Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Board game (5) 4 Quite unruffled under stress (4,2,1,8) 14 Difficult to chew (5) 15 Sombre (5) 16 Jam flavour (10) 17 Thoroughly unpleasant (5) 19 Racecourse circuit (3) 20 Reflects (7) 21 Of greatest importance (9) 22 Light (6) 25 Group officially delegated for decision making (9) 27 Settle for beforehand (6) 28 Forbidden by law (6) 33 Faith (10) 35 Owned (3) 36 Pretending (6) 37 Stopper (4) 39 Statute (3) 41 Opportunit­y (7) 42 Small cave (6) 43 Small dog (9) 44 Black suit (5) 45 Team game (8) 50 Satisfacto­ry (1,1) 51 Askew (8) 55 Seize power (5) 58 Soft creamy cheese (9) 59 Ageism (anag) (6) 60 Underwater missile (7) 61 Able to (3) 63 Midday (4) 64 Inaugurate (6) 65 Hard water (3) 66 Pop singers (anag) (10) 68 Contractil­e body tissue (6) 69 Diamond-like gem (6) 71 Political theory favouring the abolition of government­s (9) 76 Autobiogra­phy (6) 77 Contemptuo­us noise (9) 79 Late day (7) 81 Shade (3) 84 Precise (5) 85 Destroyed or removed completely (10) 86 Inert gas (5) 87 Harass, tease (5) 88 Hurry up! (3,4,6,2) 89 Shoplifter (5)

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2 Addictive drug (6) 3 Chop off (5) 5 Pledge (4) 6 Seepage (7) 7 Pedestrian tunnel (6) 8 Freight (5) 9 Red condiment (7) 10 Repair (4) 11 Flag (6) 12 Cunning (5) 13 Transporte­d (7) 14 Conforming to a type (7) 18 Diva (5,5) 23 Check the growth of (5) 24 Planned strategies (7) 26 Transgress­ion (7) 27 Security device (7) 29 Badly behaved (7) 30 Fairground throwing game (6) 31 Talks informally (5) 32 Spectrum colour (6) 34 Cereal heads (4) 36 Dire (5) 38 Large piano (5) 40 Chinese boat (4) 45 Breakfast meat (5) 46 Court order (7) 47 Knock (4) 48 Elbow room (6) 49 Intuitive feeling (5) 50 View (7) 52 Narrow escape (5,5) 53 Reveals (7) 54 Conclusion (6) 55 Tool (7) 56 Manservant (5) 57 Nil (4) 62 Reject with contempt (5) 67 Drop sharply (7) 68 Large broad knife (7) 70 French castle (7) 72 Provide a commentary for (7) 73 Optical illusion (6) 74 Eye membrane (6) 75 Revenue (6) 76 Meal lists (5) 78 Blueprints (5) 80 Compass direction (5) 82 Sojourn (4) 83 Decision-blocking vote (4)

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