GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Poisonous (5) 4 Board game (8) 9 Motorist (6) 14 Canada’s leaf (5) 15 Treacherous deceiver (1,5,2,3,5) 17 Hot drink (5) 18 Caddy contents (3) 19 Arsonist (7) 20 Up to Nelly (anag)(9) 21 Make certain of (6) 24 Target centres (9) 25 Sanctuary (6) 26 Wheeled boots (6) 29 Overwhelming grief (10) 31 Cloth scrap (3) 32 Pick (6) 33 Swoop (4) 35 Vase (3) 37 Colourful gemstone (4) 39 Laziness (9) 40 Account of events (9) 41 Extinguish (5) 42 Sex meter (anag)(8) 47 Leaflet (8) 51 Brothel boss (5) 55 Poker hand (4,5) 56 Unplanned or unrehearsed (9)
58 Willing to face danger (4) 59 Flushed (3) 60 Steel pin (4) 61 Ask to come (6) 62 Expected (3) 63 Quibble on minor, trifling points (5,5)
66 Homing bird (6) 67 Lottery (6) 69 Last request (5,4) 72 Vigour (6) 73 Musical string plucking (9) 75 Implore (7) 77 Prod (3) 80 Foreign (5) 81 World War II leader (7,9) 82 Take up again (5) 83 Tenderly, softly (6) 84 Exciting anticipation (8)
85 Wear away (5) DOWN 2 Stubborn (9) 3 Reflection (5) 5 Ladder step (4) 6 Blue (7) 7 Nervous and easily upset (6-6) 8 Killed violently (5) 9 Put on show (7) 10 Early Peruvian (4) 11 More than is needed (6) 12 Sudden flood (5) 13 Winged horse (7) 14 Polish dance (7) 16 Balance (11) 22 Climb (6) 23 Silhouette (7) 24 Stealing intruder (7) 25 Debated (6) 27 Petty (7) 28 Reddish porous lava (6) 30 Potter’s oven (4) 32 Muzzle (5) 34 Occurrence (5)
36 Stringed instrument (4)
38 Skin-pitting disease (3) 42 Small and dainty (5) 43 Revealing (7) 44 Reverberation (4) 45 Of a horse (6) 46 Idolise (5) 48 Climber (11) 49 Nonsense! (7) 50 Tree (3) 51 Claimed (anag)(7) 52 Centre (6) 53 Abdominal disorder (12) 54 Deprivation (4) 57 Coughed mucus (6) 64 Derided (9) 65 Predicted (7) 66 Courtroom offence (7) 68 Golf course avenue (7) 70 Acute (7) 71 Catch fire (6) 72 Piano key material (5) 74 Beltlike divisions (5) 76 Anaesthetic (5) 78 Tangle (4) 79 In this way (4)