Jumbo crossword ACROSS 1 4 9

Heats up (5)

Winner’s awards (8) Advances very slowly (6)

Perch (5)

Extravagant untrue account of events (4,3,4,5)

Pivot (5)

Top (3)

Waterproof coat (7) Travelling from place to place to work (9)

Light meals (6)

Same (9)

Fortified wine (6) In arrears (6)

Debase with inferior additive (10)

In favour of (3)

Thrifty (6)

Incentive (4)

Female sheep (3) Long tooth (4) Timetables (9) Progeny (9)

Rear of boat (5)

Hired hand (8)

Stood up for (8)

Burnt remains (5) Officer above colonel (9)

Favoured (9) Submissive (4) Knight’s title (3) Spouse (4)

Go to bed (6)

Paddle (3) High-spiritedness (10) Roar (6)

Digging animal (6) Sudden inspiration (9) Put into words (6) Capital of Sweden (9) Reaches (7)

Sheltered side (3) Show the way (5) Be of a kind and generous nature (4,1,5,2,4)

Digging tool (5)

Pearl maker (6) Scope for freedom of action or thought (8)

Commerce (5)

Scrub clean (5)

Red condiment (7) Throb painfully (4) Interior coating (6) Prominent cheeks (5) Examined (7)

Saved from danger (7) Without a sound (11) Fasten to (6)

Toasted bread bit on soup (7)

Banned (7)

Tension (6)

Expressed indirectly (7) Confound (6)

Small whirlpool (4) High temperature (5) Stiff (5)

Church recess (4) Intention (3)

Nudge (5)

Sore (7)

Elliptical (4)

Departed (6)

Picked (5)

Cuban leader (5,6) Candidate (7)

Day before (3)

Skilled worker (7) Produce shoots (6)

Memorise (5,2,5)

Make airtight (4)

Gorge (6)

Throttled (9)

Leaves, greenery (7) Stabilising weight (7) Meat merchant (7) Malady (7)

Corroborate (6)

One abstaining from all animal products (5)

Polite (5)

Rage (5)

Fabric shelter (4)

Dry (4)