Townsville Bulletin

JUMBO CROSSWORD

- Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS

1. Smash (7)

5. Commonplac­e (7)

9. Sentimenta­l (5)

12. Beer (3)

13. Young insect (5)

14. Distinctiv­e characteri­stic (9)

16. Scope (5)

17. Bind (3)

18. Sweep (3)

19. Large container (3)

20. Woodland clearing (5)

21. Restrict (4)

24. Desired result (4)

26. Put into code (7)

30. Stipulate (6)

33. Entrance (6)

37. Religious faction (4)

39. Might (5)

41. Steady (6)

42. Hinder (6)

43. Live (5)

44. Suffuse (5)

47. Naked (6)

50. Random assortment (7)

52. Absolutely right (4,2)

54. Runner-up (5)

56. Matched (5) 57. Cake (6)

59. Bucolic (6)

61. Farewell (5)

64. Delight (4)

66. Fertilised egg (6)

69. Experience­d sailor (inf) (3,3)

70. Clothed (7)

74. Twirl (4)

76. Child’s toy (2-2)

79. Former French currency (5)

80. Reverend (abbr) (3)

81. Regret (3)

83. A cow, in Scotland (3)

84. Bull ring (5)

85. Flexible (9)

86. Sunday meal (5)

87. Louse egg (3)

88. Novel (5)

89. Charming (7)

90. Exhaust (7)

DOWN

1. Astonish (7)

2. Sarcastic (7)

3. Holy trio (7)

4. Demote (8)

5. For each person in the population (3,6)

6. Talk pompously (5)

7. Early Mexican civilisati­on (5)

8. Preside over (5)

9. Trickle (4)

10. Musical instrument (5)

11. Bumpkin (5)

15. Sorcery (5)

22. to (archaic) (4)

23. Steep hillside (Scottish) (4)

25. Donkey (3)

27. Capture (3)

28. Revolt (5)

29. Pretentiou­s or insincere (6)

31. Divided (9)

32. Small branch (5)

34. Contemptib­le person (5)

35. Decree (5)

36. Devilish (7)

38. Rub (5) 40. Internet (inf) (3)

41. Compress (7)

45. Big businessma­n (5)

46. Money lender (6)

48. Fragment (5)

49. Ease (5)

51. Debate (5)

53. Watering hole (5)

55. Travel over snow (3)

58. Make worse (9)

60. Frost (3)

62. Type of fish (4)

63. Sight (4)

65. Learned (8)

67. Cleaning implement (3)

68. Bowler’s approach (3-2)

71. Enwrap (7)

72. Peculiar (7)

73. Fan (7)

74. Neck warmer (5)

75. Infuriated (5)

77. U-shaped bend in a river (5)

78. Body of water (5)

79. Do without (5)

82. Engrave (4)

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