Nelson Mail

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Convulsion (5)

4 Purified (8)

9 Polluted (6)

14 Swell outwards (5) 15 Betray (4,4,3,5)

17 Slope (5)

18 Dejected (3)

19 Endanger (7)

20 Fit to sail (9) 21 Insufficie­ncy, scarcity (6) 24 Wig (9)

25 Brass instrument (6) 26 Notoriety (6)

29 Cold saunas (anag)(10) 31 Staff (3)

32 Damaged (6)

33 Crypt (4)

35 Day before (3) 37 Threesome (4)

39 Cut across (9) 40 Mooring (9)

41 Sleeved garment (5) 42 Steals the limelight (8) 47 Enormous creature (8) 51 Bush (5) 55 Clerical tasks (9) 56 Translucen­t white gypsum

(9)

58 Two-wheeled carriage (4) 59 Black sealant (3) 60 Tangible (4)

61 Defer indefinite­ly (6) 62 Rodent (3)

63 Feelings of warmth and

affection (10)

66 Partner (6)

67 Signal fire (6)

69 Construct (9)

72 Sniffs (6)

73 Bowed and scraped (9) 75 Small flute (7)

77 Racket (3)

80 Legal expenses (5) 81 Inexperien­ced and naive

(3,6,3,4)

82 Intact (5)

83 Security (6)

84 Anxious expectatio­n (8) 85 Supporting struts (5)

DOWN

2 Operated by compressed

air (9)

3 Figure out (5)

5 Fluff (4)

6 One trained to compete in

sports (7)

7 Sweet fleshy red fruits (12) 8 Underwater worker (5)

9 To a greater degree (7) 10 Encourage (4)

11 Euphoric (6)

12 Melting snow (5) 13 Progress (7)

14 Demeanour (7)

16 Inventing (11)

22 Growing shoot (6) 23 Strategic withdrawal (7) 24 Charity (7)

25 Trainees (6) 27 Green-fleshed fruit (7) 28 Save from danger (6) 30 Father (4)

32 Spiral (5)

34 Tree (5)

36 Seep out (4) 38 Tear (3)

42 Pep pill (5)

43 High singer (7)

44 Crooked (4)

45 Ages (6)

46 Correspond (5)

48 Hot sauce made from a

root (11)

49 Afternoon performanc­e (7) 50 Beverage (3)

51 Adept (7)

52 Desert-like (6)

53 Loyalty (12)

54 Walk (4)

57 Court game (6) 64 Academic (9)

65 Crux (7)

66 Follows secretly (7) 68 Flavouring seed (7)

70 The most dire t route (7) 71 Cold US state (6)

72 Pry (5)

74 Stove (anag) (5) 76 Swindler (5)

78 Small island (4) 79 Probabilit­y (4)

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