JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Sign (7)

5. Unfair treatment (inf) (3,4)

9. Encourage (5)

12. Short song (3)

13. Called (5)

14. Cold-blooded (9)

16. Cares for (5)

17. Self-esteem (3)

18. That woman (3)

19. Garland (3)

20. Male singer (5)

21. Puncture (4)

24. Portal (4)

26. Soldiers held by the enemy (9,2,3)

33. Adrift (6)

37. Know-all, smart __ (4)

38. Column (5)

40. Admit formally (6)

41. Small fact (6)

42. Sea (5)

43. Crooked (5)

46. Vegetable (6)

49. Conceited person (7)

51. Prisoner (6)

53. Mindless (5)

55. Do away with (5) 56. Breakfast food (6)

58. Greatly (6)

60. Tiny spot (5)

63. Otherwise (4)

65. Foetus (6)

68. Appalled (6-8)

72. Snatch (4)

74. Information (4)

77. Colourless alcohol (5)

78. Pester (3)

79. Wooden pin (3)

81. Hot tub (3)

82. Tine (5)

83. Fill again (9)

84. Squad (5)

85. Owing (3)

86. Cut in two (5)

87. Genuine (7)

88. Determine the boundaries (7)

DOWN

1. Edible mollusc (7)

2. Cocktail (7)

3. Violent windstorm (7)

4. Medieval entertainer (8)

5. Talk about the past (9)

6. Broader (5)

7. Characteristic spirit (5)

8. South American animal (5)

9. Tub (4)

10. Musical drama (5)

11. Sample (5)

15. Legitimate (5)

22.

23. Hillside (Scottish) (4)

25. Drink/meal (3)

27. Flee (3)

28. Steam bath (5)

29. Country (6)

30. Blush (6)

31. Sycophant (9)

32. Book of maps (5)

34. Scowl (5)

35. Last in a series (5)

36. Place where animal hides are treated (7)

39. Large cooking dish (3)

40. Deadlock (7) 25/11

44. Plays for time (6)

45. This one or that (6)

47. Pulsate (5)

48. Mildly intoxicated (5)

50. New Zealand lizard (5)

52. Sorcery (5)

54. Dined (3)

57.

59. Sheltered side (3)

61. Small pool (4)

62. Natter (4)

64. Short of money (colloq) (8)

66.

67. Resist authority (5)

69. Unethical (7)

70. Realm (7)

71. Disregard (7)

72. Saddle band (5)

73. Horrify (5)

75. Pseudonym (5)

76. Pale with shock or fear (5)

77. Imprecise (5)

80. Sequence of DNA (4)