35 Contacts by telephone (5)

36 Monarch (4)

37 Close (4)

43 Revenue (6) 44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 (4)

54 Squeeze harder (7)

59 Conditions (5)

60 Had debts (4)

64 Fence steps (5)

65 Strewn with dropped rubbish (8)

67 Book (7)

68 Ship’s warning device (7)

70 Signal light (6)

71 Measuring duration of (6)

72 Way out (6)

75 Tropical fruit (5)

77 Water body (5)

78 Long narrow hilltop (5)

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Drive forward (5) Ooze (4)

Alternatives (7) Within (6)

Goes sour (5)

Waxed lyrical (8) Body organ (6)

A sad spirit (anag)(10) Inadvertent mistake

Cosy (4)

Cart du jour (4)

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