JUMBO CROSSWORD

Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS

1. Fit of bad temper (7)

5. Dissident or dissenter (7)

9. Entreat (5)

12. Put on (3)

13. Drive back (5) 14. Exciting (9) 16. Gleam (5) 17. Australian bird (3) 18. Consume (3) 19. Many a time (archaic) (3) 20. Happen (5)

21. Baby carriage (4) 24. Depend (4) 26. Highest in status or power (7) 30. Earnings (6) 33. Portions (6) 37. Music, dance, poetry or sculpture (4) 39. Hawaiian greeting (5) 41. Commander (6) 42. Shellfish (6) 43. Steam bath (5) 44. Divided (5) 47. Meagre (6) 50. Fellow feeling (7) 52. Give way (6) 54. South American animal (5)

56. Drama set to music (5) 57. Vegetable (6) 59. Agile (6) 61. Wooden seat (5) 64. Against (4) 66. Irritable (6) 69. Writing implement (6) 70. Cephalopod (7) 74. Scorch (4)

76. Eye up (4)

79. Hire (5)

80. Hang back (3) 81. Propel with oars (3) 83. Lament (3) 84. Majestic (5) 85. Express regret (9) 86. There it is! (Fr) (5) 87. Reverence (3) 88. Cache (5)

89. To the greatest extent (7) 90. Sincere (7)

DOWN

1. Tiresome (7) 2. Without pause (7) 3. Release from duty (7) 4. Besides (8)

5. In addition (9) 6. Sovereign (5)

7. Add (3,2) 8. Approximately (L) (5) 9. Wan (4) 10. Chosen few (5) 11. Shabby or untidy (colloq) (5)

15. Young insect (5) 22. Scottish dance (4) 23. Interlock (4) 25. Recline (3) 27. Utilise (3) 28. Aircraft detection system (5) 29. Wonder (6) 31. Emotionally purging (9)

32. Wetlands (5)

34. Undue speed (5)

35. Waken (5)

36. Surprise (7)

38. Symbol or emblem (5)

40. Night bird (3)

41. React violently (4,3)

45. Large steel tower (5) 46. Paradoxical (6) 48. Tentative (5)

49. Slice (5) 51. Canadian symbol (5) 53. West Indian dance (5) 55. In the past (3) 58. Verbose (9) 60. Romanian coin (3) 62. Spelling mistake in newspaper (4) 63. Gemstone (4)

65. Put up with (8) 67. Female sheep (3) 68. Christmas song (5) 71. Set off (7) 72. Plunder (7) 73. Propose (7) 74. Break (5)

75. Scent (5) 77. Complain (5) 78. Upright (5) 79. Embankment (5) 82. Timber (4)