JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Piece of writing (5)

4. Short review or update of previous studies (9,6)

14. Commerce (5)

15. Desire someone else’s property (5)

16. Ignoramus, barbarian (10)

17. Peculiarly (5)

19. Weaken (3)

20. Serving dish (7)

21. Conversation between two (Fr) (4-1-4)

22. Sledge (6)

25. Occasionally (9)

27. Try mightily (6)

28. Specimen (6)

33. Held back (10)

35. Imitate (3)

36. Sudden and unexpected (6)

37. Metal circle (4)

39. Sports trophy (3)

41. Type of fruit tea (7)

42. Unbroken series of events (6)

43. Total (9)

44. Brim (3)

45. Sleeplessness (8)

49. Certainly (6)

52. Diminish (8)

56. Female rabbit (3)

58. Minor point, distraction (4,5)

59. County bordering London (6)

60. Predict (7)

61. Become older (3)

63. Unvarying, constant (4)

64. Take back (6)

65. Digit (3)

66. Sense of your own worth (4-6)

68. Type of nut (6)

69. Chase (6)

71. Betrayal (9)

76. Beetle which bores into food (6)

77. Beyond value (9)

79. Cricket bowling action (7)

81. Railway carriage (3)

84. Conscious (5)

85. Not logical (10)

86. Intoxicated (5)

87. Flower segment (5)

88. At the moment (3,3,4,5)

89. Timepiece (5)

DOWN

2. Without haste (6)

3. Watchful (5)

5. Reverberate (4)

6. Alleviate (7)

7. Organised way of working (6)

8. Expel (from a house) (5)

9. Maker (7)

10. On top of (4)

11. Pass between mountain peaks (6)

12. Severe (5)

13. Temporary relief (7)

14. Usual (7)

18. Last book of New Testament (10)

23. Titan (5)

24. Partially cover (7)

26. Keeping active (2,3,2)

27. Cover with dots (7)

29. In proportion (Latin) (3,4)

30. Fame (6)

31. Cake (6)

32. Highest point (6)

34. Obligation (4)

36. Fittingly (5)

38. Component (5)

40. Terror (4)

45. Distribute (5)

46. Melancholy (7)

47. Mutilate (4)

48. The arch of the foot (6)

49. Two or four-door car (5)

50. Large badge or symbol (7)

51. Food store (6)

53. Near thing (5,5)

54. Voter (7)

55. Metal pin (6)

56. Cheapen (7)

57. Tidings (4)

62. Robe (5)

67. The ‘F’ in FBI (7)

68. Idea (7)

70. Submissive (7)

72. Return to original condition (7)

73. Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The __ (6)

74. Cheerful (6)

75. Paradoxical (6)

76. Fury (5)

78. Short-legged dog (5)

80. Pastoral (5)

82. Accomplishment (4)

83. Farm building (4)