JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1

Do something extremely dangerous (4,4,5)

8 Counsel (6)

14 Investigation (5)

15 Baby’s bed (8)

16 Inspect (7)

17 Mania (5)

18 Harden (3)

19 Rocket-propelled weapon (7)

21 Extremely inexpensive (4,5)

22

25 New Year promise (10)

27 Became skilled in (8)

28 Outcome (6)

31 Wheeled boots (6)

33 Crux (7)

34 Private instructors (6)

35 Predisposition (4)

37 Climbing plant (3)

39 Circle of light (4)

40 Non-professional (7)

41 Highest in place (9)

42 Propose (7)

43 Sobriquet (8)

48 Flowering houseplant (8) 52 Brief look (7)

56 Boundary line (9)

57 Thrown spear (7)

58 Appraise (4)

59 Tint (3)

60 Appearance (4)

61 Austrian composer (6)

62 Propriety in manners and conduct (7)

63 Warm up again (6)

65 Informal (6)

66 Greets (8)

68 Military strategy (6,4)

71 Sex (6)

72 Troops closest to the enemy (5,4)

74 Colonnade (7)

76 Mongrel (3)

79 Soft leather with velvety nap (5)

80 Aerial (7)

81 New Year’s Eve in Scotland (8)

83 Partly frozen rain (5)

84 Penal institution (6)

85 Ironic but appropriate retribution for wrongdoing (6,7)

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2 Picture mentally (7)

3 Alleviates (5)

4 Public house (3)

5 Milliner’s wares (4)

6 Spectators who describe what happened (12)

7 Browned bread (5)

8 Mediocre (7)

9 Moral failing (4)

10

11 Damp (5)

12 Navigation instrument (7)

13 Tourist’s activity (11)

14 Mystify (7)

20 American state (9)

23 Free (8)

24 Omitted (4,3)

26 Forecast (7)

27 Underground workers (6)

29 Not varying (7)

30 Winner’s award (6)

32 Army colour (5)

34 Wheel covers (5)

36 Glossy fabric (5)

38 Spoken (4)

43 Himalayan country (5) 22/6

44 Inquisitive (7)

45 Without feeling (4)

46 Sheep meat (6)

47 Wide coastline indentation (5)

48 Disaster (8)

49 Lowest female singing voice (9)

50 Zeppelin (7)

51 Crowd scene actor (5)

52 Lubricated (7)

53 Be the strongest or main element (11)

54 Ousts (6)

55 Excessively plentiful (12)

64 Sincere (7)

65 Expressing much in few words (7)

67 Sure (7)

69 Antiquated (7)

70 Thin covering (6)

71 Inexperienced (5)

73 Local language (5)

75 Characteristic (5)

77 Fewer (4)

78 Fashionable (4)

82 Wildebeest (3)