THE BIGGIE
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
ACROSS 1 Large, flightless African bird (7) 5 Received with open arms (8) 9 Study intently (4) 13 Subject for discussion (5) 14 Lesson at university (7) 15 Position of power (3, 4) 16 Section, part (5) 17 Inexpensive (5) 18 It took over from mono (6) 20 Kinds (5) 21 Old sea-going vessel (7) 23 Rocky recess (4) 26 Auction items (4) 27 Thai capital (7) 30 Draw, lure (7) 34 Caribbean island (7) 36 Treaty, formal agreement (6) 37 Space between seat rows (5) 39 Punctuation mark (10) 40 Spun sugar, usually on a stick (10) 42 US state, capital Boise (5) 43 See 41 Down 44 Fights back (7) 46 Upset or throw into confusion (7) 47 Dangers, risks (7) 48 Bustle, commotion (4) 53 Back of the foot (4) 54 Type of bread loaf, blunder (7) 55 African river mammal (5) 58 Isolated, distant (6) 60 Remembrance Day flower (5) 62 Canal vessel (5) 66 Not in the house (7) 67 Salad leaves (7) 68 Wise saying (5) 69 Onion-like vegetable (4) 70 Phrase following a sneeze (5, 3) 71 Person being investigated for a crime (7) DOWN 1 Eight-limbed
creature (7) 2 Highly
confidential (3, 6) 3 Make larger (8) 4 Entrance room (4) 5 Candle thread (4) 6 Chortle (5) 7 Protective work
garments (8) 8 Noise heard in
a canyon (4) 10 Shout hurray (5) 11 Gas that makes
up 80% of air (8) 12 Nation (5) 19 Compass
point (5) 22 Immediately (2, 4) 24 Forefathers (9) 25 Morning meal (9) 26 Wooden home, in the wilds usually (3, 5) 28 River of South
America (6) 29 Mineral used in
pencils (8) 31 Pub game
target (9) 32 Afternoon treat of scones and jam (5, 3) 33 Continues
obstinately (8) 35 Triggering fond
memories (9) 38 Much-loved (6) 41 and 43 Across children’s TV programme with Big Bird (6, 6) 45 and 52 Down Reveal information (5, 3,5) 49 Capital letters
(5-4) 50 Artists’ material,
burnt wood (8) 51 Single lens
eyeglasses (8) 52 See 45 Down 56 Take in too
much food (7) 57 Roof space (5) 59 A yard-and
a-bit (5) 61 Windowpane
fixative (5) 63 Chiming device
in a steeple (4) 64 Mentor (4) 65 Not so much (4)