JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Place of worship (6) 4. Doorway (9) 9. Mist (4) 11. Part of an aeon (3) 12. Regret (3) 13. Area of cultivated grass (4) 15. Skip or dance about (5) 16. Drink or meal (3) 17. Fever (4) 19. Very eager (4) 21. Goodbye (colloq) (2-2) 23. Rod (3) 24. Stinging plant (6) 26. Pacific island vegetable (4) 27. Hundred (colloq) (3) 28. Cunning (3) 30. Axe-like tool (4) 31. Strongly dislike (5) 32. Mistake due to inattention (5) 34. Steeple (5) 35. Look lecherously (4) 36. Wharf (4) 38. Strong wind (4) 39. Tear down (4) 40. Loathe (6) 44. Record (3) 45. Slowly (music) (6) 46. Small tuft or lock (4) 48. Arab ruler (4) 50. Emotional shock (6) 51. Steal (3) 53. Arachnid (6) 57. Extinct bird (4) 58. Smallest of the litter (4) 59. Repose (4) 61. Loud cry (4) 63. Incline (5) 65. Lustre (5) 67. Breathes heavily (5) 68. Anger (4) 69. Travel over snow (3) 70. Frozen water (3) 71. Drill (4) 72. Gradually diminish (6) 75. Tavern (3) 76. Gambler’s stake (4) 79. Formal test (4) 81. Unclothed (4) 82. Misery (3) 83. Harden (5) 84. Pavement edge (4) 85. Beer (3) 86. Play a part (3) 87. Coming after all others (4) 88. Revive (9) 89. Manage or cope with (6)
DOWN
1. Renowned (10) 2. Sharp feeling of regret (4) 3. Shelf (5) 4. Understood (5) 5. Put down by force (7) 6. Guarantee (6) 7. Protuding rock formation (7) 8. Mild exclamation of annoyance (4) 9. Warmth (4) 10. For ever (8) 14. Money for a military campaign (3,5) 18. Cake (6) 20. Demanding (7) 22. Adviser (4) 25. Of great stature (4) 29. Even (5) 30. Debts (7) 33. Support, backing (5) 34. Gush (5) 36. Partly, to some degree (5) 37. Existing (5) 41. Spooky (5) 42. Burst (5) 43. Nonsense (7) 47. Lying face down (5) 49. Bishop’s headgear (5) 52. Vigorous (5) 54. Confuse (7) 55. Period of inactivity (8) 56. Rational (10) 59. Logical (8) 60. Scatter (6) 62. Formerly (4) 63. Narrow opening (4) 64. Superior skill (7) 66. Hairy (7) 69. Older, or higher in rank (6) 73. Swindler (5) 74. Fatality (5) 77. Orderly (4) 78. Water jug (4) 80. Similar in quality or type (4)