GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Organ controls (5) 4 Compassionate (8) 9 Signal (anag)(6) 14 Swagger (5) 15 Give stern advice or warning to (4,8,4)

17 Back-bending dance (5)

18 Top (3) 19 Chorus (7)

20 Lay waste to (9) 21 Of flowers (6) 24 Gave permission (9) 25 Less light (6) 26 Cruel (6) 29 Aggravating discomfort (10) 31 Garden tool (3) 32 Matched up (6) 33 Entreaty (4) 35 Mimic (3) 37 Feeble (4) 39 Landlord (9) 40 Alteration (9) 41 Country bumpkin (5) 42 Relented (8) 47 Property valuer (8) 51 Top room (5) 55 Moved ahead (9) 56 Else (9) 58 Assess (4)

59 Zero (3)

60 Play parts (4) 61 Attempting (6) 62 Paddle (3)

63 Dog breed (10) 66 Fishing boots (6) 67 Cadger (6)

69 His escort (anag)(9) 72 Pour out (6) 73 Magistrate’s domain (9)

75 Show (7) 77 Muck (3) 80 Outsider (5) 81 Aggressively impatient; keen to begin (8,2,3,3)

82 Legal proceedings (5)

83 Lacking companionship (6) 84 Seasonal allergy (8) 85 Measuring instrument (5)

DOWN

2 One on a journey (9) 3 Card game (5) 5 Holes in needles (4) 6 Competition (7) 7 Takeaway meal (4,3,5) 8 Minimum (5) 9 Accounts inspector (7)

10 At leisure (4) 11 Spry (6)

12 Witty (5) 13 Examined (7) 14 Singing voice (7) 16 Sense of direction; relative position (11) 22 Quit job (6) 23 Soloist’s concert (7) 24 Summer sport (7) 25 Dull, drab (6) 27 Malady (7) 28 Precious stones (6)

30 Requirement (4) 32 Lively, cheerful (5) 34 Chasing (5) 36 Border (4) 38 Self-image (3) 42 Brown photography tint (5)

43 Blatantly disregarded (7)

44 Female sheep (4) 45 Last (6)

46 Smart (5) 48 Wastrel (11) 49 Grave (7)

50 Make a choice (3) 51 Looked up to (7) 52 Complexion (6) 53 Dance steps design (12)

54 Small bed (4) 57 Paradoxical (6) 64 Peachlike fruit (9) 65 Decisive, critical (7) 66 Hefty (7) 68 Cantankerous (7) 70 Defeat heavily (7) 71 Spectrum colour (6) 72 Girl’s name (5) 74 Attain (5) 76 Fragment (5) 78 Long ago (4) 79 Wan (4)