The Chronicle

JUMBO CROSSWORD

4/5

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ACROSS

Baggy (5) Elusive (8)

Pick (6)

Main (5)

Speak plainly and bluntly (4,1,5,1,5) Duck for down (5) Unreturnab­le serve (3) Disregarde­d (7) Saying aloud for the purpose of recording (9) Drawing implement (6) March stiff-legged (9) Club (6)

Seat for two or more (6)

Inward breath (10) Wane (3) Rotate (6) Lodgings (4)

Pale (3)

As well (4)

Fondly recall the past (9)

Delivery operation (9) Tree (5) Retaliator­y action (8) Done again (8)

Deep-seated anxiety (5)

Refused to do business with (9)

Very ill (2,1,3,3) Action (4)

Track circuit (3) Large plant (4)

Far away in space or time (6)

Truss (3) Antagonist (anag)(10) Shared, common (6) River crossing (6) Tourist (9) Stringed instrument (6) Disbelievi­ng (9) Sheath for handgun (7) Leather-piercing tool (3)

Dark wood (5)

Go out in bad weather (5,3,8)

Wear away (5) Expose (6) Ghost expeller (8) Majestic (5)

DOWN

Large ape (9) Volley of shots (5) Jump (4) Foresee (7) Readily satisfied (4,2,6) Bread ingredient (5) Removed dirt (7)

Portent (4) Soaked through (6)

Last (5) Transgress­ion (7) Noisy firework (7) Spiny-backed dinosaur (11)

Light gas (6) Enchant (7) Alluring beauty, charm (7)

Spun woven trap (6) Cut into three (7) Go back on a promise (6)

Cat’s lives? (4) Trap (5)

Church council (5) Speed competitio­n (4) Fib (3) Automaton (5)

Disburseme­nt (7) Pressing appliance (4) Song of loyalty (6) Nimble (5) Wages container (3,8) Accounts checker (7) Day before (3) Break from a meeting (7)

Walk very quietly (6) Develop a liking for (4,1,5,2)

Deep singing voice (4) Riches (6)

Large musical group (9)

Afternoon performanc­e (7)

Mosque turret (7) Unit of sound intensity (7)

Vividly descriptiv­e (7) Wheedle (6) Murky darkness (5) Serenity (5) Strain (5) Funeral fire (4) Shambles (4)

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