Herald on Sunday

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Narcotics (5)

4 Spend extravagan­tly (4,3,4,3)

11 Annoyed, discontent­ed (3,2)

14 Portly (5)

15 In Greek mythology, it held the ills of human life (8,3)

16 Supplier of spectacles (8)

19 Branch of mathematic­s (7)

20 Cash (5)

21 False name (9)

24 Organised (anag)(9)

26 Food store (6)

27 Placate (6)

31 Discovered (5)

32 Big-hearted (8)

34 Reduce to ashes (10)

38 Floor show (7)

39 Poem part (6)

40 Anxious (6)

41 Repeat (4)

42 Drinking vessel (7)

45 Limiting factors (10)

50 Diplomatic building (7)

54 Sloping path (4)

55 Dozen (6)

56 South American river (6)

57 Storage locker (7)

60 Field glasses (10)

61 Fairground game with buried prizes (5,3)

62 Proportion (5)

65 Golf club (6)

66 Strikes (6)

67 Fast food item (9)

72 Making bigger (9)

73 Rough (5)

74 Broke loose (7)

79 Tinny (8)

80 Customary (11)

81 Kick out (5)

82 Towelling fabric (5)

83 Worthless despicable people (4,2,3,5)

84 Vernacular (5)

DOWN

2 Baby’s toy (6)

3 Chisel out (5)

5 US state with Salt Lake City (4)

6 Grossly ugly (7)

7 Solidify (6)

8 Finest (4)

9 Emotionall­y stirring (8)

10 Very best (3-3)

11 Stories for children (5,5)

12 Podium (4)

13 Punishment (7)

17 Mark with a hot iron (5)

18 Gives up (10)

22 Venomous snake (5)

23 Provides money for (8)

25 Plunder (7)

26 Corridor (7)

28 Musical compositio­n (6)

29 Eye part (6)

30 Soft thin paper (6)

33 Crowd scene actor (5)

35 Dark wood (5)

36 Dread (4)

37 Block (4)

42 Pulsate (5)

43 Propose as a candidate (8)

44 Walk slowly, idly (6)

45 Journey to a sacred place (10)

46 Bitterly regretted (4)

47 Contagious disease (7)

48 Hypnotic daze (6)

49 Spacious (5)

51 Defensive ditch (4)

52 Shake up (7)

53 Picturesqu­e (6)

58 Script for a film with stage directions, etc (10)

59 Branches (5)

63 Sonic ear (anag)(8)

64 Rub out (5)

65 Drop sharply (7)

68 Two-handled jar (7)

69 Fast-flowing turbulent river section (6)

70 Animal with a shell (6)

71 Cleric (6)

75 Engineer’s block (5)

76 Celebrity (4)

77 Check and correct (4)

78 Sodium chloride (4)

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