The Chronicle

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Fewest (5) 4 Certainly not; not under any circumstan­ces (3,2,4,5) 14 Wallpaper adhesive (5) 15 Waterway (5) 16 Added note (10) 17 In reserve (5) 19 Donkey (3) 20 Confound, bewilder (7) 21 Swollen-headed (9) 22 Abundance (6) 25 Long-bodied dog (9) 27 Carrying away (6) 28 Foolish, impolitic (6) 33 Task, duty (10) 35 Vase (3) 36 South American river (6) 37 Present (4) 39 Hair cream (3) 41 Salad vegetable (7) 42 Reach a destinatio­n (6) 43 Travel plan (9) 44 Internally coated (5) 45 Weather shield (8)

50 Thus (2) 51 Dunce Tom (anag)(8) 55 Roman country house (5) 58 Fellow student (9) 59 Anger (6) 60 Cut in three (7) 61 Tree fluid (3) 63 Very impolite (4) 64 Ebb (6) 65 Brim (3) 66 Laid waste to (10) 68 Diversifie­d (6) 69 Marine mammal (6) 71 Unfaithful spouse (9) 76 Cue (6) 77 Pacific country (9) 79 Came to rest (7) 81 Goblet (3) 84 Light beer (5) 85 Ghost (10) 86 Separated (5) 87 Of the nose (5) 88 Shelved for now; put aside for the time being (2,3,4-6) 89 Varieties (5)

DOWN 2 Tooth covering (6) 3 Pointed (5) 5 Instrument (4) 6 Eight-sided figure (7) 7 Sailboats (6) 8 Single undivided entities (5) 9 Criticise minor details (7) 10 Mislay (4) 11 Every twelve months (6) 12 Piece of writing (5) 13 Communicat­ion (7) 14 Long flag (7) 18 Robotlike (10) 23 Effrontery (5) 24 Null and void (7) 26 Flier (7) 27 Citrus fruit (7) 29 Mimic (7) 30 Regard (6) 31 Flowering bulb (5) 32 Spotted playing tile (6) 34 Sour-tasting (4) 36 Unaccompan­ied (5) 38 Secret rendezvous (5) 40 Bill of fare (4) 45 Open sore (5) 46 Live-in school pupil (7) 47 Alleviate (4) 48 Front runner (6) 49 Shut (5) 50 Specimens (7) 52 Baptised (10) 53 Error (7) 54 Metallic element (6) 55 Old hand (7) 56 Proficient (5) 57 Bitter quarrel (4) 62 Lives (anag)(5) 67 Beach bird (7) 68 Inoculatio­n fluid (7) 70 Edible leafstalk (7) 72 Vagrant (7) 73 Technical terminolog­y (6) 74 Capital of Croatia (6) 75 Unit of temperatur­e (6) 76 Muscle twitch (5) 78 Subject (5) 80 Slightly intoxicate­d (5) 82 Curve (4) 83 Hurting (4)

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