JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Tempo (5) 4 Sheep minder (8) 9 Lose one’s life (6) 14 Fixed look (5) 15 In a hasty and rash manner (4,1,4,2,1,4) 17 Porcelain (5) 18 Habitual drunkard (3) 19 Get in touch with (7) 20 Grotesque faces on buildings (9) 21 Writer (6) 24 Book producer (9) 25 Clippers (6) 26 Set fire to (6) 29 Task, commission (10) 31 Roading material (3) 32 Curving outwards (6) 33 Dirty smoke (4) 35 Night bird (3) 37 Nuisance (4) 39 Newlyweds’ holiday (9) 40 Take to pieces (9) 41 Assign a rating to (5) 42 Killer (8) 47 Stress (8) 51 Copper alloy (5) 55 Astronomer’s instrument (9) 56 In music, a gradual increase in loudness (9) 58 Steal (4) 59 Lavatory (3) 60 Large trade fair (4) 61 Snub (6) 62 Turkish cap (3) 63 I tie my cord (anag) (10) 66 Talented (6) 67 Arm muscles (6) 69 Fulfilled (9) 72 Small dish (6) 73 Vortex of water (9) 75 Galley (7) 77 Purpose (3) 80 Spinning blade (5) 81 Prevaricate, avoid a direct answer (4,5,3,4) 82 Eagle’s nest (5) 83 Flaw (6) 84 Final confrontation (8) 85 Keen, impatient (5)
DOWN 2 Toxic (9) 3 Vote into power (5) 5 Fifty percent (4) 6 Ancient Egyptian king (7) 7 Overstatement (12) 8 Log (5) 9 Come before (7) 10 Speed contest (4) 11 Runner’s pain (6) 12 Untrue (5) 13 Salad vegetable (7) 14 Nest-egg (7) 16 Minor MP (11) 22 Homing bird (6) 23 Thrown bomb (7) 24 Sharp (7) 25 Concentrated (6) 27 Prison occupants (7) 28 Items thrown overboard (6) 30 Playthings (4) 32 Wash (5) 34 Estimate (5) 36 Skin eruption (4) 38 Large bird (3) 42 Bishop’s headdress (5) 43 Recovery setback (7) 44 Compass point (4) 45 Sufficient (6) 46 Serving spoon (5) 48 Very close race ending (5,6) 49 Changed (7) 50 Printer’s fluid (3) 51 Nomadic Arab (7) 52 Pooh-poohs (6) 53 Female voice between soprano and contralto (5-7) 54 Dross (4) 57 Cult of nakedness (6) 64 US state with Nashville (9) 65 Need (7) 66 Meat chopper (7) 68 Put on public display (7) 70 Double (7) 71 Stinging plant (6) 72 Smug grin (5) 74 Harvests (5) 76 Snake (5) 78 Soft cheese (4) 79 Pack away (4)