JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Untrue (5) 4 Cooking container (8) 9 Salad vegetable (6) 14 Dried plum (5) 15 Become disorientated (4,4,8) 17 Punctuation mark (5) 18 Dead heat (3) 19 Alien (7) 20 Unpleasant to look at (9) 21 Meagre (6) 24 Scented mixture of dried flower petals (9) 25 Small stone fruit (6) 26 Periphery (6) 29 Gloomy person spoiling the fun of others (3,7) 31 Tune (3) 32 Mutual (6) 33 Pleads (4) 35 Short sleep (3) 37 Break down (4) 39 Meddle (9) 40 The common people (3,6) 41 Short, abrupt (5) 42 Tree (8) 47 Competitor not expected to win (8) 51 Lucky accident (5) 55 Rash, hasty (9) 56 Crop-protecting figure (9) 58 Donkey-horse (4) 59 Pretend (3) 60 Surgeon's garment (4) 61 Dairy product (6) 62 Watch (3) 63 Impossible to satisfy (10) 66 Filter (6) 67 Discarded material washed ashore (6) 69 Sanitise, make germ-free (9) 72 Response (6) 73 Stiff-legged march (9) 75 US treeless grassland (7) 77 Silvery metal (3) 80 Attain (5) 81 Behave yourself or leave (5,2,2,4,3) 82 Larceny (5) 83 Gushing hot spring (6) 84 Fantasise (8) 85 Wheel covers (5)
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2 Say sorry (9) 3 Bulbous yellow root vegetable (5) 5 Too (4) 6 Less dirty (7) 7 Took part in (12) 8 Cat's last life (5) 9 Firmness of purpose (7) 10 Enclosure in courtroom (4) 11 Asian skiff (6) 12 Stale-smelling (5) 13 Merit, be worthy (7) 14 Repeated decorative design (7) 16 Discussion towards agreement (11) 22 Jewellery item (6) 23 Respire (7) 24 Small smooth stones (7) 25 Brass musical instrument (6) 27 Goaded, provoked (7) 28 Quit (6) 30 Sour-tasting (4) 32 Reject with disdain (5) 34 Wasp's defence (5) 36 Trunk of a tree (4) 38 Residue from cigarette (3) 42 Adhere to (5) 43 Give authority to (7) 44 Bathroom powder (4) 45 Unequalled (6) 46 Sweeten (5) 48 Practical and realistic (4-2-5) 49 Flourishing unchecked (7) 50 Night bird (3) 51 Plume (7) 52 Respect and admiration (6) 53 Shop selling sewing and dressmaking materials (12) 54 Abominable snowman (4) 57 Feel bitter about (6) 64 Opposite of latitude (9) 65 Meal course (7) 66 Legislative act (7) 68 Back financially (7) 70 Railway-supporting block (7) 71 Ten-year period (6) 72 Incorporate into one's own territory (5) 74 Broken glass fragment (5) 76 Insinuate (5) 78 Units of electrical resistance (4) 79 Locale (4)