Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Sign of illness (7)

4 Finally (2,4,4)

9 Covered roadway drain (7)

13 Stock food grain (4) 14 Requiring immediate action (6)

15 Public house (6)

16 House location (7)

19 Light (10)

20 Left slowly, hesitantly (8)

21 Smoked roll (5)

24 Highest point, culminatio­n (6)

25 Preserved plums (6) 27 Moving stairway (9) 32 Courgette (8)

33 Be against (6)

34 Port (7)

38 Gregarious (8)

39 Plot (6)

40 Throb painfully (4)

41 Cranium (5)

42 Spear (5)

45 Risk embarrassm­ent or danger through lack of care or good judgement (5,2,4,3)

52 Forepart (5)

55 Heating device (5)

56 Roman emperor (4) 57 Laud (6)

58 Tree with large brightly-coloured flowers (8)

61 Radioactiv­e element (7)

62 Principles of right and

wrong (6) 63 Angry git (anag)(8) 66 Refused to follow orders (9)

68 In-group (6)

69 Off the right path (6) 73 Idles (5)

74 Wall scrawl (8)

76 Full-length (10)

81 Fantasist (7)

82 Heavy gun (6)

83 Consume (6)

84 Seabird (4)

85 Back (7)

86 Occurring infrequent­ly (10)

87 Distrusted (7)

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Japanese rice-paper screen (5)

2 Call time (anag)(8)

3 Yacht harbour (6)

4 Turn away or aside (5) 5 Auction items (4)

6 Stinging plants (7)

7 Affectiona­te (6)

8 Sudden forceful flow (5)

10 Loosen (4)

11 Dizziness (7)

12 Imp (6)

17 Perfectly clean, neat (10)

18 Go rotten (5)

22 Surround (8)

23 Trite (5)

24 Advise (7)

26 Precipitat­ion (4)

28 Keep going over time (7)

29 Fish covering (6) 30 Oration (6)

31 Plain-woven cotton fabric (6)

33 Sea (5)

35 Bread maker (5)

36 Religious picture (4) 37 Stylishly elegant (4) 43 Aft (6)

44 Assembly of witches (5)

46 Main castle tower (4) 47 Duo (7)

48 Deprive of parents (6) 49 Rips (5)

50 Badges of office (8) 51 Is (6)

52 Close relationsh­ip (10)

53 Cry of pain (4)

54 Give evidence in court (7)

59 Glory, honour (5)

60 Married German woman (4)

64 Tired (5)

65 Piece broken off (8) 67 Pump up (7)

68 Dry red Italian wine (7)

70 Rough (6)

71 Austrian capital (6) 72 Ridiculous (6)

75 Pre-euro French

monetary unit (5)

77 New, original (5)

78 Supped (5)

79 Optical glass (4)

80 Biblical garden (4)

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