Otago Daily Times

Jumbo crossword

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ACROSS

1 Oneness (5)

4 By any means whatsoever (2,4,2,2,5)

14 Stop or slow the progress of (5)

15 Nervous (5)

16 Owner of a business (10)

17 Deadly (5)

19 Hair cream (3) 20 Horse-shoer (7) 21 Bishop’s church (9) 22 Wet (6)

25 Complain noisily (4,1,4)

27 Uproar (6)

28 Argue (6)

33 Praising remark (10) 35 Curving trajectory (3) 36 Space to manoeuvre (6)

37 Dutch cheese (4) 39 Lock opener (3) 41 Nomadic Arab (7) 42 Two-note bird (6)

43 Not trained (9)

44 Ruffle (5)

45 Reached (8) 50 Supposing (2)

51 Felon (8)

55 Protective garment (5)

58 Extended the duration of (9)

59 Mass arrival (6)

60 Not easily understood (7)

61 Fitting (3)

63 Queue (4)

64 Frail, ailing (6)

65 Frozen water (3) 66 By chance (10) 68 TV watcher (6)

69 Call off (6)

71 Passed (9)

76 Humbly (6)

77 Hired soldier (9)

79 Layer (7)

81 Age (3) 84 Essential (5) 85 Taboo (10) 86 Ready money (5) 87 Similar (5) 88 Scarce (4,2,3,6) 89 High temperatur­e (5)

DOWN

2 Chewy sweet (6)

3 Thin candle (5)

5 Tale (4)

6 Parentless children (7) 7 A sir (6)

8 Assessed (5)

9 Rigging spar part (7)

10 Floating platform (4) 11 Renegade (6)

12 Make a pretence of (5) 13 Horizon (7)

14 Fast sailing ship (7) 18 Iteration (10)

23 Bid (5)

24 Triumphant­ly joyful (7) 26 Ancient two-handled jar (7)

27 Scold (4,3)

29 Firedog (7)

30 Clandestin­e (6)

31 Tall and thin (5) 32 Haggle, bargain (6) 34 Journey around (4) 36 Girl’s name (5)

38 Soldier’s decoration (5) 40 Tiny particle (4)

45 Horrify (5)

46 Defeat soundly (7) 47 Superstar (4)

48 Border (6)

49 Butter ingredient (5) 50 First (7)

52 Vulgar, offensive (2,3,5) 53 Enrage (7)

54 Overseas (6)

55 Fleet commander (7) 56 Frequently (5)

57 Wind instrument (4) 62 Gain points (5) 67 Hoodwink (7)

68 Pickling liquid (7) 70 Degrade, diminish worth (7)

72 Dizziness (7)

73 Grasp tightly (6) 74 Finale (6)

75 Mix-up or confuse (6) 76 Adage, saying (5) 78 Fabric (5)

80 Sky-blue (5)

82 Tribe (4)

83 Eager (4)

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