Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Shoe ties (5)

4 Totally honest (8,2,1,3)

11 Construct (5)

14 Ill-defined (5)

15 Met halfway (11)

16 One associated by blood or marriage (8)

19 Direction indicator (7)

20 Ruff (5)

21 Farm animals (9)

24 Overpower with emotion (9)

26 Insect’s antenna (6)

27 Heavy gun (6)

31 Blunts (5)

32 Antlered animal (8)

34 Temperatur­e scale (10)

38 Soldiers on horseback (7)

39 Breed of sheep (6)

40 Exotic flower (6)

41 Excursion (4)

42 Adjudicato­r (7)

45 Exercises involving physical agility, flexibilit­y, and coordinati­on (10)

50 Ticked by (7)

54 Not diluted (4)

55 Boxer’s shorts (6)

56 Rolled document (6)

57 Young baby (7)

60 Beneficial, gainful (10)

61 Female underwear (8)

62 Slight colouring (5)

65 Arctic plain (6)

66 More! (6)

67 Boxing category (9)

72 Trio (9)

73 Porcelain (5)

74 Introducto­ry music (7)

79 Mounted bullfighte­r (8)

80 Tearing into (anag) (11)

81 Cautionary light (5)

82 Passé (5)

83 Financiall­y secure (11,3)

84 Combine (5)

DOWN

2 S American river (6)

3 Kit out (5)

5 Utensil (4)

6 Garb (7)

7 Slough (anag)(6)

8 Double (4)

9 Sample for medical testing (8)

10 Incidents (6)

11 Sweet opaque gelatinous dessert (10)

12 Eye part (4)

13 Undergroun­d cell (7)

17 Consumers (5)

18 Job-seeker’s documents (10)

22 Main (5)

23 Disreputab­le (8)

25 Small township (7)

26 Irate (7)

28 Change geneticall­y (6)

29 Motif (6)

30 Take long steps (6)

33 Indigent (5)

35 Made a mistake (5)

36 Gratis (4)

37 Asian desert (4)

42 Start afresh (5)

43 Conspicuou­s; blatant (8)

44 Ribald (6)

45 Mildness of manner or dispositio­n (10)

46 Disarray (4)

47 Release from blame (7)

48 Despot (6)

49 Girl’s name (5)

51 Vegetable (4)

52 Put in print (7)

53 Anger (6)

58 Burial place (10)

59 Opinions (5)

63 Specialist soldier (8)

64 Dietary necessity (5)

65 Had faith in (7)

68 Drawn out, verbose (7)

69 Very brave (6)

70 Winged child (6)

71 Arrival (6)

75 Citrus fruit (5)

76 Court order (4)

77 Quick and skilful in movement (4)

78 Building cover (4)

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