JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Plentiful (7) 4 Clandestine observer (7,3) 9 Draw attention (7) 13 Floor on ship (4) 14 Make imperfect (6) 15 Black magic (6) 16 Order (7) 19 Called (10) 20 Used up (8) 21 Army officer (5) 24 Shelled creatures (6) 25 Cause to be liked (6) 27 Fellow student (9) 32 Gemstone (8) 33 Look with half-closed eyes (6) 34 Signal (7) 38 Maker of arrows (8) 39 Find (6) 40 Gain by work (4) 41 Indistinct (5) 42 Tides (anag) (5) 45 Be hounded on all sides; endure an onslaught of criticism (3,3,8) 52 Modeller’s wood (5) 55 Food-flavouring plants (5) 56 Biblical garden (4) 57 Sufficient (6) 58 Energetic (8) 61 Snubbed (7) 62 Threefold (6) 63 Lacking selfconfidence or assurance (8) 66 Scientific star study (9) 68 Dull and depressing (6) 69 New shoot (6) 73 Lukewarm (5) 74 Wood or iron, for example (4,4) 76 Speed up (10) 81 Blown instrument (7) 82 Red fruit (6) 83 Live-in tenant (6) 84 Coffin stand (4) 85 Pangs of conscience (7) 86 Grasped (10) 87 Russian writer (7)

DOWN

1 Trainee (5) 2 Odd (8) 3 Send for (6) 4 Distinct period; stage (5) 5 Cereal heads (4) 6 Raider (7) 7 Classifies (6) 8 Stratospheric gas (5) 10 Stole (4) 11 Leftover (7) 12 Film cutter (6) 17 Domestic machines (10) 18 Feel (5) 22 Enormous creature (8) 23 Drive forward (5) 24 Crammed full (7) 26 Steel pin (4) 28 Showing tolerance (7) 29 Seem (6) 30 Writing desk (6) 31 Quarrels (6) 33 Jargon (5) 35 Jewelled headdress (5) 36 Yield (4) 37 Accurate (4) 43 Bygone period (3,3) 44 Forbidden (5) 46 Loosen (4) 47 Temper fit (7) 48 Not liable to (6) 49 Over (5) 50 Woman’s garment (8) 51 Small quick spasm (6) 52 Life story writer (10) 53 Big cat (4) 54 Attack (7) 59 Striped animal (5) 60 Consumer (4) 64 Pry (5) 65 Studier of plants (8) 67 Bather (7) 68 Open to doubt or suspicion (7) 70 Edict (6) 71 Make happy (6) 72 Fraudulence (6) 75 Scowl (5) 77 In cipher (5) 78 Premature (5) 79 Bowed (4) 80 Singing voice (4)