JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Porcelain (5) 4 Very seldom (4,2,1,4,4) 14 Sag (5) 15 Scale (5) 16 Examination (10) 17 Blockade (5) 19 Can (3) 20 Monotonous (7) 21 Monks’ residence (9) 22 Mental giant (6) 25 Lucky (9) 27 Warns (6) 28 Savoury flan (6) 33 Level, plumb (10) 35 Rose fruit (3) 36 Optical illusion (6) 37 Cold flakes (4) 39 Road danger (3) 41 Soldier’s blade (7) 42 Reddish metal (6) 43 Carried on (10) 44 Bungling (5) 45 Checks the size of (8) 50 Upon (2) 51 Body organ (8) 55 Room under roof (5) 58 Rodent snare (9) 59 Summer sport (6) 60 Inspiring wonder (7) 61 Pair (3) 63 Stylishly fashionable (4) 64 Ship’s kitchen (6) 65 Flying insect (3) 66 Feigning (10) 68 Colour remover (6) 69 A season (6) 71 Spinning blade (9) 76 Minimum attendance for a valid meeting (6) 77 Very steep cliff (9) 79 Early childhood (7) 81 Big bird (3) 84 Useful quality (5) 85 Rival (10) 86 Strike hard (5) 87 Proposal (5) 88 People of the same type, character, or interests (5,2,1,7) 89 Saccharine (5)

DOWN

2 Light gas (6) 3 Wanderer (5) 5 Religious sisters (4) 6 Take advantage of (7) 7 Flower fluid (6) 8 Erected (5) 9 Deprive of courage (7) 10 Disguise (4) 11 Followed orders (6) 12 Heavy footwear (5) 13 Pin for thread bobbin (7) 14 Sneaky (7) 18 One selling to bidders (10) 23 Merge (5) 24 Lure (7) 26 Foreboding (7) 27 In pairs (anag)(7) 29 Rebuke formally (7) 30 Long sea journey (6) 31 Form (5) 32 Meeting plan (6) 34 Plunder (4) 36 Measuring device (5) 38 Walks in water (5) 40 Gramophone record (4) 45 Ape (5) 46 Offensive and insulting (7) 47 Second-hand (4) 48 Hearing impediment (6) 49 Research (5) 50 A month (7) 52 Pacific country (3,7) 53 Leavings (7) 54 Marzipan flavour (6) 55 Clap (7) 56 Go in (5) 57 Hobble (4) 62 Assists (5) 67 Student (7) 68 Ennui (7) 70 Country in NW Africa (7) 72 Sale document (7) 73 Breakfast food (6) 74 Orb (6) 75 Blame for (6) 76 Drink down heartily (5) 78 Punctuation mark (5) 80 Let (5) 82 Ear decoration (4) 83 Sleep lightly (4)