JUMBO CROSSWORD

Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS

1. Vehicles in motion (7) 5. Rudely confident (5) 8. Preserved (7) 12. Person of courage (4) 13. Perch (5) 15. Tornado (colloq) (7) 17. Very slow (music) (5) 19. Little (3)

20. Poorly (3) 21. Student (5)

22. Limit (8)

23. As fast as possible (4,3)

25. Artefact from the past

(9)

28. Travel fatigue (3,3)

31. Velocity (5)

35. Swerve (4)

36. Disgust (5)

37. Unprincipled (6)

39. Statement accepted as true (5)

40. Administrative officer

(5)

43. Training meeting (7)

45. Travel over snow (3)

46. Type (3)

47. Even-tempered (7)

49. Reside (5)

52. Defence presented in court (5) 53. Slanted typeface (6) 54. Take a dip (5) 55. Rostrum (4) 57. Encourage, cheer (3,2) 60. Tidily (6)

64. Bank account deficit (9)

66. Become less intense (7)

68. Military unit (8) 69. Theme (5) 72. Hachet (3) 73. Extremity (3) 75. Maladroit (5) 76. Allege (7)

78. An animal’s tracks (5) 79. Eye part (4) 80. Varnish (7)

81. Evil spirit (5) 82. Oestrogen or testosterone (7)

DOWN

1. Tax (6)

2. Declare (4) 3. Destiny (4)

4. Chop (6) 5. Whisker (7)

6. Her (3)

7. History (8) 8. Analyser of opinion surveys (8) 9. Continually find fault (4) 10. Coil (4) 11. Unfaithful (8) 14. Resolve (6) 16. Judicial hearing (5) 18. Spiritual teacher (4) 22. Mat (3)

24. Cut off (3) 26. Misgiving (5) 27. Imminent (9) 29. Road fee (4) 30. Confess openly (4) 31. Extra (5)

32. Code of behaviour (9) 33. Block up (3) 34. Sound (5)

38. Sour tasting (4) 41. The day before (3) 42. Pleated skirt (4) 43. Prowl (5)

44. Rule (5)

48. Reproduce (5)

50. Sagacious (4)

51. Elevate (4)

52. Winning serve (3)

54. Old-fashioned undies (8)

55. Theatrical (8) 56. Adventurous (8) 58. Idle talk (6)

59. Aged (3)

61. Fury (5) 62. Satirise, make fun of (7)

63. Stomach (3) 65. Destroy (4) 66. Informant (colloq) (6) 67. Appear (6) 70. Prong (4) 71. Dropped (4)

73. Title of an emperor of Russia (4)

74. Game on horseback

(4)

77. Take drugs (inf) (3)