Otago Daily Times

Jumbo crossword

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ACROSS 1 Dark beer (5)

4 Just beaten (6,2,3,4) 14 Occupy illegally (5) 15 Work hard (5)

16 Public vote (10) 17 Desire (5)

19 Blue (3)

20 Not total (7)

21 Rings, necklaces etc (9)

22 Young hen (6) 25 In reverse (9) 27 Volcanic rock (6) 28 Thwarted (6) 33 Distribute­d over a considerab­le extent (10) 35 Tear (3)

36 Out of focus (6) 37 Deep voice (4)

39 Flying saucer (1,1,1) 41 Card game (7) 42 Staple (anag)(6) 43 Deep respect (9)

44 Ore test (5)

45 Forced back (8) 50 Alternativ­ely (2) 51 A day (8)

55 Distinct (5)

58 Water store (9) 59 Thyroid swelling (6) 60 Watered down (7) 61 Age (3)

63 Den (4)

64 Precious metal (6) 65 Henpeck (3)

66 Scenery at the rear of a stage (10)

68 Scottish dish (6) 69 Mystery (6) 71 Unintellig­ible talking (9)

76 Make fast (6)

77 Killed brutally, bloodily (9) 79 Unconventi­onal (7) 81 Family (3) 84 Applicatio­n (5) 85 Place of worship (10) 86 Trivial complaint (5) 87 False name (5) 88 Soon (2,3,4,6) 89 Spartan (5) DOWN 2 Menace (6)

3 Out of condition (5) 5 Concept (4)

6 Make believe (7) 7 Motor fuel (6) 8 Of tides (5)

9 Tedious (7)

10 Tempo (4) 11 Relish (6)

12 Search (5)

13 Examined (7)

14 English cheese (7)

18 Karl Marx work (3,7) 23 Old-fashioned (5) 24 Insurance statistici­an (7) 26 So-so (7)

27 Well liked (7)

29 Erudite (7)

30 Closing act (6)

31 Thin soup (5)

32 Petty details (6) 34 Agreement (4) 36 Show off (5)

38 Shabby and squalid (5) 40 German Mrs (4) 45 Agrarian (5)

46 Overtaking (7) 47 Nobleman (4)

48 Not native (6)

49 High temperatur­e (5) 50 Thin stiff fabric (7) 52 Spark, activate (7,3) 53 Harshly rowdy (7) 54 Growing old (6) 55 Intense desire (7) 56 Australian wild dog (5) 57 Nipping creature (4) 62 Underwater gear (5) 67 Semi-fluid (7)

68 Metal cutter (7) 70 Greedy eater (7)

72 Not accurate (7) 73 Confer holy orders (6) 74 Learn about (4,2) 75 Mollycoddl­e (6) 76 Garden pest (5)

78 Snake (5)

80 Pop (5)

82 Gauze (4)

83 Aspersion (4)

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