SOLUTION BELOW

ACROSS

1 Diminish (5)

4 Discourage enthusiasm (3,3,7,2)

14 Irrigate (5)

15 Piece of broken glass (5)

16 Given to sudden whims (10)

17 South American cud-chewer (5)

19 Gesture assent (3)

20 Stonework (7)

21 Green rust on copper (9)

22 Spoilt (6)

25 Practitioner of mesmerism (9)

27 Haphazard (6)

28 Grab (6)

33 Personal speakers (10)

35 Long white vestment (3)

36 Floor covering (6)

37 Outer layer of bacon (4)

39 Pub counter (3)

41 Hooked users (7)

42 Middle point (6)

43 Sincerely (9)

44 Scope (5)

45 Stress (8)

50 Of me (2)

51 Record book (8)

55 Banished person (5)

58 Given sanctuary (9)

59 Required (6)

60 Ice cream flavour (7)

61 Permit (3)

63 Thick cord (4)

64 Spiny plant (6)

65 Public house (3)

66 Resentment, acrimony (10)

68 Go to bed (6)

69 Very bad (6)

71 Broken bones (9)

76 Painful to touch (6)

77 Perfume (9)

79 Level highland (7)

81 Dead heat (3)

84 Eagle's nest (5)

85 Business heads (10)

86 Body organ (5)

87 Quick (5)

88 Person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort (5,2,8)

89 Vow (5)

DOWN

2 Decapitate (6)

3 Body trunk (5)

5 US state with Salt Lake City (4)

6 Rifle range circles (7)

7 Convert into cipher (6)

8 Surrounded by (5)

9 Ardent love or affection (7)

10 Actor's part (4)

11 Not transparent (6)

12 Rise (5)

13 Over-modest (7)

14 Caution (7)

18 Respiratory disorder (10)

23 Retard the growth of (5)

24 Valour (7)

26 Jewish vernacular (7)

27 Theft (7)

29 Cut into three (7)

30 Rarely (6)

31 Confidence (5)

32 Spiritualist's meeting (6)

34 Canal in Egypt (4)

36 Lifting device (5)

38 Laundry appliance (5)

40 Pacific country (4)

45 Anaesthetising liquid (5)

46 Low wall guarding a drop (7)

47 Eagerly expectant (4)

48 Ordain (anag)(6)

49 Small pieces of medicine (5)

50 Refer to (7)

52 With elegance (10)

53 Field of specialised study (7)

54 Sign up (6)

55 Book printing (7)

56 Blood vessels (5)

57 Flavouring plant (4)

62 Heap (5)

67 Postmarked (7)

68 Make like new again (7)

70 Underwater missile (7)

72 Quarrelsome disturbance (7)

73 Oddball (6)

74 Large wild cat (6)

75 Yacht harbour (6)

76 Entice (5)

78 Estimate (5)

80 Hurl (5)

82 Surrender (4)

83 Air-hole (4)