JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Take an oath (5) 4 Inform about a situation (3,2,3,7) 14 Coloured coating (5) 15 Shinbone (5) 16 Juvenile (10) 17 Small jazz band (5) 19 Piercing tool (3) 20 Wither (7) 21 Receiving (9) 22 Worker in wood (6) 25 Society, area of people (9) 27 Brokers (6) 28 Assistant (6) 33 Fussy (10) 35 Drinking room (3) 36 Occurring intermittently (6) 37 Bludgeon (4) 39 Mineral spring (3) 41 Amazing occurrence (7) 42 Surprise attack (6) 43 In a graceful manner (9) 44 Thoughts (5) 45 I bone ham (anag)(8) 50 Out of bed (2) 51 Partition between ship’s compartments (8) 55 Deadens (5) 58 Pertinence (9) 59 Insect with forceps (6) 60 So naive (anag)(7) 61 Long fish (3) 63 Dagger handle (4) 64 Angry stare (6) 65 Needle hole (3) 66 Orbiting devices (10) 68 Rarely (6) 69 Curtains (6) 71 Getting (9) 76 Echo (6) 77 Unreal (9) 79 Put into quarantine (7) 81 Mined mineral (3) 84 Change (5) 85 Emptying (10) 86 Abides by (5) 87 Separated (5) 88 Get up early (4,4,3,4) 89 Late (5)

DOWN

2 Considers carefully (6) 3 Accused’s defence (5) 5 Annul (4) 6 Unlicensed (7) 7 Tried out (6) 8 Vote in (5) 9 Acute (7) 10 Mark correct (4) 11 Gun-cleaning stick (6) 12 Smoked roll (5) 13 Obsessive pestering fan (7) 14 Indicated direction (7) 18 Long slender pasta (10) 23 Leg support (5) 24 Sculpted likenesses (7) 26 Gross indignity (7) 27 Dirigible (7) 29 Artist’s board (7) 30 Plain cotton cloth (6) 31 More or less (5) 32 Writing desk (6) 34 Frolic (4) 36 Destined (5) 38 Howled (5) 40 Small nail (4) 45 Beginning (5) 46 Advantageous (7) 47 Relocate (4) 48 Historical records (6) 49 Cautionary light (5) 50 Futile (7) 52 Spirit, vigour (10) 53 Sacking fabric (7) 54 Roused (6) 55 Interconnected system (7) 56 Sparked across (5) 57 Prejudice (4) 62 Drinking tube (5) 67 Tamp down (7) 68 Russian tea urn (7) 70 Town buried by Vesuvius (7) 72 Institution for young offenders (7) 73 Pacific island (6) 74 Stampede (6) 75 Remained (6) 76 Unwind (5) 78 Grind (teeth) (5) 80 African country (5) 82 Small island (4) 83 Extended journey (4)