The Gold Coast Bulletin

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Rob or defraud someone of all their money (4,2,3,8) 10 Baffle (8) 15 Tax on imports or exports (6) 16 Impulse to travel (10) 17 Advance troops (8) 19 Ninepin (7) 21 Suit fabric (5) 22 Degraded (9) 25 Exclude from society or a group (9) 27 Evenly spaced (7) 29 Mute (6) 33 Bogus (5) 34 One in public office (8) 36 Salad dressing (10) 39 Mid-stream island (3) 41 Predict (7) 42 Mariner (6) 43 Provoke (6) 44 Lose colour (4) 45 Of the heart (7) 48 Popular book (4,6) 53 Believe to be guilty (7) 57 Swoop (4) 58 Household manservant (6) 59 Amount manufactur­ed (6) 60 Set fire to (7) 62 Large beer cask (3) 64 Temperatur­e regulating device (10) 65 Surreptiti­ous, furtive (8) 66 Bottomless pit (5) 69 Weak (6) 70 Domestic fowls (7) 71 Wake late (9) 76 Court game (9) 77 Indication­s (5) 78 Teheran (anag)(7) 83 Tincture of opium (8) 84 Frequented as a customer (10) 85 Shunting track (6) 86 Endured pain (8) 87 Rueful comment on narrow failure to achieve an aim (2,4,3,3,2,3)

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2 Cold US state (6) 3 Be (5) 4 Dolt (3) 5 Bird of prey (4) 6 Own up to (7) 7 Vigour (6) 8 African river (4) 9 Busy city time (4,4) 11 Deleted (6) 12 Component (10) 13 Attract (4) 14 Beaming (7) 18 Indian Ocean island country (10) 20 Bird (4) 23 Jeer (5) 24 Pause (8) 26 Dangle (7) 28 General (anag)(7) 30 Eastern temple (6) 31 Small scented flower (6) 32 Unborn offspring (6) 35 Fatuous (5) 37 Occasion (5) 38 White cheese (4) 40 Money drawer (4) 45 Trainee (5) 46 Appraised anew (8) 47 Pleasure sea trip (6) 48 Deadly nightshade (10) 49 Type (4) 50 Financial backer (7) 51 Soap froth (6) 52 Peer (5) 54 Compulsion (4) 55 Bendy (7) 56 Fold line (6) 61 Combine together (10) 63 Allotted portion (5) 67 Mythical city of gold (2-6) 68 Chimney (4) 69 Minor weaknesses (7) 72 Deer meat (7) 73 Tainted (6) 74 Victor (6) 75 Strain injury (6) 79 Communicat­ion device (5) 80 Large sea inlet (4) 81 Accurate (4) 82 Nervous (4) 85 Drunkard (3)

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