GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Damages (5) 4 Fruit sugar (8) 9 Import or export duty (6) 14 Leg bone (5) 15 Absolutely honest and fair (2,8,2,1,3) 17 Light wood (5) 18 Snooze (3) 19 Miserly person (7) 20 Speedway circuit (9) 21 Funny play (6) 24 Cobbler (9) 25 Shelled insect (6) 26 Dangerous (6) 29 Note (10) 31 Reduce (3) 32 Provide (6) 33 Caprice (4) 35 Spun toy (3) 37 Reserve (4) 39 Paris attraction (5-4) 40 Gear (9) 41 Navigation aid (5) 42 Honeymooner (8) 47 Barefoot (8) 51 Ecstasy (5) 55 Russian instrument (9) 56 Abducted (9) 58 Matured (4) 59 Amazement (3) 60 Wicked (4) 61 Tobacco user (6) 62 Beverage (3) 63 Remove kinks (10) 66 Street bandit (6) 67 Russian beetroot soup (6)

69 London square (9)

72 Speed the progress of (6) 73 From Oslo (9) 75 Rock (7) 77 Perish (3) 80 European river (5) 81 Repent and make a fresh start (4,4,1,3,4) 82 Courage (5) 83 Diminish (6) 84 Depict in words (8) 85 Threaded fastener (5)

DOWN

2 Colleague (9) 3 Slogan (5) 5 Fury (4) 6 Model’s platform (7) 7 Childbirth doctor (12) 8 Duck for down (5) 9 Dark syrup (7) 10 Chest bones (4) 11 Come after (6) 12 Dark wood (5) 13 Frog larva (7) 14 Servant (anag) (7) 16 Completely reconditioned (2,4,2,3) 22 In the middle of (6) 23 Fast sailing ship (7) 24 Diver’s tube (7) 25 Improved (6) 27 Accomplish (7) 28 Detective (6) 30 Timid (4) 32 Garden tool (5) 34 Legends (5) 36 Fencing sword (4) 38 Lyric poem (3) 42 Titled peer (5)

43 Compliant, agreeable (7) 44 Egg centre (4) 45 Mystery (6) 46 Clergyman (5) 48 Merry old soul in a poem (3,4,4) 49 Treated hide (7) 50 Realise (3) 51 Work build-up (7) 52 Draw (6) 53 Of benefit, assistance (12) 54 Girl (4) 57 Social outcast (6) 64 Absolve of blame (9) 65 Formally reprove (7) 66 Riles (7) 68 Abbreviate (7) 70 Nonprofessional (7) 71 Cook’s guide (6) 72 Finds out about (5) 74 Planet (5) 76 Fragrant shrub (5) 78 Tidings (4) 79 Thorn (4)