GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dish (5)

4 Blunt criticism (8)

9 Disconnect (6)

14 Floating bombs (5) 15 Start behaving ina better way (4,4,1,3,4)

17 Bearlike animal (5) 18 Self-image (3)

19 Hug (7)

20 Grain-grinding disc (9)

21 Dirtied (6)

24 Wig (9)

25 Undamaged (6)

26 Searched out (6)

29 Drug dispenser (10) 31 Rabble (3)

32 Account book (6)

33 Optical glass (4)

35 Beam (3)

37 Closed (4)

39 Rude disrespect (9) 40 Manly (9)

41 Rot (5)

42 Large snake (8)

47 Devoted follower (8) 51 Stadium (5)

55 Crude oil (9)

56 Brass player (9)

58 Summon (4)

59 Permit (3)

60 Large jug (4)

61 Wild excitement (6) 62 Dudgeon (3)

63 Make up for (10)

66 Sharp explosive sound (6)

67 Official count (6)

69 Swing (9)

72 Made of too little material (6)

Cut open and examined (9)

75 Keyboard player (7) 77 Tree (3)

80 Coral reef (5)

81 As chance decides (3,4,2,3,4)

Hairdresser’s premises (5)

83 Voguish (6)

84 Travellers’ document (8) Soft hat (5)

DOWN

2 Tactless blusterer (9)

3 Male voice (5)

5 Uncommon (4)

6 Brief and to the point (7)

7 Mental confusion (12) 8 Illegal removal (5)

9 Extinct (7)

10 Sort (4)

11 Large gun (6)

12 Single (5)

13 Stun (7)

14 Duck breed (7)

16 Inoculation jab (11) 22 Divides (6)

23 Specialised school (7) 24 The rice (anag)(7)

25 Congenital (6)

27 Fissure (7)

28 Felt (6)

30 Notified (4)

32 Hang without trial (5) 34 Sugary (5)

36 Enormous (4) 38 Egg producer (3)

42 Sufficient (5)

43 Belgian port (7)

44 Woodwind instrument (4)

45 Cheerless (6)

46 Wobbly dessert (5)

48 Pungent root used for sauce (11)

49 Swift sharp reply (7)

50 Harp at (3)

51 Modified (7)

52 Static (anag)(6)

53 Playing card (5,2,5)

54 Long heroic poem (4) 57 House of worship (6) 64 Interpret (9)

65 Skilled worker (7)

66 Let go (7)

68 Rapidly (7)

70 Medical examination (5-2)

71 Pandemonium (6)

72 Sniff (5)

74 Precipitous (5)

76 Prod (5)

78 Family (4)

79 At a distance (4)