JUMBO CROSSWORD

Across

1. Nursery (6)

4. Alarming (9)

9. Impudence (N Amer) (4)

11. Acquire (3)

12. Question (3)

13. Old (4)

15. Suffering (5)

16.

17. A yearning (4)

19. Fair (4)

21. Feeble (4)

23. Boorish man (3)

24. Bear witness (6)

26. Naive (4)

27. Conclude (3)

28. Hang back (3)

30. Actors in a play (4)

31. Malicious burning (5)

32. At no time (5)

34. Pass on (5)

35. Prayer leader in a mosque (4)

36. Greenstone club (4)

38. Woodwind instrument (4)

39. Energy, verve (4)

40. Boil with anger (6)

44. In arrears (3)

45. Productivity (6)

46. Wine sediment (4)

48. Endure (4) 50. Thin layer or sheen (6)

51. Curve (3)

53. Seasoned (6)

57. Stretched tight (4)

58. Person greatly admired (4)

59. Bill (4)

61. Likelihood (4)

63. Engine (5)

65. South American mammal (5)

67. Colour slightly (5)

68. Scottish family grouping (4)

69. Place a limit on (3)

70. Sound of disapproval (3)

71. Annul an action (4)

72. Spanish rice dish (6)

75. Thus far (3)

76. Expectorate (4)

79. As well (4)

81. Religious ceremony (4)

82. Flow out (3)

83. Area groomed for skiing (5)

84. Unfeeling (4)

85. Fled (3)

86. Regret (3)

87. Sure thing (abbr) (4)

88. Invalidate (9)

89. Berate (6)

DOWN

1. Family crest (4,2,4)

2. Yield (4)

3. White heron (5)

4. Lacking freshness (5)

5. Christ’s disciple (7)

6. Exasperating (6)

7. Visualise (7)

8. Impertinence (4)

9. Read quickly (4)

10. Timetable (8)

14. Gushy (8)

18. Cut one’s dentition (6)

20. Lose lustre (7)

22. Absent (4)

25.

29. Carrying a weapon (5)

30. Collusion (7)

33. Portray feelings theatrically (5)

34. Resist authority (5)

36. Music genre (5)

37. Course (5)

41. Elude (5)

42. Ponder (5)

43. Extreme happiness (7)

47. Woodland god (5)

49. Give out (5)

52. Approximately (L) (5)

54. Of the southern hemisphere (7) 21/1

55. Expression of gratitude (5,3)

56. Mouth-watering (10)

59. Savage (8)

60. Address boldly (6)

62. Clock face (4)

63. The three wise men (4)

64. Volume of several works (7)

66. Against (7)

69. Barrel maker (6)

73. Make a physical or mental effort (5)

74. Afterward (5)

77. Cheeky (4)

78. Take care of (4)

80. Rebuff (4)