JUMBO CROSSWORD

Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS 1. Anticipate (3-4) 6. South American rodent (5)

9. Crevice (5)

12. Bull ring (5) 13. Health resort (3) 14. Light boat (5) 15. House for church minister (5) 16. Descendant (5) 18. Exchange (5) 20. Paddock (5) 21. Stipulated condition (7) 23. Ascended (4) 25. Aristocratic (5) 27. State or place of great suffering (4)

29. A scrooge (5) 31. Product used in fertiliser (4)

33. Luxury car (abbr) (4) 34. Excessively quaint or sentimental (4)

36. Of greatest importance (9)

39. Snake (3)

40. Potato (UK) (6)

43. Die (7)

45. Interfere (6) 47. Mild exclamation of annoyance (4) 49. Place (4) 51. Furore (6) 53. Pitiful (7) 55. Quit (6) 57. Single unit (3) 58. Majority view (9)

62. An unspecified amount (4) 65. Leavened Indian bread (4) 67. Quick look (4) 68. Florid (5) 69. Inner being (4) 71. Farewell (Fr) (5) 73. Folk dance (4) 75. Delicate (7) 77. Attempted (5) 79. Rigid (5) 81. Alternate (5) 82. Residue (5) 83. Black and white mammal (5)

84. Be in debt (3) 85. Thespian (5) 86. Reject (5) 87. Mad (colloq) (5) 88. Plant support DOWN 1. Travel document (8) 2. Postscript (8) 3. Plainclothes (5) 4. Skin art (6) 5. Greek cheese (4) 6. Star’s walk-on part (5) 7. Phonetic alphabet codeword (6) 8. Handy (6) 9. Lawsuit (4) 10. Enthusiastic (4) 11. Preschool (12) 17. Assert (5) 19. Reverie (5) 22. Break suddenly (4) 24. Berm (8) 26. Exclude (3) 28. Drop rubbish (6) 29. Fog (4) 30. Sombre (5) 32. Umpire (7) 35. Misery (3)

37. Yes (3)

38. Aspire (3) 41. Printing error (4) 42. Hero-worship (7) 43. Impolite (12) 44. Indian dress (4) 46. Ensnare (8) 48. Boss (6) 50. Craze (5)

52. Japanese currency (3)

53. Contagious illness (3)

54. Edge (3)

56. Endure (4)

59. Praise and glorify (5)

60. Go downhill on snow (3) 61. Urge on (4) 63. Discretionary (8) 64. Side on (8) 66. Venerate (5) 69. Dismay (6) 70. Pressing (6) 72. Exertion (6)

74. A literary work (5) 76. More than enough (5) 77. Ancient form of you (4)

78. Steely (4)

80. Taking a lively interest (inf) (4)