JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Disappear altogether (6,4,4,3)

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15 Dead to the world (6)

16 Light up (10)

17

19 Hermit (7)

21 Shooting sport (5)

22 Haughtiness (9)

25 Censure (9)

27 Shorten (7)

29 Pasture plant (6)

33 Neighbourhood pub (5)

34 Border between

36 Brainwashing material (10)

39 Horse carriage (3)

41 True (7)

42 Type of hat (6)

43 Baby’s toy (6)

44 Seethe (4)

45 Tongs (7)

48 Moon-starer (anag)(10)

53 Smothered (7)

57 Leather strap (4)

58 Vegetable patch (6)

59 XII (6) 60 Soldier (7)

62 Hair cream (3)

64 Make even worse (10)

65

66 Jeans fabric (5)

69 Conviction (6)

70

71 City’s fringes (9)

76 Egyptian queen (9)

77 Wanderer (5)

78 Train stop (7)

83

84 Across the whole country (10)

85 Fishing weight (6)

86

87 The very best of all; the choicest part (3,5,2,3,4)

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2 Reply (6)

3 Perfect (5)

4 One-legged jump (3)

5 Steel pin (4)

6 Waterproof coat (7)

7 Small village (6)

8 Religious sisters (4)

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11 Column (6)

12 poisons (10)

13 Recedes (4)

14 Ore-processing furnace (7)

18 Lyricist (10)

20 Father (4)

23 Sly grin (5)

24

26 Stretchy (7)

28 Good buy (7)

30 Edible tuber (6)

31 Energy (6)

32 Cider ingredient (6)

35 Requires (5)

37 In the lead (5)

38 Stringed instrument (4)

40 Very serious or gloomy (4) 6/7

45 Moral tale (5)

46

47 Faded and worn (6)

48

49 Piquancy (4)

50 Bandits (7)

51 Canoes (anag)(6)

52 Young eel (5)

54 Squad (4)

55 Intensely passionate (7)

56 Non-native (6)

61 Mutinous (10)

63 Light wood (5)

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68 Highlander’s garment (4)

69 Went red (7)

72 Radioactive element (7)

73 Pugilism (6)

74 Rebound (6)

75 Spanish dance (6)

79 Pick-me-up (5)

80 Church recess (4)

81 Gramophone record (4)

82 Coral bank (4)

85 Fifth sung note (3)