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JUMBO CROSSWORD | 804

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ACROSS

1 Humid (5)

4 Scarce (4,2,3,6)

14 Bumpy (5)

15 Wish-granter (5)

16 Luminosity (10)

17 Become one (5)

19 Mongrel (3)

20 Protracted (7)

21 Nerve-racking (9)

22 Fireplace (6)

25 Offender (9)

27 Unfalterin­g (6)

28 Supporting structure on rocket launch pad (6)

33 Lies (10)

35 Garden tool (3)

36 Lyrical (6)

37 Leave out (4)

39 Automobile (3)

41 Enthusiasm-arousing address (3-4)

42 Acid neutralise­r (6)

43 Road speed (anag) (9)

44 A region’s plant life (5)

45 Cut (8)

50 Next to (2)

51 Shirt, tie (anag) (8)

55 Deep ravine (5)

58 Refuge (9)

59 Wilts (6)

60 Plots (7)

61 Indicate assent (3)

63 Decisive defeat (4)

64 Wine serving bottle (6)

65 Public house (3)

66 Capital of Denmark (10)

68 Gives the once-over (6)

69 Not blind (6)

71 Rule of personal conduct (9) 76 Writer (6)

77 Secretions from the lachrymal glands (9)

79 Extremely old (7)

81 Rascal (3)

84 More pleasant (5)

85 Used to (10)

86 Thrill (5)

87 Mimicking (5)

88 Escape completely unpunished (3,4,4-4)

89 Actions (5)

DOWN

2 Patchy (6)

3 Exiting (5)

5 Toss (4)

6 Sleeping garment (7)

7 A spice (6)

8 Takes notice of (5)

9 Make hand signs (7)

10 Musical work (4)

11 Sounds (6)

12 Cluster (5)

13 Curative treatment (7)

14 Strategic withdrawal (7)

18 Rodent bred for fur (10)

23 Nincompoop (5)

24 Supplement­ary material at the end of a book (7)

26 Supporter’s ribboned badge (7)

27 Identify clearly, definitely (7)

29 Kettledrum­s (7)

30 Film holder (6)

31 Small medicine bottle (5)

32 Tawdry pretentiou­s art (6) 34 Glossy fabric (4) 36 Evidence (5)

38 Utensils (5)

40 Prophet (4)

45 Narrow beam generator (5) 46 Use up (7)

47 Assess (4)

48 Drink sachet (3,3)

49 Lying face downwards (5) 50 Sleeping material (7)

52 Firebomb (10) 53 Growth on foot (7)

54 Lace hole (6)

55 Danced suggestive­ly (7) 56 Enlists (5)

57 Long narrative poem (4) 62 Backbone (5)

67 Gliding on ice (7)

68 Upper case letter (7)

70 Japanese flower arranging (7) 72 Put a cordon around (4,3) 73 Fencer’s shout (6)

74 Painting done on wet plaster (6)

75 Aslant (6)

76 Month (5)

78 Sways (5)

80 Bisect (5)

82 Opera solo (4)

83 Festival (4)

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