Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Excessivel­y overweight (5)

4 In the open air (8)

9 Turn aside, deflect (6) 14 Penniless (5)

15 Jonathan Swift satire (9,7)

17 Punctuatio­n mark (5) 18 Fabric scrap (3)

19 Celebrate (7)

20 Light metal (9)

21 Naked (6)

24 Started (9)

25 Of the stars (6)

26 Quick to take offence (6)

29 Film, TV drama or stage play taken from a written work (10)

31 Brim (3)

32 Loathing (6)

33 Knock (4)

35 Organ of sight (3)

37 Musical work (4)

39 Country in SE Asia (9) 40 Viewer (9)

41 Scallywag (5)

42 Horticultu­rist (8)

47 Sully (8)

51 Drug addicts (5)

55 Intentiona­lly overhear (9)

56 Showing possibilit­ies (9)

58 Appear (4)

59 Bind (3)

60 Gramophone record (4)

61 Pain in the chest (6) 62 Unreturnab­le serve (3) 63 Theory (10)

66 Self-effacing (6)

67 Slough (anag)(6)

69 Building designer (9) 72 Dozing (6)

73 Animal collection (9) 75 Bibliothec­a (7)

77 Small amount (3)

80 Changes direction (5) 81 Badly considered decision (5,2,9)

82 Bring up (5)

83 Fractures (6)

84 Bothersome (8)

85 Confronted (5)

DOWN

2 Broad tree-lined avenue (9)

3 Volley of shots (5)

5 Entice (4)

6 Withdraw (7)

7 Colourful leaded pane (7,5)

8 Cricket spells (5)

9 Repugnance (7)

10 Workshop bench clamp (4)

11 Gypsy (6)

12 Plank (5)

13 Drawn out (7)

14 Inflatable rubber bag (7)

16 Precaution against disease (11)

22 Neatened (6)

23 Milk sugar (7)

24 Presumed upon (7) 25 Come into view (6)

27 Flat-topped shop fitment (7) 28 Calm (6)

30 Religious sisters (4) 32 Living fence (5)

34 Doorway shelter (5) 36 Check or stop (4)

38 Small vegetable (3) 42 Avarice (5)

43 Brought up to date (7) 44 Compass point (4)

45 Task (6)

46 Wax match (5)

48 Tourists’ activity (11) 49 Examine (7)

50 Signal (3)

51 Perpendicu­lar (7)

52 Utters (6)

53 Solid figure with twelve faces (12)

54 Near (4)

57 Mar (6)

64 Lack of knowledge (9) 65 Set apart (7)

66 Enigma (7)

68 Futile (7)

70 In the main (7)

71 Great fear (6)

72 Confess to (5)

74 Major artery (5)

76 Cuban dance (5)

78 Continent (4)

79 Downfall (4)

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