JUMBO CROSSWORD

23/8

ACROSS

1 Surgical stitches (7) 4 Capital put into an enterprise (10) 9 Ready (7) 13 Bacon rasher edge (4) 14 Chirping insect (6) 15 Charge a liquid with gas (6) 16 Germ (7) 19 Causes for complaint (10) 20 Stiffness (8) 21 Finger by thumb (5) 24 Bell tower (6) 25 Grief (6) 27 Militia (4,5) 32 Soldiers’ accommodation (8) 33 Acute insufficiency (6) 34 Confidentiality (7) 38 Cosmetic renovation (8) 39 Radioactive element discovered by the Curies (6) 40 Defeat decisively (4) 41 Totted up (5) 42 Horizontal stair part (5) 45 Innocent, naïve, overtrustful people (5,2,3,4) 52 Outspoken (5) 55 Put on (5) 56 Nil (4) 57 Make dim (6) 58 Light gas (8) 61 Bringing up (7) 62 Huge people (6) 63 Court (8) 66 Excite pleasantly (9) 68 Astonished (6) 69 Blunted (6) 73 Card game (5) 74 Intrepid (8) 76 Bluish-green colour (10) 81 American grassland (7) 82 Old coin worth two shillings (6) 83 Bird enclosure (6) 84 Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter (4) 85 States categorically (7) 86 Pupil’s text (10) 87 Own up to (7)

DOWN

1 Small branch (5) 2 Real (8) 3 Overly thin (6) 4 Fatuous (5) 5 Calf meat (4) 6 Bird (7) 7 Optical illusion (6) 8 Renowned (5) 10 Downfall (4) 11 Spouse (7) 12 Disease of dogs (6) 17 Checked and repaired (10) 18 Horse (5) 22 Enter unlawfully (8) 23 Paper quantity (5) 24 Helpful factor (7) 26 Killer whale (4) 28 Become too big for (7) 29 Building assembled from ready-made sections (6) 30 Affection (6) 31 Skin disorder (6) 33 Condescend (5) 35 TV accessory (5) 36 Peak of perfection (4) 37 Board game (4) 43 Decayed (6) 44 Boring tool (5) 46 Mimicked (4) 47 Self-centred person (7) 48 Violet antiseptic (6) 49 Grows weary (5) 50 Final (8) 51 Rehearsal (3,3) 52 Common parlance (10) 53 Sprockets (4) 54 Oil from flax plant (7) 59 Garden pest (5) 60 Upward slope (4) 64 Icy rain (5) 65 Coalition (8) 67 List in detail (7) 68 Store of weapons (7) 70 Planks (6) 71 Oddball (6) 72 Material (6) 75 Historical object (5) 77 Prompt (5) 78 Makes regular (5) 79 Closed hand (4) 80 Visible aura (4)