JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Strike with fist (5) 4 Introductory statement (8) 9 Time to come (6) 14 Tropical fruit (5) 15 Deteriorate even further
(2,4,3,2,5)
17 Italian dish (5)
18 Ovum (3)
19 Statement of regret (7) 20 Contagious viral infection
(9)
21 Mythical fire-breather (6) 24 Sudden bright idea (9) 25 Field sports event (6) 26 Uneven in quality (6) 29 Give remedially (10) 31 Shoe cleaner (3) 32 Throughout (6)
33 Knock (4)
35 Dudgeon (3)
37 Debatable (4) 39 Authoritative decree (9) 40 Able to adjust to new
conditions (9)
41 Hard covering (5)
42 In the open air (8) 47 Royal daughter (8) 51 Workers' organisation (5) 55 Room divider (9) 56 Self-centred (9) 58 Deceased (4) 59 Consume (3)
60 Piece of change (4) 61 Bank worker (6)
62 Small flap (3)
63 Having no leaks (10) 66 Prolonged inconvenience
(6)
67 Became void (6) 69 Keenness (9) 72 Collector's items (6) 73 Zoo (9)
75 Huge (7)
77 Lavatory (3) 80 Messenger (5)
81 Make risky predictions which may be falsified by events (5,4,4,3) 82 Cutlass (5)
83 Aft (6) 84 Document-munching
machine (8)
85 Utilising (5)
DOWN
2 With no challengers
(9)
3 Christmas song (5) 5 Harvest (4)
6 Aerial (7)
7 Utter confusion (12) 8 Uncanny (5)
9 Turns to ice (7) 10 Adhesive strip (4) 11 Holiday spot (6) 12 Atone (anag)(5) 13 On the whole (7) 14 Aisle (7)
16 Nobly generous (11) 22 Amalgamated (6) 23 Dreamlike (7)
24 Skin bubble (7) 25 Obligations (6) 27 Disintegrate (7) 28 Biased (6)
30 Skating area (4) 32 Postpone (5) 34 Equals (5) 36 Astound (4) 38 Lubricate (3)
42 Meat jelly (5) 43 Transports from one
place to another (7) 44 Heinous (4)
45 Pealed (6)
46 Body organ (5)
48 Put in prison (11) 49 Temperature scale (7) 50 Harden (3)
51 Nuclear (anag)(7) 52 Yielded as profit (6) 53 High bus (6-6)
54 Opinion (4)
57 Private teachers (6) 64 Indigestion problem (9) 65 Smudged (7) 66 Unfortunate; wretched (7) 68 Cowboy hat (7)
70 Smiled broadly (7) 71 Works out (6)
72 Hot drink (5)
74 Assumed name (5) 76 Creates (5)
78 Wheel cover (4)
79 Small island (4)