GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Military withdrawal (7)

4 Poker hand (5,5)

9 Expression of regret (7)

13 Nimble (4)

14 German composer (6)

15 Distant (6)

16 Plot together secretly (7)

19 Fool (10)

20 Meant (8)

21 Visit as a spirit (5) 24 Unvarying (6)

25 Powerful (6)

27 Brewer (9)

32 Star-shaped character (8)

33 Elder (6)

34 True (7)

38 Scholarly (8)

39 Black magic (6)

40 Calf meat (4)

41 Platform (5)

42 Steamy (5)

45 Pie contents (5,3,6) 52 Angle (5)

55 Burnt remains (5)

56 Journey (4)

57 Economically feasible (6)

58 Loss of status, importance or prosperity (8)

61 Own (7)

62 Reliable (6)

63 Mocking (8)

66 Lasting only for a short time (9)

68 Very cold (6)

69 Vacate (anag) (6) 73 Get (5)

74 Begin (8)

76 Curious (10)

81 Rational (7)

82 Talented (6)

83 Stringed figure (6) 84 Cut very short (4) 85 Act (7)

86 Extraordinary (10) 87 Settled (7)

DOWN

1 Gum (5)

2 Gathered in large numbers (8)

3 Vagrants (6)

4 Communication device (5)

5 Shout (4)

6 Lying in wait (7)

7 Restricts (6)

8 Glossy fabric (5)

10 Brace (4)

11 Ancestry (7)

12 Donating (6)

17 Deign (10)

18 Passenger boat (5) 22 Volume of recipes (8)

23 Deadly (5)

24 Green vegetable (7) 26 Double (4)

28 Developed over time (7)

29 Mental giant (6) 30 Open (6)

31 Border (6)

33 Danes (anag)(5)

35 Sum (5)

36 Placid (4)

37 Walk in water (4) 43 End result (6)

44 Thoughts (5)

46 Flag (4)

47 Pain-killing drug (7) 48 Counsel (6)

49 Daily record (5)

50 Mirage (8)

51 Woman’s name (6) 52 Played the market (10)

53 Sailor’s call (4)

54 Got thin (anag)(7) 59 Employing (5)

60 Left at sea (4)

64 Demon (5)

65 Shackled (8)

67 Sale document (7) 68 Liberty (7)

70 Swallow up (6)

71 Accelerate (6)

72 Stand up for (6)

75 Upper leg (5)

77 Himalayan country (5)

78 Fooled (5)

79 Caution (4)

80 Twirl (4)