Weekend Herald

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1. Attribute shared by members of a group or category (6,11)

10. Areas where wifi is available (3,5)

15. Loan shark (6)

16. Exact opposite (10)

17. Top class (4-4)

19. Make airtight (4,3)

21. Immense pain (5)

22. Watch or clock (9)

25. Attacker (9)

27. Deeply embarrasse­d (7)

29. Sledge (6)

33. One twelfth of a gross (5)

34. Something doomed to failure (colloq) (4,4)

36. Manual car, to an American (5,5)

39. Nothing (3)

41. Relating to the heart (7)

42. Lion or tiger (3,3)

43. Curved (6)

44. Lowest male singing voice (4)

45. Snake (7)

48. Not of the best quality (6-4)

53. Scottish symbol (7)

57. Slightly open (4)

58. Fleet of ships (6)

59. Profession­al killer (6)

60. Aircraft with two sets of wings (7)

62. TV doctor (3)

64. Second largest US city (3,7)

65. Area reserved for journalist­s (5,3)

66. Old-fashioned (5)

69. Shoe liner (6)

70. The sport of toxopholit­es (7)

71. Swindler or trickster (9)

76. Barring (9)

77. Access (5)

78. Temporary (7)

83. Gesture of approval (6-2)

84. Reconsider (5,5)

85. Rescind (6)

86. Wizard (8)

87. Start again (colloq) (4,3,5,5)

DOWN

2. Mollusc, tio in Maori (6)

3. Wall painting (5)

4. Neither (3)

5. Lotus sports car (4)

6. Eight-sided shape (7)

7. Purpose (6)

8. 1763 hymn: Rock of __ (4)

9. Not derived or copied (8)

11. Source, beginning point (6)

12. Lost for words (10)

13. Solemn promise (4)

14. Extend (7)

18. Container (10)

20. Imperfecti­on (4)

23. Treat with disregard (5)

24. Watchful (8)

26. Accelerate (5,2)

28. Perfumed (7)

30. Find (6)

31. South American cowboy (6)

32. Acknowledg­e (6)

35. Backbone (5)

37. One of the five senses (5)

38. Area of cultivated grass (4)

40. Molten rock (4)

45. Delay, play for time (5)

46. Re-examine (8)

47. Large dish for soup (6)

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49. Talon (4)

50. Useless individual (colloq) (2,5)

51. Instead (6)

52. Snares (5)

54. Frozen rain (4)

55. Sultan’s wife (7)

56. Car produced by Mitsubishi since 1973 (6)

61. Rigid, unbending (10)

63. A truck, in Britain (5)

67. World’s largest city (8)

68. Compass direction (4)

69. Momentum (7)

72. Acts of bravery (7)

73. Section of a legal document (6)

74. Informant (colloq) (6)

75. Fruit high in vitamin B6 (6)

79. Pertaining to the pope (5)

80. Sound of a happy cat (4)

81. Formerly (4)

82. Goat cheese (4)

85. Regret (3)

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