Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Snake (5)

4 Avoiding extremes; moderate (6-2-3-4)

14 About (5)

15 Greenfly (5)

16 Indirect, winding (10)

17 Panorama (5)

19 Nothing (3)

20 Fragile (7)

21 Official in charge of salaries (9)

22 Difficult, bothersome (6)

25 Destructiv­e capacity of guns (9)

27 Lanes between seats (6)

28 Irritable (6)

33 Thinking deeply (10)

35 Enclosure (3)

36 Roused (6)

37 Employer (4)

39 Ovum (3)

41 Largest ocean (7)

42 Pointers (6)

43 I passed it (anag) (9)

44 Thoughts (5)

45 At an angle (8)

50 Sun god (2)

51 Confessed to (8)

55 Bright blue colour (5)

58 Washed up tree bits (9)

59 Bleats (anag) (6)

60 Radioactiv­e debris (7)

61 And so on (abbr) (3)

63 Invites (4) 64 Knocked (6)

65 Crude shelter (3)

66 Tinned food (5,5)

68 Victor (6)

69 Money back (6)

71 Come to and settle there (9)

76 Lace hole (6)

77 Fatigue (9)

79 Contestant (7)

81 Titular prefix (3)

84 Vision (5)

85 Lyricist (10)

86 Thrown ring (5)

87 Point in question (5)

88 Try to remain inconspicu­ous (4,1,3,7)

89 Country with Nairobi (5)

DOWN

2 Set sail (6)

3 Expel from a property (5)

5 Eye part (4)

6 Announce (7)

7 Mystery (6)

8 Runs like liquid (5)

9 Causes to speed (7)

10 Talk wildly (4)

11 Soak up (6)

12 Tine (5)

13 Mistaken notion (7)

14 Gun bore diameter (7)

18 Change (10)

23 String-player’s wax (5)

24 Archives (7)

26 First (7)

27 Memory loss (7) 29 Cheerful and optimistic (7)

30 Realm (6)

31 Protective garment (5)

32 Discontinu­ed (6)

34 Microbe (4)

36 Concur (5)

38 Pay out (5)

40 Flightless bird (4)

45 Asian country (5)

46 Domestic fowl (7)

47 Small amount, jot (4)

48 Mass departure (6)

49 Deadened (5)

50 Gagged (7)

52 Wandering at random (10)

53 Most high (7)

54 Resembling a horse (6)

55 Modified for use (7)

56 Borders on (5)

57 Flavouring plant (4)

62 Coil of yarn (5)

67 Back (7)

68 Adore (7)

70 Tool (7)

72 Large dog (7)

73 Scanty (6)

74 Respond (6)

75 Feeling of hostility (6)

76 Rub out (5)

78 Take up again (5)

80 Course (5)

82 Footfall (4)

83 Whip mark (4)

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