JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Clothing size (5) 4 Hurry directly towards (4,1,7,3) 14 Tranquillity (5) 15 Of the moon (5) 16 Absurd (10) 17 Brown pigment (5) 19 Snake (3) 20 Advantage (7) 21 Pinball game (9) 22 Fortified building (6) 25 Life story (9) 27 Sieve (6) 28 Twisted out of shape (6) 33 Close by or easily accessible (10) 35 Mongrel (3) 36 Roman emperor (6) 37 Cereal husks food (4) 39 Age (3) 41 Airship cabin (7) 42 Programme (6) 43 Racing dog (9) 44 Cutting utensil (5) 45 Treachery (8) 50 Beside (2) 51 Appropriate (8) 55 Horrify (5) 58 Teaches it (anag)(9) 59 Particular appearance or quality (6) 60 Bounce (7) 61 Edit out (3) 63 Speaker’s platform (4) 64 Isolated, distant (6) 65 Creative skill (3) 66 Sea wall (10) 68 Principles of conduct (6) 69 Despot (6) 71 Vote receptacle (6,3) 76 Pressed (6) 77 Grooming aid (9) 79 Made possible (7) 81 Humorist (3) 84 Rot (5) 85 Important principle (6,4) 86 Fasten (5) 87 Pungent vapours (5) 88 Deliberately mislead and waste someone’s time (4,1,5,5) 89 Former Russian leaders (5)
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2 Keen insight (6) 3 Pottery coating (5) 5 Opera solo (4) 6 Tombstone inscription (7) 7 Barbarous (6) 8 Call forth (5) 9 Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope (7) 10 Otherwise (4) 11 Deprive of parents (6) 12 Perhaps (5) 13 Threatened (7) 14 Showing favouritism (7) 18 From corner to corner (10) 23 Shoe-ties (5) 24 Go in separate directions (7) 26 Raider, plunderer (7) 27 Smeared (7) 29 Make anxious or unsettled (7) 30 American prairie wolf (6) 31 Aroma (5) 32 Rich cake (6) 34 Yanks (4) 36 Small wooden house (5) 38 Prod (5) 40 Close (4) 45 Embark (5) 46 More savoury (7) 47 Nagging pain (4) 48 Song of loyalty (6) 49 Place at intervals (5) 50 Flagrant (7) 52 Winter pastime (3,7) 53 Green-fleshed fruit (7) 54 Touched down (6) 55 Word formed from the initial letters of others (7) 56 Malice (5) 57 Wound crust (4) 62 Domain (5) 67 Marzipan ingredient (7) 68 Childbirth assistant (7) 70 Dentist’s filler (7) 72 European country (7) 73 Save from danger (6) 74 Eerie (6) 75 Higher-ranking (6) 76 Articles (5) 78 Measuring stick (5) 80 Polishes (5) 82 Coloured (4) 83 Group of countries in a special alliance (4)