GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ore test (5)

4 Hunting illegally (8)

9 Dexterous (6)

14 Requirements (5)

15 A situation or course of action having both good and bad effects (6-5,5)

17 Adhesive (5)

18 Day before (3)

19 Veered sharply (7) 20 Baffling (9)

21 Loan shark (6)

24 Wormlike pasta (9) 25 Settle in advance (6) 26 Property (6)

29 One-person transport (10)

31 Scamp (3)

32 Moves (6)

33 Petty quarrel (4)

35 Light blow (3)

37 Bludgeon (4)

39 Indemnity (9)

40 Early scientist (9)

41 Old gold coin (5)

42 Small houses (8)

47 Infirmary (8)

51 Coral banks (5)

55 Specify as part of an agreement (9)

56 Lowest female voice (9)

58 Father (4)

59 In favour of (3)

60 Goes hard (4)

61 Loveliness (6)

62 Anger (3)

63 Ball-stopping player (10) 66 New York river (6)

67 Floor covering (6)

69 Liked better (9)

72 Underneath side (6) 73 Startled (9)

75 Horizon (7)

77 Go astray (3)

80 Intone (5)

81 Satire by Jonathan Swift (9,7)

82 Distressed (5)

83 Airfield shed (6)

84 Side by side (8)

85 Wears at the edge (5)

DOWN

2 Timing device (9)

3 Cautionary colour (5)

5 Probability (4)

6 Type of cigar (7)

7 Not enough (12)

8 Lustre (5)

9 Moderately slow (mus) (7)

10 Thick cord (4)

11 Be emphatic (6)

12 Waste drain (5)

13 Crux (7)

14 Eastern (anag) (7)

16 Striking (3-8)

22 Clippers (6)

23 Natural environment (7)

24 Fizzy confectionery (7) 25 Burst (6)

27 Assign to a post (7) 28 Plaster wall coating (6)

30 Seldom seen (4)

32 Jammed (5)

34 Full amount (5) 36 Aid (4)

38 Lavatory (3)

42 Luggage (5)

43 Screwed (7)

44 Malarial fever (4)

45 Thrilled (6)

46 Muscular (5)

48 Dealer in shares (11) 49 Alternatively (7)

50 Tune (3)

51 Uniform (7)

52 Text of play, film (6) 53 Resourceful (12)

54 Boast (4)

57 Chief (6)

64 Forever (9)

65 Touch (7)

66 Optimistic (7)

68 Drain unblocker (7) 70 Heating part in a kettle (7)

71 Musical composition (6)

72 Copper-zinc alloy (5) 74 Flier (5)

76 Paramour (5)

78 Male deer (4)

79 Small island (4)