GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Frightened (7)

4 Contemptuous (10)

9 Sediment (7)

13 Part of the eye (4) 14 Small child (6)

15 Tomfoolery (6)

16 Book of short biographies (4,3)

19 Not trustworthy (10) 20 Postponed (8)

21 Culpability (5)

24 Help (6)

25 Get back (6)

27 Washed and ironed (9)

32 Purified (8)

33 Scarcity (6)

34 Doting (7)

38 Kidnap for service at sea (8)

39 Be emphatic (6)

40 Well-ventilated (4) 41 Nincompoop (5)

42 Cook with dry heat (5)

45 Brainwashing (14) 52 Garden lakes (5)

55 Stall (5)

56 Coagulate (4)

57 Settle in advance (6) 58 Higher in rank, quality (8)

61 Big cat (7)

62 Plain-spoken (6)

63 Secret passenger (8) 66 Swollen (9)

68 Stately old dance (6) 69 Consternation and distress (6) 73 Tearful (5)

74 Ran amok (8)

76 Percussion instrument (10)

81 Depict (7)

82 Girl’s name (6)

83 Body organ (6)

84 Untamed (4)

85 Long eventful journey (7)

86 Fixed guidelines (10) 87 Set off (7)

DOWN

1 Farewell (5)

2 Beekeeper (8)

3 Rejection of a request (6)

Speak with prolonged vowels (5)

5 Satisfy completely (4) 6 Forsake (7)

7 Inform (6)

8 Open sore (5)

10 Sound rebound (4) 11 Not easily understood (7)

12 Breathe in (6)

17 Torch (10)

18 Intended (5)

22 So rancid (anag)(8) 23 Poor (5)

24 Counsellor (7)

26 Compass point (4) 28 Lure (7)

29 Japanese floor mat (6)

30 Highland plaid (6) 31 Remove cargo (6) 33 Less wet (5)

35 Wireless (5) 36 Goodbye (2-2)

37 Therefore (4)

43 Complied (6)

44 Pointed (5)

46 African river (4)

47 Silhouette (7)

48 Bettered (6)

49 Bungling (5)

50 Hoarding (8)

51 Chewy sweet (6)

52 Likely to fall (10)

53 Carpenter’s pin (4) 54 Doctor’s rooms (7) 59 Pledge of fidelity (5) 60 Vanished (4)

64 Mix by pressing (5) 65 Having a tipple (8) 67 Momentum (7)

68 Act as intermediary (7)

70 Boxer’s helper (6)

71 Meeting schedule (6) 72 Away (6)

75 Lively dance (5)

77 Book of maps (5)

78 Senior tribe member (5)

79 Steal (4)

80 Small island (4)