JUMBO CROSSWORD
25/3
ACROSS
1 Shatter (5) 4 Held tightly (8) 9 Least contaminated (6) 14 Way (5) 15 Irritate by tactless handling (3,2,3,5,3) 17 Frighten (5) 18 Can (3) 19 Tool (7) 20 Clichéd (9) 21 Long narrow band of colour (6) 24 Attempt (9) 25 Be indecisive (6) 26 Middle (6) 29 Very popular book (4-6) 31 Stitched edge (3) 32 Curtains (6) 33 Obnoxious child (4) 35 Be in debt (3) 37 State of unconsciousness (4) 39 Restore to life (9) 40 Take the place of, supplant (9) 41 Wear away (5) 42 Excessive praise (8) 47 Flow-controlling valve (8) 51 Cut with sweeping strokes (5) 55 Indiscriminate slaughter (9) 56 Correction (9) 58 Canines (4) 59 Space between (3) 60 Small whirlpool (4) 61 Origin (6) 62 Burst (3) 63 Synthetic (10) 66 Financial plan (6) 67 Diminish (6) 69 Large important church (9) 72 Acrimonious (6) 73 Mementos (9) 75 Dressmaker’s guide (7) 77 In favour of (3) 80 Depart (5) 81 Feeling very cold (7,2,3,4) 82 Thrill (5) 83 Gun kick (6) 84 Infuriated (8) 85 Group of witches (5)
DOWN
2 Facial hair (9) 3 Reject with disdain (5) 5 Perjured oneself (4) 6 Destructive wind vortex (7) 7 Nose-wipe (12) 8 Divine for water (5) 9 Remittance (7) 10 Hurry (4) 11 Sailors’ song (6) 12 Give a price for proposed work (5) 13 Pseudonym (3,4) 14 Went to bed (7) 16 Long and severe questioning (5,6) 22 City in Texas (6) 23 Recovery setback (7) 24 Contestant (7) 25 Reduce in rank (6) 27 Underwater missile (7) 28 Tyrant (6) 30 Uncommon (4) 32 Fiend (5) 34 Make fine adjustments to (5) 36 Let fall (4) 38 Night bird (3) 42 Dietary roughage (5) 43 Shunned (7) 44 Neaten (4) 45 Think logically (6) 46 Scope (5) 48 Puffed (3,2,6) 49 Will addition (7) 50 Gearwheel (3) 51 Abridge (7) 52 Come to pass (6) 53 Wearing glasses (12) 54 Conception (4) 57 Meal course (6) 64 Statement to relieve doubt (9) 65 Fabric (7) 66 Stumped (7) 68 Lettering guide (7) 70 Alerted (anag)(7) 71 Act properly (6) 72 Expansive (5) 74 Light-splitting glass (5) 76 Forbidden (5) 78 Nil (4) 79 Abode (4)