Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Time-teller (5) 4 Enjoyable (8) 9 In arrears (6) 14 Slightly drunk (5) 15 Wildly improbable yarn (4,3,4,5) 17 Smoked roll (5) 18 Slice (3) 19 Exceptiona­lly large (7) 20 Fight initiator (9) 21 Be killed (6) 24 City in Spain (9) 25 Send back (6) 26 Inform (6) 29 Brewer’s craft (4-6) 31 Tree (3) 32 Educate (6) 33 Chew on (4) 35 Watch (3) 37 Garden lake (4) 39 Knocked loose (9) 40 Tiredness (anag)(9) 41 Capitulate (5) 42 Mountainee­rs (8) 47 US state (8) 51 Freight (5) 55 Baton waver (9) 56 WWII leader (9) 58 Match (4) 59 Go hard (3) 60 Consumes (4) 61 Loud explosive sound (6) 62 Donkey (3) 63 Burdened (10) 66 Up-to-date (6) 67 Middle (6) 69 15th-century Dutch painter (9) 72 Fitted with glass (6) 73 Flame-resistant (9) 75 Young tree (7) 77 Small piercing tool (3) 80 Vegetable (5) 81 Mean, cruel person (5,5,2,4) 82 Discover (5) 83 Be at (6) 84 Coming into view (8) 85 Upright (5)

DOWN

2 Dead ringer (9) 3 Baked items (5) 5 Ear part (4) 6 Briskly (mus)(7) 7 Absolutely certain (2,4,2,4) 8 Implements (5) 9 Refuse to do business with (7) 10 Chop at (4) 11 Lump of gold (6) 12 Era (5) 13 Baffle (7) 14 Double-crosser (7) 16 Don’t ever give up (5,3,3) 22 Mental giant (6) 23 Fruit farm (7) 24 Tedium (7) 25 Cure (6) 27 Batting spell (7) 28 Water-diviner (6) 30 Praisewort­hy (4) 32 Waste drain (5) 34 Stinging insects (5) 36 Thought (4) 38 Night bird (3) 42 Revolution (5) 43 Set alight (7) 44 Boxing match (4) 45 Decayed (6) 46 Faith (5) 48 Mountain in Tanzania (11)

49 Lack of due care and attention (7) 50 Intention (3) 51 Bent (7) 52 Eight-note interval (6)

53 Childhood verse (7,5) 54 Throb painfully (4) 57 Brings upon oneself (6) 64 Oddball (9) 65 Senator (anag)(7) 66 Handcuff (7) 68 Diluted (7) 70 Anchorage (7) 71 Fight against (6) 72 Shine (5) 74 Happen afterwards (5) 76 Let down (5) 78 Long ago (4) 79 Religious image (4)

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