Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Core (5) 4 In very good health (2,3,2,1,6) 11 Mix and combine (5) 14 Ventriloqu­ist’s doll (5) 15 Doggedness (11) 16 Water sport (8) 19 Train stop (7) 20 Hauls behind (5) 21 Lotion to deter biting insects (9) 24 Alpine flower (9) 26 Attach securely (6) 27 Handsome youth (6) 31 Aromatic food additive (5) 32 Tunesmith (8) 34 Sanitises (10) 38 Kept watch over (7) 39 Idiosyncra­sies (6) 40 Evoke (6) 41 Horseback sport (4) 42 Last in line (7) 45 Emergency tyre (5,5) 50 Flemish (anag) (7) 54 Holding device on workbench (4) 55 Bendable (6) 56 Distinctiv­e tone quality (6) 57 Oar rest (7) 60 Faster than sound (10) 61 Suggestive or disparagin­g oblique remark (8) 62 Restrict (5) 65 Fantasies (6) 66 Snub (6) 67 Male do (4,5) 72 Common virus (9) 73 Hush money (5) 74 Hereditary (7) 79 Foliage (8) 80 Argumentat­ive (11) 81 Strong, tough (5) 82 Anxious, nervous (5) 83 Old-aged (4,2,3,5) 84 Water mammal (5)

DOWN

2 Fairness (6) 3 Send payment (5) 5 Cast off (4) 6 Covers for loss (7) 7 Allocate (6) 8 Mimicked (4) 9 Become greater (8) 10 Make possible (6) 11 Fed up (7,3) 12 Go (4) 13 Stray from the subject (7) 17 Lace mat (5) 18 Advantageo­us (10) 22 Fiend (5) 23 Entertaini­ng account (8) 25 Propriety in conduct (7) 26 Predicted (7) 28 Improvemen­t (6) 29 Loan shark (6) 30 Come to an end (6) 33 Portly (5) 35 Jeer (5) 36 Optical glass (4) 37 Bazaar (4) 42 Roof overhang (5) 43 Decode (8) 44 Candle fat (6) 45 Saturated (7,3) 46 Singing voice (4) 47 Twist together (7) 48 Compassion­ate or benevolent (6) 49 Ghostly (5) 51 Golf club (4) 52 Lone singer (7) 53 Acid in sour milk (6) 58 Conspicuou­sness (10) 59 Proverb (5) 63 Greek instrument (8) 64 Rubber tree sap (5) 65 Long dry spell (7) 68 Hot-pepper sauce (7) 69 Flower-patterned (6) 70 Ornamental wall band (6) 71 Halfway point (6) 75 Spot on (5) 76 Blood vessel (4) 77 Fine gravel (4) 78 Give off (4)

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