GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Set at intervals (5) 4 English poet (8) 9 Garden insect (6) 14 Work out (5) 15 Naïve, inexperienced (3,6,3,5)

17 Come down with (5) 18 Viper (3)

19 Sour liquid (7) 20 Big luxurious car (9) 21 Activity (6) 24 Light boxer (9) 25 Nervous (6) 26 Cereal pest (6) 29 Complete cessation of movement (10) 31 Moose (3) 32 Hotness (6)

33 Let fall (4) 35 Potato dent (3) 37 Froth (4) 39 Come to pass (9) 40 Lawn weed (9) 41 Contest prize money (5)

42 Least favoured competitor (8) 47 Pitiful (8)

51 At large (5) 55 Sectional (anag) (9) 56 Large hairy spider (9)

58 Flee (4)

59 Fire remains (3) 60 Spellbound (4) 61 Lackey (6) 62 Henpeck (3) 63 Interpreted (10) 66 Light shoe (6) 67 Inlaid design (6) 69 Retinue (9) 72 Fired (6)

73 Lie (9)

75 Old hand (7) 77 Church seat (3) 80 Eminent (5) 81 Eager to start (8,2,3,3) 82 Premature (5) 83 Cure (6) 84 Remittances (8) 85 Dwarf the growth of (5)

DOWN

2 Republic head (9) 3 Hawser (5) 5 Mountain in Sicily (4) 6 Nil (7)

7 Speed up vehicle (4,2,3,3)

8 Comes closer (5) 9 Crux (7)

10 Speed competition (4)

11 Unbroken (6) 12 Free from dirt (5) 13 Beneficial (7) 14 Wither (7)

16 Very weighty (5,2,4) 22 Adjacent to (6) 23 Straddling (7) 24 Elegant skill in style or performance (7) 25 Maintenance (6) 27 Decision (7) 28 Poem unit (6) 30 Overdue (4) 32 Strikingly odd (5) 34 Take fright (5) 36 Netting (4) 38 Large vase (3) 42 Mouth sore (5) 43 Expressionless (7) 44 Evaluate (4) 45 Source (6) 46 Female (5) 48 Clear (11)

49 Hug (7) 50 Unwell (3) 51 Dictionary (7) 52 Of race (6)

53 Apt to shoot (7-5) 54 Hair tangle (4) 57 Planet (6) 64 Schooling (9) 65 Only ABC (anag) (7) 66 Small piece cut off (7) 68 Lawlessness (7) 70 Defeat soundly (7) 71 Courage to continue (6)

72 Promised solemnly (5)

74 Inundate (5) 76 Build (5) 78 Wood-shaping tool (4)

79 Treaty (4)