JUMBO CROSSWORD
Solution in Monday’s paper
ACROSS
1. Tire out (7)
5. Private room (7)
9. Series of repeated events (5)
12. Intention (3)
13. Measuring device (5)
14. Weaken, gradually destroy (9)
16. Bush (5)
17. Boor (3)
18. Nasty (3)
19. Mineral (3)
20. Emasculate (5)
21. Failure (4)
24. Ding (4)
26. Mirror (7)
30. Rescind (6)
33. Hair product (6)
37. Hawaiian dance (4)
39. Haemorrhage (5)
41. Breakfast food (6)
42. Colour of the rainbow (6)
43. Vision (5)
44. Corruptible (5)
47. Flinch, move back (6)
50. Cure for all ills (7)
52. Go around (6)
54. Woman able to foretell the future (5)
56. Awry (5)
57. Long for (6)
59. Dissimilar (6)
61. Excessive (5)
64. Fellow (4)
66. Chewy confectionery (6)
69. Entreaty (6)
70. Try (7)
74. Group of aligned countries (4)
76. Smooth with grit paper (4)
79. Lukewarm (5)
80. Sister (3)
81. Payable (3)
83. Hearing organ (3)
84. Uninteresting (5)
85. Papal (9)
86. Bouquet (5)
87. Health resort (3)
88. Flashlight (5)
89. Frenzied, out of control (7)
90. Fashioned from wool (7) DOWN
1. Infatuate (7)
2. Third person singular (7)
3. Annoyance (7)
4. City that colloquially represents “far away” (8)
5. Twin hulled boat (9)
6. Protective garment (5)
7. High, steep bank (5)
8. Wireless (5)
9. Restrict (4)
10. Scold (5)
11. Oust (5)
15. Woman who runs a brothel (5)
22. Laze about (4)
23. Long tube (4)
25. Gesture of approval (3)
27. Forerunner to the Euro currency (3)
28. Lariat (5)
29. Hot pepper (6)
31. For the most part (9)
32. In a higher position (5)
34. Peculiarly (5)
35. Stadium (5)
36. As a group (Fr) (2,5)
38. Impudent, verbally (colloq) (5)
40. For the most part (3)
41. Sharp or critical (7)
45. Soil (5)
46. Brusque (6)
48. Head of an organisation (5)
49. Distribute (5)
51. Change (5)
53. Throb (5)
55. Sea bottom (3)
58. Cuttings album (9)
60. Short sleep (colloq) (3)
62. Tidings (4)
63. On top of (4)
65. Fist animal, alphabetically (8)
67. Lubricate (3)
68. Concentrate (5)
71. Kettledrum (7)
72. Way of thinking (4-3)
73. Beer mug (7)
74. Explosion (5)
75. Smell (5)
77. Speak off the cuff (2-3)
78. Furnishings (5)
79. Commerce (5)
82. Cut a pattern or picture onto a smooth surface (4)