GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Uncertainty (5) 4 Away very promptly (5,3,3,4)

14 Army colour (5)

15 Swagger (5)

16 Mediator (10)

17 Pixie-like (5)

19 Sandbank (3)

20 Dressmaker’s guide (7)

21 At the same time, concurrently (9)

22 Flattens (6)

25 Fall retarder (9)

27 Of iron (6)

28 Taste (6)

33 Lullaby (6,4)

35 Facial twitch (3)

36 Muscle-bone attachment (6)

37 Small mark (4)

39 Duo (3)

41 Souvenir (7)

42 Coiffeur (6)

43 Constancy, sureness (9)

44 Ancient building remains (5)

45 Prickly plants (8)

50 Next to (2)

51 Set going (8)

55 Trunk (5)

58 VIP (9)

59 Foil (6)

60 In a loving mood (7) 61 Fitting (3)

63 Chimney deposit (4) 64 Tomfoolery (6)

65 Sheltered side (3) 66 Melodramatic (10) 68 Archives (6)

69 Prodded sharply (6) 71 Helper (9)

76 Portly (6)

77 Paused (9)

79 Study of animals (7) 81 Self-image (3)

84 Privileged class (5) 85 Statement of meaning (10)

86 Synthetic fibre (5)

87 Clean by scrubbing (5)

88 Adopt the customs and manners of the locals (2,2,3,6,2)

89 Is nosey (5)

DOWN

2 Bandit (6) 3 Unsharpened (5) 5 Second-hand (4) 6 Most handy (7)

7 In soon (anag)(6)

8 Go get (5)

9 Jumping athlete (7) 10 Timid (4)

11 Automatic instinctive reaction (6)

12 Hooks (5)

13 Undress (7)

14 Patella (7)

18 Decorative (10)

23 Pulse rhythmically (5) 24 Female big cat (7)

26 Location (7)

27 Manufacturing plant (7)

29 Red seasoning (7) 30 Back part of gun barrel (6)

31 Fixed gaze (5)

32 Inlaid pattern (6)

34 Equipment (4)

36 Subject (5)

38 Herb (5)

40 Short skirt (4)

45 Sea movements (5) 46 Own ring (anag)(7) 47 Slender (4)

48 Girl’s name (6)

49 Regions (5)

50 Preserved (7)

52 Enticement (10)

53 Rendition (7)

54 Tropical parrot (6) 55 True to form (7)

56 Woollen cloth (5) 57 Obnoxious child (4) 62 Worth (5)

67 Small bet (7)

68 Mollify (7)

70 Diameter (7)

72 Add sugar (7)

73 Spectrum colour (6) 74 Big wine bottle (6) 75 Snub (6)

76 Automaton (5)

78 Deduce from reasoning (5)

80 Tier (5)

82 Fewer (4)

83 Contain (4)