JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Butcher’s chopper (7)

4 Hater of women (10)

9 Ink-soaking paper (7)

13 Enthuse wildly (4)

14 Standing posture (6)

15 Assessed (6)

16 Human-like robot (7)

18 Canine animal (3)

20 Campanologist (4-6)

21 Apprentices (8)

22 Small crowbar (5)

25 Meal (6)

26 Sponge-like (6)

28 language (9)

33 Lover’s song (8)

34 Green club (6)

35 Fiasco (7)

39 Reduces in weight (8)

40 Swot up on (6)

41 Conspiracy (4)

42 Camera adjustment (5)

43 Bottomless chasm (5)

46 Time when one has to account for past actions (3,2,9)

53 Icy rain (5)

56 Waterway (5) 57 Lawsuit (4)

58 Oil carrier (6)

59 Catch off guard (8)

62 Book (7)

63 Spite (6)

64 Shears (8)

67 mounting (9)

69 Become septic (6)

70 Loudness (6)

74 Squander (5)

75 Japanese farewell (8)

77 An antibiotic (10)

81 Lid (3)

83 Fan (7)

84 Purchased (6)

85 Become larger (6)

86 Feeble (4)

87 Acute (7)

88 Brotherhood (10)

89 Vie (7)

DOWN

1 Chocolate substitute (5)

2 Letter holder (8)

3 Portly (6)

4 Shredded meat (5)

5 Cast off (4)

6 Swimmer’s eyewear (7)

7 Chewy confectionery (6)

8 Rear part (5)

10 Optical glass (4)

11 Extreme mental distress (7)

12 Mystery (6)

17 Course catalogue (10)

19 Barrister’s instructions (5)

23 Unable to distinguish differences in musical pitch (4-4)

24 Light beer (5)

25 German measles (7)

27 Spoken (4)

29 Wake late (5,2)

30 Wrote (6)

31 Long thin mark (6)

32 Woman’s shirt (6)

34 Grade A (5)

36 Coral reef (5)

37 Hideous (4) 26/7

38 Unite (4)

44 Jacket (6)

45 Musty (5)

47 Absent (4)

48 Swimming style (7)

49 Keep (6)

50 Paddled boat (5)

51 Cloudy (8)

52 Cantankerous (6)

53 Faster than sound (10)

54 Heinous (4)

55 Playhouse (7)

60 Shun (5)

61 Be keen on (4)

65 Time lag (5)

66 Target centre (8)

68 Straddling (7)

69 Praise excessively (7)

71 Set (6)

72 Came down with (6)

73 Meal outdoors (6)

76 Smell (5)

78 Drain (5)

79 Bare (5)

80 Journey sections (4)

82 Persian fairy (4)