GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Helicopter blade (5) 4 Marooned (8) 9 Marzipan flavour (6) 14 Water channel (5) 15 Prevaricate, avoid a direct answer (4,5,3,4) 17 Adjust (5) 18 Assistance (3) 19 Book collection (7) 20 Compulsory by law (9)
21 Fragmented puzzle (6) 24 Large ape (5-4) 25 Distress call (6) 26 Ruler (6) 29 Village (10) 31 Peppery (3) 32 Nonsense (6) 33 Heroic tale (4) 35 Garden tool (3) 37 Opera solo (4) 39 Lasting power (9) 40 Remiss (9) 41 Automaton (5) 42 Mimic (8) 47 Naturally creative (8) 51 Give the slip (5) 55 Ran away (9) 56 Theatre production (5,4) 58 List of names (4) 59 Equipment (3) 60 Regular (4) 61 Tacky (6) 62 Tree (3) 63 Owner (10) 66 Wartime engagement (6)
67 Quell (6) 69 Domineering, commanding (9) 72 Elixir (6) 73 Gut (9) 75 Unlucky accidents (7) 77 Falsehood (3) 80 Chilly (5) 81 “When all __ _ _ __, A host of golden daffodils” (2,4,1,3,1,5) (Wordsworth)
82 Vertical passageway (5) 83 Road leveller (6) 84 Share fifty-fifty (4,4) 85 Sea’s edge (5) DOWN 2 Dutiful behaviour (9) 3 Exterior (5) 5 Factual (4) 6 Draw in (7) 7 German porcelain (7,5) 8 Lack of faith (5) 9 Smoker’s accessory (7) 10 Honey wine (4) 11 Nincompoop (6) 12 Drinking tube (5) 13 Smooth-textured cheese (7) 14 Actor’s assistant (7) 16 Loss of a close friend through death (11) 22 Concurred (6) 23 Forbearing (7) 24 Pariah (7) 25 Parent (6) 27 Local tongue (7) 28 Account book (6) 30 Sour-tasting (4) 32 Horse race (5) 34 Caper (5) 36 Flightless bird (4) 38 Lip (3) 42 Very angry (5) 43 Check over (7) 44 Sailor’s shout (4) 45 Quirk (6) 46 Hoarse (5) 48 Famous leaning construction (5,2,4) 49 Dreamlike (7) 50 Poorly (3) 51 School (7) 52 Tea set (anag) (6) 53 Of maths (12) 54 Retain (4) 57 Horse’s feet (6) 64 Subdue by force (9) 65 Flagrant (7) 66 Stabilising weight (7) 68 Amusement park (7) 70 Daybreak (7) 71 Barrel maker (6) 72 Foot lever (5) 74 Era (5) 76 Severe (5) 78 Watched (4) 79 Bathroom powder (4)