JUMBO CROSSWORD

Across

Kettledrum (7)

Herb (5)

Reverie (5)

At no time (5)

Earlier (poetic) (3) Scrooge (5) Excessive (5)

Tilts (5)

Entice (5)

Grizzle (5)

Aspiring (5-2)

Seep (4)

Musical drama (5) Gemstone (4) Amputate (5) Downcast (4)

Car for hire (4) Request (4)

Genesis (9)

Spot (3)

Stew (6)

Foolish, hopeless search (4-5,5)

Tramp (4)

Grassed area (4) Take and use unfairly (14)

Fail to consider (6)

Beer (3)

Heroic courage (7-2) Prayer ending (4)

Tardy (4)

Prying (4)

Adjudicate (5) Sensationalism (4) Throw out (5)

Big refuse bin (4) Indication (7)

Musical note (5) Unemotional (5)

String (5)

Feelings of melancholy (5)

Transfer (5)

Snakelike fish (3) Speak (5) Old-fashioned (5)

Bring to mind (5) Completely (7)

Down

Imaginary distortion of dates (4,4)

Miscalculate (8) Pungent (5)

Foot arch (6)

Female reproductive cell (4)

Cruel person (5) Popular puzzle (6) Margin of safety (6) Food store (abbr) (4)

Relieve (4)

Clever move (12) Catalogue (5) Ordinary (5) Explosive device (4) Plant used to treat bruises (6)

Urge on (3)

Pet hate (7) Traditional Indian garment (4)

Visual recording (5) Level area between flights of stairs (7) Garland (3) Self-esteem (3) Diamond (inf) (3)

Quickly (abbr) (4) Women (Australia) (7) Mentally and emotionally stable (4-8) US cookie (4)

At an unspecified time in the future (7)

Brandish (5)

Piercing cry (6)

Write (3)

Past it (3)

Golfer’s peg (3)

Short written record (4) Bungling (5)

Interval (3)

Solely (4)

Spiritually unfathomable (8)

Usually (8)

Once more (5)

Modest (6)

Pretentious, insincere (6)

Accompany (6)

Matter (5)

Centre (5)

Light fog (4) Requirement (4)

Vow (4)