JUMBO CROSSWORD

18/8

ACROSS

Rigid (5) Abandon someone in need (5,2,3,5) Ointment (5)

Witty (5) Tremblings (10) Vote into power (5) Conifer tree (3) Book (7)

Saw (9) Pressing (6) Determine mathematically (9) Courage, spirit (6) Cheap and ostentatious (6) Dismantles (5,5) Spoil (3) Harmony (6) Stage accessory (4) Young bear (3) Contempt, scorn (7) Fancy cake (6) Gradually (2,7) Communication device (5)

Trend (8) Next to (2)

Blood feud (8) Tied tennis score (5) Chew (9) Natural skill (6) Tumescent (7) Unrefined (3) Speaker’s platform (4) Edible leafstalk (6) Subside (3) Financial ruin (10) Havoc (6)

Toxin (6) Widened (9) Sponge-like (6) Additional fee (9) Apprentice (7) Neither; and not (3) Dog breed (5) Ordinance (10) Fortuitous (5) Messenger (5) Your secret is safe with me (2,4,3,6)

Glint (5)

DOWN

Castle wall tower (6) Bogus (5) Departure (4) Court’s decision (7) Purpose (6) Utensils (5)

Least difficult (7)

Second-hand (4) Stone fruit (6)

Up in the air (5) Rumour (7) Church tower and spire (7)

The act of removing all the contents from (10) Unblock (5) Sugar pill (7) Altered (7) Quicksilver (7) Viper (7)

Ill will (6)

Drive forward (5) Small bed (6)

Rip (4)

Home (5)

Italian dish (5) Matured (4) Meek (5)

Saintly (anag)(7) Boy’s name (4) Mountain hut (6) Indian dish (5)

Middle from two points (7)

Very last opportunity (3,2,5)

Oval (7)

Ditch (6)

Evolve (7)

Card suit (5) Ignore (4) Relation (2-3) Confidentiality (7) Wander aimlessly (7)

Writhes (7) Sailing event (7)

Prey (6)

Leaps over (6)

Undermine (6) Provide evidence for (5)

Tobacco roll (5)

Choppy (5) Pacific country (4) Manage (4)