GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Peer (5)
4 Show distaste or contempt for (4,2,4,4)
11 Unit of weight (5)
14 Conductor’s stick (5) 15 Joint business (11)
16 Of greater rank or station or quality (8)
19 Rock (7)
20 Search someone for weapons (5)
21 Excessively self-centred person (9)
24 Scientific law (9)
26 Musical composition (6) 27 Strong drink (6)
31 Unquestioned belief (5) 32 Benchmarks (8)
34 Origins (10)
38 Big bird (7)
39 Not damaged (6)
40 Hackneyed phrase (6) 41 Roadway division (4)
42 Claimed (7)
45 Lullaby (10)
50 Idyllically happy and peaceful (7)
54 Seize (4)
55 Made level (6)
56 Censure angrily (6)
57 Testimonial, praise (7) 60 Job applicant’s documents (10)
61 Busy city time (4,4)
62 Parcel out (5)
65 Husband or wife (6)
66 Bequest (6)
67 Courage in adversity (9) 72 Adorn (9)
73 Confidence (5)
74 Frightened (7)
79 Ancient language of India (8)
80 Bug killer (11)
81 Spacious (5)
82 User of oars (5)
83 Average; mediocre in quality, size etc (4,2,8) 84 Condition (5)
DOWN
2 Prey (6)
3 Oak nut (5)
5 American state (4)
6 Free of artificiality (7)
7 Gladden (6)
8 Olfactory organ (4)
9 Oscillating (8)
10 Of or like a horse (6) 11 Surgical prodedures (10)
12 Steel pin (4)
13 Before now (7)
17 Smart (5)
18 Asphyxiating (10)
22 Journal (5)
23 State of uncertainty (8) 25 Deep regret (7)
26 Make jump (7)
28 Crumb (6)
29 Small mission (6)
30 Height (anag) (6)
33 Piano technician (5) 35 Coil of yarn (5)
36 Spots (4)
37 Reverberation (4)
42 Boring tool (5) 43 Jumping game (8) 44 Plunging (6)
45 She had a wicked stepmother (10)
46 Says further (4)
47 Freedom (7)
48 Accentuate (6)
49 V-shaped cut (5)
51 Pretentiousness (4) 52 Paved with round stones (7)
53 Alternative (6)
58 Seamstress (10)
59 Stale-smelling (5) 63 Small bed (8)
64 Long-legged bird (5) 65 Patron, financer (7) 68 Coal-pit (anag) (7) 69 Alleviation (6)
70 Squandered (6)
71 Recluse (6)
75 Perch (5)
76 Cold crystals (4)
77 Period in office (4) 78 Biblical garden (4)