Nelson Mail

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Working out (7) 4 Defamatory (10)

9 Mounted troops (7) 13 Hankering (4)

14 Leave (6) 15 Mountain-top (6) 16 Satisfied (7)

19 Of language (10) 20 Voraciousl­y hungry (8)

21 Peer (5)

24 Ledger entry (6)

25 Tracked down (6)

27 Sabre-rattler (9)

32 Wrong (8)

33 Airless (6)

34 Stress (7)

38 Armoured glove (8)

39 Milled (6)

40 Girder (4)

41 Feather pen (5)

42 Horse (5)

45 Meet with no response (4,2,4,4)

52 Psalm (anag)(5)

55 Body organ (5)

56 Dirty fog (4)

57 Took a break (6)

58 Paltry (8)

61 Distorted (7)

62 Rolled document (6)

63 Fall down (8)

66 Bearable (9)

68 Authoritat­ive decision (6)

69 Turns aside (6)

73 Rogue (5)

74 Kept back (8)

76 Robot-like (10)

81 Certificat­e (7)

82 Film theatre (6)

83 Seafarer (6)

84 Desire (4)

85 Not going (7)

86 Sexually unrestrain­ed (10)

87 Varied (7)

DOWN

1 Stationary (5)

2 One with permit to sell alcoholic drinks (8)

3 Lubricate (6)

4 Hindu teacher (5)

5 Italian wine (4)

6 Wished for (7)

7 Take away (6)

8 Alliance (5)

10 Sailor's shout (4)

11 Old object (7)

12 Airstrip (6)

17 Caused to feel shame (10)

18 Feigned pass (5)

22 Plot outline (8)

23 Beginning (5)

24 Alters (7)

26 Garden tool (4)

28 Good-natured (7)

29 Stifle (anag)(6)

30 Arctic plain (6)

31 Shapeless lump (6)

33 Sea inlet (5)

35 Steam bath (5)

36 Air (4)

37 Impartial (4)

43 Tossed (6)

44 Lives (anag)(5)

46 Ground forces (4)

47 Correctly reasoned (7)

48 Restricted (6)

49 Painter's stand (5)

50 Savagely (8)

51 Small river (6)

52 Death-preventing (10)

53 Principal (4)

54 Gives a sign to (7)

59 First appearance (5)

60 Open pastry (4)

64 Fundamenta­l (5)

65 Comfortabl­e seat (8)

67 Newness (7)

68 Glowing brightly (7)

70 Sign up (6)

71 Cross out (6)

72 Body-wrap (6)

75 Caribbean country (5)

77 Goes out (5)

78 Loose-limbed (5)

79 Portent (4)

80 Capital of Norway (4)

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