JUMBO CROSSWORD
Solution in Monday’s paper
ACROSS
1. Sampling event (7)
5. Boring (7)
9. Vigour, enjoyment (5)
12. Spoil (3)
13. Accumulate (5)
14. Advocate (9)
16. Standoffish (5)
17. Travel over snow (3)
18. Unwelcome (3)
19. Suitable (3)
20. Greasy (5)
21. Adjudge (4)
24. Bench (4)
26. Be bequeathed (7)
30. The universe (6)
33. Disorder, havoc (6)
37. At close quarters (4)
39. Rancour (5)
41. Altercation (6)
42. Distant (6)
43. Typical (5)
44. Puzzle made up of pictures and letters (5)
47. Menace (6)
50. Artist’s board (7)
52. Blush (6)
54. Fast food eaten cold (5)
56. Waterhole (5)
57. Hunting expedition (6)
59. Reach (6)
61. Electronic communication (5)
64. Indefinite long period (4)
66. Layers (6)
69. Of, or relating to, iron (6)
70. Keepsake (7)
74. Clutch (4)
76. Go up and down (2-2)
79. A sense (5)
80. Rug (3)
81. Hurl (3)
83. Capture (3)
84. Make possible, allow (5)
85. Harmless fibs (5,4)
86. Throw out (5)
87. Cry convulsively (3)
88. Concede (5)
89. Bullfighter (7)
90. Person who uses a product (3-4)
DOWN
1. Kettledrum (7)
2. Abrasion (7)
3. Freeze (3,4)
4. Visual vandalism (8)
5. Emotional anguish (9)
6. Muddled (5)
7. Swift (5)
8. Elk (5)
9. Semi-liquid lump (4)
10. Brushed leather (5)
11. Eightsome (5)
15. Unpleasant (5)
22. Alleviate (4)
23. Short note (4)
25. Hole in one (3)
27. And not (3)
28. Host at formal occasions (5)
29. In its original place (L) (2,4)
31. Already claimed (6,3)
32. Openly (5)
34. Make laugh (5)
35. Relentlessly pursue (5)
36. Varied mixture (7)
38. Chart (5)
40. Crux (3)
41. Silly and pointless (7)
45. Spooky (5)
46. Suave and refined (6)
48. Part of a stair (5)
49. Valuable possession (5)
51. Passageway (5)
53. Mournful song (5)
55. Hot tub (3)
58. Fraudster (9)
60. Large tank (3)
62. Lots (4)
63. Doubtful (4)
65. Egg dish (8)
67. Sailor (3)
68. Head monk (5)
71. Wrongdoing (7)
72. Longstanding enemy/ rival (7)
73. Month (7)
74. Ungainly (5)
75. Existing (5)
77. Abhorrence (5)
78. Beginning (5)
79. Horse (5)
82. Stoop (4)