GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Group of birds (5)
4 Desert a friend in difficulties (5,2,3,5)
14 Municipal (5)
15 Children (5)
16 Obstreperous (10)
17 Mistake (5)
19 Bite (3)
20 Zero (7)
21 Trembling motion (9) 22 Purpose (6)
25 Deputy (9)
27 Summary (6)
28 Funeral vehicle (6)
33 One actively involved in government (10)
35 Peppery (3)
36 Courtroom panel members (6)
37 Pull up (4)
39 Large bird (3)
41 Argument (7)
42 What follows (6)
43 Pirate (9)
44 Flexible, supple (5)
45 Slimy act (anag)(8) 50 Sixth note (2)
51 Column base (8)
55 Leg support (5)
58 Made clear (9)
59 Ring (6)
60 As a rule (7)
61 Floor covering (3)
63 Caprice (4)
64 Admit defeat (4,2)
65 Decline (3)
66 Large juicy gourd (10) 68 On land (6)
69 Signal light (6)
71 Sugared (9) 76 Formerly Formosa (6) 77 Newness, originality (9)
79 Smudged (7)
81 Regret (3)
84 Commerce (5)
85 Annoyance (10)
86 Investigation (5)
87 Bisect (5)
88 Use unfair tactics against (3,5,3,4)
89 Witty (5)
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2 Class (6)
3 Squash (5)
5 Wicked (4)
6 Rendition (7)
7 Tainted (6)
8 Unexpected development in a storyline (5)
9 Visually offensive thing (7)
10 Exploited (4)
11 Compassionate (6)
12 Incident (5)
13 Ceremonial staff (7) 14 Spreading plant (7)
18 Infection-killing drug (10)
23 Blemish (5)
24 Undress (7)
26 Small piece cut off (7) 27 Kneecap (7)
29 Withdrawal (7)
30 Send word (6)
31 Small tree (5)
32 Sage (6)
34 Poverty (4) 36 Military faction in power after a revolution (5)
38 Danger (5)
40 Bogus (4)
45 Tropical parrot (5)
46 A language (7)
47 Wading bird (4)
48 Very sour-tasting (6) 49 Cut corners (5)
50 Reading stand (7)
52 Prudently and with wise self-restraint (10) 53 Cat breed (7)
54 Flowering (6)
55 Stuck (7)
56 Buy off (5)
57 Imperfection (4)
62 Direct (5)
67 Performer (7)
68 Lawlessness (7)
70 Friendly (7)
72 Laundry vessel (7) 73 Spiced dried sausage (6)
74 Grab rudely (6)
75 Spoken (6)
76 Relates (5)
78 Drinking tube (5)
80 Less common (5)
82 Flavouring plant (4) 83 Deceive (4)