JUMBO CROSSWORD

Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS

1. Line of police or soldiers around an area (6) 4. Painkiller (9)

9. Flog (4)

11. Desire (3)

12. Lyric poem (3) 13. Small cut (4) 15. Outspoken (5) 16. Contribute (3) 17. Prayer ending (4) 19. Pile (4)

21. Skin complaint (4) 23. Geological age (3) 24. Defer (6)

26. Leave out (4)

27. Give a nickname to (3) 28. Doze (3)

30. Gentle (4) 31. Farewell (Fr) (5) 32. Flamboyance (5) 34. Sorcery (5) 35. Territory (4)

36. Extra benefit with the job (4)

38. 365 days (4) 39. Limits (4) 40. Colourful flowering shrub (6)

44. Hearing organ (3) 45. Tweak (6)

46. Bean protein (4) 48. Instrument (4)

50. Braids (6)

51. Sound of disapproval (3) 53. Spatter (6) 57. Unsightly (4) 58. Reverse (4) 59. Hoodlum (4)

61. In the thick of (4) 63. Conditions (5) 65. Frumpy (5) 67. Exterior (5) 68. Surprise attack (4) 69. Male offspring (3) 70. Perish (3) 71. Floating muck (4) 72. Nylons (6) 75. Female reproductive cells (3)

76. Brood (4) 79. Bring up (4) 81. Mad (slang) (4) 82. Catch (3) 83. Vision (5)

84. Hire car (4) 85. Self-esteem (3) 86. In the middle (3) 87. Belonging to any person (4) 88. Wretched (9) 89. The white fur of a stoat (6)

DOWN

1. Branched ornamental candlestick holder (10) 2. Nobleman (4) 3. Spirit (5) 4. Blacksmith’s tool (5) 5. Very old (7) 6. Horse’s top speed (6) 7. Endurance (7) 8. Closing section of a musical composition (4) 9. Carrying little fat (4) 10. Manual (8) 14. Compelling charm (8) 18. Interfere (6) 20. Alleviate (7) 22. Stylish (Fr) (4) 25. Cutting side of a blade (4) 29. Shade of bright blue (5)

30. Falter (7)

33. Method of retail purchase (3-2)

34. Very small in scale (5) 36. Preen (5) 37. Rascal (5) 41. Nothing (colloq) (5) 42. In a horizontal position (5)

43. Took for granted (7)

47. Bottomless void (5) 49. Wide (5)

52. Get the better of (5)

54. Express support for (7) 55. An excess of (8) 56. Rearrange (10) 59. Propensity (8) 60. Rebellion (6) 62. Ancient tale (4) 63. Plough (4) 64. Gruesome (7) 66. In constant motion (2,3,2)

69. Smear (6)

73. In golf, a very short putt (5) 74. Commerce (5) 77. One who exploits others (4)

78. Be aware of (4) 80. Particle (4)