JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Abundant (7) 6. Snake (5) 9. Periods of reduced prices (5)
12. Cocktail fruit (5) 13. Low (3) 14. Customs and conventions (5) 15. Farewell (Fr) (5) 16. Copy (5)
18. Anoint (5) 20. Setting (5) 21. Financial supporter (7) 23. Fit together (4) 25. Communication industry (5) 27. Requirement (4) 29. Plait (5)
31. The three wise men (4) 33. Verse (4) 34. Perpetually (4) 36. Schedule (9) 39. Sound of disapproval (3)
40. Scrap of food (6)
43. Oblige (7)
45. Maintenance (6)
47. Ban (4)
49. Spiritual teacher (4)
51. Invariably (6) 53. Suppose (7)
55. Gauge (6)
57. Treat superficially (3) 58. Unofficial count of votes (5,4) 62. Let off steam (4) 65. Opaque gem (4) 67. Gets older (4) 68. Irritate (5) 69. Sweetheart (4) 71. Attire (5) 73. Move swiftly and lightly (4)
75. Straddle (7)
77. Strength, virtue (5)
79. Nasal drip (5)
81. Prototype (5)
82. Head adornment (5)
83. Ceasefire (5)
84. Primate (3)
85. Quavering sound (5)
86. Requiring emotional support (5)
87. Raised strip of land (5) 88. Boundless (7)
DOWN
1. Woman’s undergarment (8)
2. Polite apology (6,2) 3. Haven (5) 4. Oppressively solemn (6) 5. Small flute (4)
6. Halt (5)
7. Casual (6) 8. Entertained (6) 9. An unspecified amount (4) 10. Hobbling (4) 11. Unsurpassed (6,2,4) 17. Harden (5) 19. Intelligent (5) 22. Skip (4) 24. Haughtiness (8) 26. Faint (3) 28. Excused (6) 29. Order about (4) 30. Stroll (5) 32. Gruelling (7) 35. Compete (3) 37. Freeze (3)
38. Large bird (3) 41. Bottom (4) 42. Deliberately vague (7) 43. Valuable assistant (5-4,3)
44. Trick (4) 46. Influential (8) 48. Inconvenience (6) 50. Synthetic fabric (5) 52. Token concession (3) 53. Cobber (3)
54. Chap (3) 56. Endure (4) 59. Diameter (5)
60. Lyric poem (3)
61. Girl (4) 63. Educated guess (8) 64. Unaffected by changes in fashion (8) 66. Elegant bearing (5) 69. Sour (6)
70. In a cold sweat (6) 72. Specimen (6) 74. Enraged (5) 76. Lukewarm (5)
77. Tool similar to an axe (4)
78. Kill (4)
80. Heinous (4)
Solution in Monday’s paper