JUMBO CROSSWORD
Solution in Monday’s paper
ACROSS
1. Internet business (3-3)
4. Exciting (9)
9. Spat (4)
11. Operate (3)
12. And not (3)
13. Swing round uncontrollably (4)
15. Lanky (5)
16. Ocean (3)
17. Drug addict (4)
19. Level (4)
21. Rouse (4)
23. Sprite (3)
24. Debacle (6)
26. Assistant (4)
27. Dull routine (3)
28. Pale (3)
30. Vivacity (4)
31. Shaped dough (5)
32. Smart (5)
34. Great apprehension (5)
35. Rough, bad-mannered person (4)
36. Lump of earth (4)
38. Greatly admired person (4)
39. Loosen (4)
40. Balance unsteadily (6)
44. Hooligan (3)
45. Annoyingly slow to understand (6)
46. Sacred (4)
48. Allocated job (4)
50. Pretentious or insincere (6)
51. Poorly (3)
53. Horrified (6)
57. Brood (4)
58. Water (Latin) (4)
59. Joke (4)
61. Concept (4)
63. Sentinel (5)
65. Black (5)
67. Piloted (5)
68. Advantage (4)
69. Undergarment (3)
70. Nap (3)
71. Offensive to the eye (4)
72. Refuge (6)
75. Cut (3)
76. Reverberation (4)
79. Weal (4)
81. Ambience (4)
82. Nought (3)
83. Sentient (5)
84. High-pitched cry (4)
85. Buddy (3)
86. Mimic (3)
87. Misplace (4)
88. Standard for comparison (9)
89. Quiver (6)
DOWN
1. Discourtesy (10)
2. Hood (4)
3. Plain clothes (5)
4. Conditions (5)
5. Dilapidated (3-4)
6. Person lacking expertise (6)
7. Someone within (7)
8. Bite or chew (4)
9. Loyal, dependable (4)
10. Predicted (8)
14. Gushy (8)
18. Amble (6)
20. Good-natured (7)
22. Difficult (4)
25. As well (4)
29. Suffering (5)
30. Trumpet-shaped kazoo (7)
33. Warble (5)
34. Uncertainty (5)
36. Intercept and hold (5)
37. Fertile spot (5)
41. Result from (5)
42. Tease (5)
43. Diamond shape (7)
47. Cede (5)
49. Once more (5)G
52. Subsequently (5)
54. Flirtatious look, give the ... (4,3)
55. Plead someone’s case (8)
56. Stopwatch user (10)
59. Unsolicited messages (4,4)
60. Evening meal (6)
62. Wall (4)
63. Spurt (4)
64. Routine (7)
66. Type of rice (7)
69. Alternative route (6)
73. Exceptional, unpredictable (5)
74. Social media message (5)
77. Promontory (4)
78. Solely (4)
80. Stringed instrument (4)