JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Soft felt hat (6)

4. Christmas theatre (9)

9. Ride waves (4)

11. Hair product (3)

12. Solemn promise (3)

13. Dance (4)

15. Valuable possession (5) 16. Travel over snow (3) 17. Fever (4)

19. Buy and sell (4) 21. Overdue (4) 23. Annual illness (3) 24. Ability, courage (6) 26. Orderly (4)

27. Crux (3) 28. Silence (3) 30. Coagulate (4) 31. Ornamental headband (5)

32. Difficult, testing (5)

34. Wander (5)

35. Complaint (colloq) (4)

36. Knowledgeable enthusiast (4)

38. Brass instrument (4) 39. Assists (4)

40. Save from sin (6) 44. Block up (3) 45. Heartbreaking (6) 46. Jerk (4) 48. Traditional Indian garment (4) 50. Emphasise (6) 51. Conclude (3) 53. Cunning (6) 57. Discretion (4) 58. Modify (4) 59. Stretched tight (4)

61. Musical composition (4) 63. Sweep (5) 65. Growl (5)

67. Small waterway (5) 68. Flower (4) 69. Drink/meal (3) 70. Frost (3)

71. Shrub (4) 72. Stretch out (6) 75. Exclude (3)

76. Type (4) 79. Genuine (4) 81. Disguise (4) 82. Grease (3)

83. Final letter of Greek alphabet (5)

84. Yield (4) 85. Pompous fool (3) 86. Animal’s lair (3) 87. Overly curious (4) 88. Spry (9) 89. Natural hot spring (6)

DOWN

1. Ancestor (10)

2. Eye up (4)

3. Nimble (5)

4. Braid (5)

5. Savings (4,3)

6. Excursion (6)

7. Immediate (7)

8. Wicked (4)

9. Swipe at (4)

10. Performance appraisal (8)

14. Erudite (8)

18. Kindly and soothing (6) 20. Friendly (7) 22. Friend (4) 25. Carry (4)

29. In front (5) 30. Bitter (7) 33. Frequently (5) 34. Frauds (5) 36. Fruit (5)

37. Be (5) 41. Surplus (5) 42. Physical effort (5) 43. Enigma (7) 47. Sailing vessel (5) 49. Thespian (5) 52. Solid (5) 54. Laughable (7) 55. Flawed (8) 56. The past (10) 59. Lucky charm (8) 60. Otherwise (6) 62. Appeal (4) 63. Make indistinct (4) 64. Filth (7) 66. Budding (7) 69. Crowd (6) 73. Prepared (5) 74. Incorrect (5) 77. Satisfactory (4) 78. Throw (4) 80. Sore (4)