JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Offer more (6) 4. Balancing wire (9) 9. Get paid (4) 11. Propel with oars (3) 12. Finger-food accompaniment (3) 13. Chime (4)

15. Small island (5) 16. Label (3)

17. Small religious painting (4) 19. Squalid area (4) 21. Every one (4)

23. Tree (3)

24. Skin art (6) 26. Amusing person or thing (4)

27. Employ (3) 28. Sardonic (3) 30. Presently (4) 31. Search through hurriedly (5)

32. Lariat (5) 34. Remove errors from a computer program (5) 35. Bun (4) 36. Sensationalism (4) 38. Depose (4) 39. Compass point (4) 40. One who suffers for their beliefs (6)

44. Hang loosely (3) 45. Suggest (6) 46. Assistant (4) 48. Rotate (4) 50. Dais (6) 51. Might (3) 53. Agreement (6) 57. Yearn for (4) 58. Impulse (4) 59. Badly behaved child (inf) (4) 61. Junk mail (4) 63. Cross (5) 65. Movement (5) 67. Ethical (5) 68. Pleasantly sharptasting (4) 69. Crony (3) 70. Cinders (3) 71. Eye up (4) 72. Chalice (6) 75. Ventilate (3) 76. Constructed (4) 79. Seep (4) 81. Enthusiasm (4) 82. Energy (3) 83. Vestments (5) 84. Part of grammar (4) 85. Flower garland (3) 86. Golfing peg (3) 87. Whirlpool (4) 88. Visible features of an area (9)

89. Tree; neat and tidy (6)

DOWN

1. Harsh criticism, scorn (10)

2. Sphere used in sports (4)

3. TV genre (5) 4. Screw (5) 5. Hangman’s platform (7) 6. Irritable (6) 7. Result (7)

8. Border (4) 9. Large-scale, impressive (4)

10. Balderdash (8)

14. Inquire about someone’s wellbeing (3,5) 18. Bulky and thick (6) 20. Absolutely (7) 22. Eager and expectant (4) 25. Plough (4) 29. Origins (5)

30. Dried grape (7) 33. Audibly (5) 34. Sediment (5) 36. Widespread destruction (5) 37. Puzzling question (5) 41. Love affair (5) 42. Sully (5)

43. Out of control (7) 47. Material used for a nail file (5) 49. Print media (5)

52. Ornamental agave (5)

54. Travel to work (7)

55. Pass (8)

56. Reprehensible (10)

59. Confuse by excess brilliance (8)

60. Respiratory condition (6)

62. Strip (4)

63. Parched (4)

64. Therapeutic course of treatment (7)

66. Branch of mathematics (7) 69. Jewels of oysters (6) 73. Pour over juices during cooking (5)

74. Mythical woodland creatures (5) 77. Friendly nation (4) 78. Malevolent (4) 80. Assert to be the case (4)