JUMBO CROSSWORD
31/10 Solution in Monday’s paper
ACROSS
1. Bright and breezy (7)
5. Prehistoric person (7)
9. Coherent (5)
12. Clumsy person (3)
13. Immediate danger (5)
14. Inelegantly (9)
16. Auxiliary (5)
17. Tall vase (3)
18. Opponent (3)
19. Make a mistake (3)
20. Scope (5)
21. Froth (4)
24. Beam (4)
26. Plentiful (7)
30. Hot pepper (6)
33. Weak (6)
37. Blue-green (4)
39. Alternative of two (5)
41. Part of the eye (6)
42. Easy-going (6)
43. Eightsome (5)
44. Implant (5)
47. Type of crystal (6)
50. Educational talk (7)
52. Male relative (6)
54. A set of wives (5)
56. Mindless (5)
57. Bare-faced (6)
59. Quirk (6)
61. Legend (5)
64. performer 66. 69. Outstanding Total Pressing possessions (4) (6) (6)
70. Celebration a week after Christmas (3,4)
74. Small South American monkey (4)
79. 76. Slow, Void (4) lazy speech (5)
80. Cobber (3)
81. Old, broken-down horse (3)
83. Single thing (3)
84. Bumpkin (5)
85. Flavour enhancer (9)
86. Fake (5)
87. Pick (3)
88. Incompetent (5)
89. Hyped up (7)
90. Spotted (7)
DOWN
1. Short range photo (5-2)
2. Conflagration (7)
3. Area of high, flat ground (7)
4. A witty reply (8)
5. Written account (9)
6. Worth (5)
7. Financial resources (5)
8. Unclad (5)
9. Block of bread (4)
10. Apple drink (5)
11. Most senior in a group (5)
15. Rascal (5)
22. Small military group (4)
23. Protected from danger (4)
25. Laid up (3)
27. Regret (3)
28. Leaflet (5)
29. Lines of poetry (6)
31. Uncomfortable (3,2,4)
32. Subordinate (5)
34. Wear away (5)
35. Bungle (5)
36. Erode (3,4)
38. Stroll (5)
40. Hotplate on a stove (3)
41. Oblige (7)
45. Intended (5)
46. Curtain call (6)
48. Acclimatise (5)
49. Robbery (5)
51. Hot fragment of fire (5)
53. Tantrum (colloq) (5)
55. Tease good-naturedly (3)
58. Alienated (9)
60. Infusion (3)
62. Indefinite, long period (4)
63. Temporary quiet (4)
65. Examination and interpretation (8)
67. Health resort (3)
68. Assumed name (5)
71. On Shanks’s pony (7)
72. Take advantage of (7)
73. Linked (7)
74. Popular takeaway (5)
75. Jack (5)
77. Join together (5)
78. Reason (5)
79. First appearance (5)
82. Nanny or billy (4)