JUMBO CROSSWORD: Number 906

ACROSS

1 Of the kidneys (5)

4 Signs of illness (8)

9 Disconnect (6)

14 Leg bone (5)

15 Person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see (5,3,4,4)

17 Near (5)

18 Racket (3)

19 Steel beams (7)

20 Pruning clippers (9)

21 Edict (6)

24 Book of synonyms (9)

25 Bits (6)

26 Mental giant (6)

29 Those expecting the worst (10)

31 Cereal crop (3)

32 Motto (6)

33 Predisposition (4)

35 Amazement (3)

37 Begging request (4)

39 Honeymooners (9)

40 Small thin sausage (9)

41 Ooze out (5)

42 Party set (anag)(8)

47 Brow (8)

51 Prison rooms (5)

55 Sentimental remembering (9)

56 Staff (9)

58 Satisfy completely (4)

59 Tree (3)

60 Fashionable (4)

61 Goes rotten (6)

62 Consume (3)

63 Inviolable (10)

66 Ledger entry (6)

67 Thwart (6)

69 Held in high regard (9)

72 Cricket team (6)

73 Field figure (9)

75 Sweet sauce (7)

77 Metal (3)

80 Volley of shots (5)

81 With startlingly rapid progress (2,5,3,6)

82 Eagle’s nest (5)

83 Highly decorated (6)

84 Newspaper employee (8) 85 Pickpocket (5)

DOWN

2 Completely remove or get rid of (9)

3 Greenfly (5)

5 Story (4)

6 Colonist (7)

7 Single direction thoroughfare (3-3,6)

8 Fashion, manner (5)

9 Merit (7)

10 Carpet nail (4)

11 Barrel maker (6)

12 Residence (5)

13 Social conduct (7)

14 Small dog (7)

16 Low-growing plant with small bright blue flowers (6-2-3)

22 Capital of Poland (6) 23 Celebrate (7) 24 Surplus to requirements (2,5)

25 Make glad (6)

27 Ape (7)

28 Gambling house (6)

30 River in Hades (4) 32 Inoculation fluid (5) 34 Broken glass fragment (5) 36 Tree trunk (4) 38 Meadow (3) 42 Pick-me-up (5)

43 Of fish (7)

44 Hitch (4)

45 Sturdily constructed (6) 46 Assumed name (5) 48 Principle for general guidance (4,2,5) 49 Spouse (7) 50 Towards the stern (3) 51 Card game (7)

52 Orb (6) 53 Scribe’s ailment (7,5) 54 Employer (4) 57 Silver-white metal (6) 64 Shotgun shell (9) 65 Varied (7) 66 Talk incessantly, trivially (7) 68 Gruesome (7) 70 Financial backer (7) 71 Insect’s antenna (6) 72 Way in (5) 74 Measuring stick (5) 76 Resilient (5) 78 Unconscious state (4) 79 Long ago (4)