JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Convulsion (5) 4 More important matters to attend to (5,4,2,3) 11 Theories (5) 14 Titan (5) 15 Doctor’s instrument (11) 16 Bears out (anag)(8) 19 Surgical pincers (7) 20 Measuring instrument (5) 21 French flag (9) 24 Moved ahead (9) 26 Thin paper (6) 27 Vale (6) 31 Oily fruit (5) 32 Courgette (8) 34 Fantasist (10) 38 Petty (7) 39 Heavenly body (6) 40 Repulsive (6) 41 Indication (4) 42 Of the heart (7) 45 Analogy (10) 50 Dry (7) 54 Skin eruption (4) 55 Traps (6) 56 Snake (6) 57 Trooper (7) 60 Aiding in the birth of a baby (10) 61 Unnatural (8) 62 Throbs (5) 65 German city (6) 66 Stress (6) 67 In a short while (9) 72 Pouch on horse, bike (9) 73 Pollute (5) 74 Title (7) 79 Bicycle riders (8) 80 Tiny (11) 81 Power (5) 82 Frequently (5) 83 One who prevents others from having things not needed by oneself (3,2,3,6) 84 Long-legged bird (5)

DOWN

2 Toxin (6) 3 Of sound waves (5) 5 Dancer’s skirt (4) 6 Severe (7) 7 Taken in (6) 8 Foot cover (4) 9 Most important or highranking officials (3,5) 10 Every twelve months (6) 11 Vaccinated (10) 12 Biblical garden (4) 13 Doctor’s rooms (7) 17 Piquant (5) 18 Line of work (10) 22 First appearance (5) 23 World sports event (8) 25 Brought back to life (7) 26 Tornado in the US (7) 28 Girl’s name (6) 29 Abduct (6) 30 Fine-tune (6) 33 Stringed instrument (5) 35 Flowing (5) 36 Emanating magma (4) 37 Auction items (4) 42 Was concerned (5) 43 Stealing livestock (8) 44 Singing bird (6) 45 Makes historical records (10) 46 Thin fog (4) 47 Road-surfacing material (7) 48 Purpose (6) 49 Smell (5) 51 Boxing blow (4) 52 Revolutionary (7) 53 Balance unsteadily (6) 58 Removal from a place of danger to a safer place (10) 59 Untrue (5) 63 In-law (8) 64 Beneath (5) 65 Country in Africa (7) 68 Dilapidated (3-4) 69 Checked and corrected (6) 70 Fragrant ointment (6) 71 Fasten securely (6) 75 Go aimlessly (5) 76 North Briton (4) 77 Part of foot (4) 78 Citrus fruit (4)