The Gold Coast Bulletin

JUMBO CROSSWORD

13/5

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ACROSS

1 Bid (5) 4 Earning just enough money to live on (6,4,4) 11 Open sore (5) 14 With the subtractio­n of (5) 15 Intruders (11) 16 Casual (8) 19 Answer (7) 20 Soft hat (5) 21 Old firearm (9) 24 Prepare for crops (9) 26 Refrigerat­or compartmen­t (6) 27 Leapt (6) 31 Sample by mouth (5) 32 Old coin (8) 34 Brutality, ferocity (10) 38 Shortfall (7) 39 Just about (6) 40 Restaurant worker (6) 41 Flightless bird (4) 42 Swotted (7) 45 Board game (10) 50 Got thin (anag)(7) 54 Early South American (4) 55 Followed secretly (6) 56 Napping (6) 57 Wily (7) 60 Restrictio­n (10) 61 Removing dirt (8) 62 Small round hill (5) 65 Size increase (6) 66 Barefoot (6) 67 One resigned to failure (9) 72 Leather slippers (9) 73 Uncertaint­y (5) 74 Spouse (7) 79 Mimic (8) 80 One-wheeled vehicle (11) 81 Musical note (5) 82 Drain (5) 83 Old-aged (4,2,3,5) 84 African country (5)

DOWN

2 Thwarted (6) 3 Kit out (5) 5 Land measure unit (4) 6 Examine closely (7) 7 Road-levelling machine (6) 8 Offensivel­y inquisitiv­e (4) 9 Ambled (8) 10 Knotted mass (6) 11 Vacant (10) 12 Search thoroughly (4) 13 Tumbling over and over (7) 17 Amalgamate (5) 18 Something newly introduced (10) 22 Shun (5) 23 Becoming thinner towards one end (8) 25 Not attempted (7) 26 Disinclina­tion to move (7) 28 Song of mourning (6) 29 Open with key (6) 30 Invention protection (6) 33 Lively dance (5) 35 Relocate (5) 36 Sack (4) 37 Bathe (4) 42 Motionless (5) 43 Rare (8) 44 Acute insufficie­ncy (6) 45 Hot-air aviator (10) 46 Surrender up (4) 47 Looked briefly (7) 48 Flour maker (6) 49 Sea (5) 51 Musical work (4) 52 Batting period (7) 53 Doorknob (6) 58 Not moving (10) 59 Finished (5) 63 Abduct for service at sea (8) 64 Swagger (5) 65 Hard rock (7) 68 Trade ban (7) 69 Rolled document (6) 70 Twofold (6) 71 Dishevelle­d (6) 75 Salty solution (5) 76 Hobble (4) 77 Finest (4) 78 Defensive ditch (4)

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