JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Look after someone’s child (7)

5. First appearance (5) 8. Hollers (7)

12. Box for playing cards (4) 13. In the know (5) 15. Mentor (7)

17. Hair dye (5) 19. Space (3)

20. Sheep (3)

21. Dig into (5) 22. Compelling charm (8) 23. Witchcraft (7) 25. Sliver of wood used after a meal (9) 28. Hinder (6) 31. Musical instrument (5) 35. Move slowly and cautiously (4) 36. Grinding tooth (5) 37. Limited (6) 39. Influence (5) 40. Relating to a city (5) 43. Pistol (7) 45. Animal’s lair (3) 46. Single unit (3) 47. Instance (7) 49. Pale-faced (5) 52. Leers (5)

53. Chaste, pure (6) 54. Resembling (5)

55. State of unconsciousness (4)

57. In an ironically humorous way (5)

60. Use (6)

64. Protected (9)

66. Dusk (7)

68. Intuition (8)

69. Essentials (5)

72. In favour (3)

73. Sprite (3)

75. Line dance (5)

76. Fissure (7)

78. Fading (5)

79. Centre (4)

80. Tribulation (7)

81. Infer from data (5)

82. Factor (7)

DOWN

1. Suspenders (6) 2. Boast (4)

3. Leak slowly (4) 4. Irascible (6) 5. Sketch (7) 6. Exercise (3)

7. Bully (8) 8. Colossus (8)

9. Give temporarily (4) 10. Spoken (4) 11. Nude runner (8) 14. Scallywag (6) 16. Urgency of action (5) 18. A tide (4)

22. Weep (3) 24. Mineral (3) 26. Earthling (5) 27. Unlawfully (9) 29. Seaside structure (4) 30. Prima donna (4) 31. Series of repeated events (5) 32. Doppleganger (4-5) 33. Many a time (archaic) (3)

34. Derogatory (5)

38. Fish species (4)

41. Expression of contempt (3)

42. Not any (4) 43. Substantial (5) 44. Too curious (5) 48. Clothing fold (5) 50. Shut forcefully (4) 51. Sinful (4) 52. Aged (3) 54. Pyromaniac (8) 55. Tortoise shell (8) 56. Ordinary (8) 58. Unexceptional (6) 59. Close to the ground (3)

61. Spread (5)

62. Opening (7)

63. Only (3)

65. Board game (4)

66. Plot (6)

67. Chewy sweet (6)

70. Reverberate (4)

71. Stuck-up person (4)

73. Verge (4)

74. Penalty (4)

77. Florid (3)