JUMBO CROSSWORD

Solution in Monday’s paper

ACROSS

1. Stroke lightly (6) 4. Wise (9)

9. Lather (4) 11. Household animal (3) 12. Dispirited (3)

13. Lake (4)

15. In the know (5) 16. Second person singular (3)

17. Tiny amount (4) 19. Optimism (4) 21. Tatters (4) 23. Undergarment (3) 24. Niche (6)

26. A doddle (4)

27. Seed vessel (3) 28. Go wrong (3) 30. Fibber (4)

31. Speak off the cuff (2-3) 32. Infatuation (5) 34. Assembly of clergy (5) 35. Similar (4)

36. Fable (4) 38. Straight-laced (4) 39. Phoned (4) 40. Generator (6) 44. Head of a cereal plant (3)

45. Set alight (6)

46. Rancour (4) 48. Visible sign of boredom (4) 50. Wanton destroyer (6) 51. Pouch (3) 53. Bet (6) 57. Wading bird (4) 58. Atmosphere (4) 59. Loosen (4) 61. None (4) 63. Nervous (5)

65. Style of baggy trousers (5) 67. Location (5) 68. Musical instrument (4) 69. Network (3)

70. Bit (3)

71. Against (4) 72. Group of seven (6) 75. Be in debt (3)

76. Part of the eye (4) 79. Bobbin (4) 81. Reproduced (4) 82. Garden tool (3) 83. Panache (5) 84. Unleavened bread (4) 85. Pair (3)

86. Space (3) 87. Resentful longing (4) 88. Crabbiness (9) 89. Footy move (6)

DOWN

1. Famed (10)

2. Reverberation (4)

3. Unrestrained activity (5)

4. Lacking freshness (5)

5. Spectacles (7)

6. Quick to learn (6)

7. Long journey (7)

8. Insult (4)

9. Quick drink (4)

10. Careless, haphazard (8) 14. Clergyman (8) 18. Bird of prey (6) 20. Predicament (7) 22. In the thick of (4) 25. Rooster (4) 29. Verse (5) 30. Hankering (7) 33. Drive back (5) 34. Regretful (5) 36. Musical note (5) 37. Complete (5) 41. Desire (5) 42. Video companion (5) 43. Slanting (7) 47. Composition (5) 49. Astonish (5) 52. Hoard (5) 54. Follower (7) 55. Green vegetable (8) 56. Madden (10) 59. Wobbly (8) 60. Scribble aimlessly (6) 62. Discharge (4) 63. Unite (4) 64. Aromatic (7) 66. Decline to vote (7) 69. Headstrong (6) 73. Clean out (5) 74. Burst (5) 77. Whirlpool (4) 78. Retail outlet (4) 80. Impressive or heroic (4)