JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Odds (7)

4 Provide guidance (4,6)

9 Sloping letters (7)

13 Yours and mine (4)

14 Tar (6)

15 Uncommon thing (6)

16 Mosque tower (7)

19 Edgy (7)

20 Someone who resembles their parent

in character (4,3,3,3,5)

21 Previously (6)

22 Marionette (6)

24 Invest at a risk (9)

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30 Paucity (6)

31 Frozen drips (7)

35 Lacking proper respect or

seriousness (8)

36 Beam (6)

37 Pitcher (4)

38 Insure (5)

39 Label (3)

41 Soft leather (5)

43 Moral philosophy (6)

47 Old French money unit (5)

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54 Lampoon (5)

55 Equal (4) &&"

57 Adversary (8)

60 Factory restaurant (7)

61 Shelled insect (6)

62 ____ da Vinci (8)

65 Coast unpowered (9)

67 Put into cipher (6)

68 Pointless (6)

72 Rapid non-stop talking speed

(8,2,3,5)

75 Crux (7)

77 Claimed (anag)(7)

78 Illicit relationship (6)

79 Contusion (6)

80 High point (4)

81 Reel (7)

82 Narrow escape (5,5)

83 Piece (7)

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1 Circus comic (5)

2 Flying machines (8)

3 Thinly dispersed (6)

4 Links (4,6)

5 Italian composer (5) 6 Aerodrome (7)

7 Establish the truth of (6) 8 Come down with (5) 10 Bronze-winning position (5,5) 11 Circular (7) { ' " &

17 Jealous dismissal of something really desired

(4,6)

18 Train (5)

21 Advantage (7) 23 Ready (7)

25 Clay user (6) 26 Tree-lined street (6) 27 Material (6) 28 Strike out (6) 30 Discard (5)

32 Cut short (4) 33 Sovereign (4)

34 Rip (4)

40 Come into view (6)  ' € 44 Red fruit (6) % '+ 46 Varnish (7) 48 Attraction (6) 49 Downpour (10) 50 Sword (4) 51 Salad vegetable (7) 52 Debatable (4)

53 Decorative wall band (6) 58 Slow (10)

59 Basic precept (6,4) 63 Porcelain (5)

64 Ship’s compass housing (8) 66 Fetid (7)

67 Puts up with (7)

69 Steer (6)

70 Clippers (6)

71 Against (6)

73 Edible internal animal parts

(5)

74 Striped animal (5)

76 Vote in (5)