Jumbo Crossword

ACROSS

1 Jewels formed in oyster shells (6)

5 Increase in intensity (4,2) 8 Greedy drinker (7) 11 Seed of an apple (3) 12 In slow tempo

(of music) (6) 13 Eight-sided (9)

14 Small quantity (4) 15 Dejected (11)

19 Puts at risk (9) 20 Indispensable (9) 22 Giving up all hope (10) 24 Sharp shrill cry (6) 25 Violation (13) 31 Believing (a lie) (10) 33 Wayfarers (10)

36 Party lanterns (anag.) (13)

40 Shallow dish (6) 42 Dubious; unsure (10) 45 Tiresome (9)

47 Of secondary importance (9)

49 Act of staying away from work (11)

53 Lazy (4) 54 Merchant who sells writing materials (9)

55 Positive and happy (6) 56 Ancient (3)

57 Swept (7)

58 Garner; collect (6) 59 Small shoots (6)

DOWN

2 Puts up with (7)

3 Fits of violent anger (5)

4 Parody (5)

5 Ruin (5)

6 Mapped out in advance (7) 7 University academic (9) 8 Father of a parent (7) 9 Spirit of the time (9)

10 Go in (5)

16 Slender flexible squid appendages (9) 17 Among (4) 18 Sweet-scented shrub (5) 20 Gets less difficult (5) 21 Underwater breathing device (5)

23 Thin mortar (5) 26 Church instrument (5) 27 Tremulous sound (5) 28 Corrosive substance (4) 29 Account of events (9)

30 Fibber (4)

32 Distorts (5)

34 Tortilla topped with cheese (5)

35 Bout of extravagant shopping (5) 37 Malevolence (9) 38 Biological community (9) 39 Shows tiredness (5) 41 Mend with rows of stitches (4)

43 Recited (7) 44 e.g. spring and winter (7) 46 Small hardy range horse (7)

48 Lowest point (5)

50 Fault (5)

51 Low dull sounds (5) 52 Remnant of a dying fire (5)