JUMBO CROSSWORD SOLUTION

9 ACROSS: 1 Chess, 4 Cool as a cucumber, 14 Tough, 15 Grave, 16

Strawberry, 17 Nasty, 19 Lap, 20 Mirrors, 21 Paramount, 22 Ignite, 25 Committee, 27 Prepay, 28 Banned, 33 Confidence, 35 Had, 36 Acting, 37 Bung, 39 Law, 41 Opening, 42 Grotto, 43 Chihuahua, 44 Clubs, 45 Baseball, 50 OK, 51 Cockeyed, 55 Usurp, 58 Camembert, 59 Images, 60 Torpedo, 61 Can, 63 Noon, 64 Launch, 65 Ice, 66 Oppressing, 68 Muscle, 69 Zircon, 71 Anarchism, 76 Memoir, 77 Raspberry, 79 Evening, 81 Hue, 84 Exact, 85 Eradicated, 86 Argon, 87 Taunt, 88 Get your skates on, 89 Thief.

DOWN: 2 Heroin, 3 Sever, 5 Oath, 6 Leakage, 7 Subway, 8 Cargo, 9 Cayenne, 10 Mend, 11 Ensign, 12 Guile, 13 Shipped, 14 Typical, 18 Prima donna, 23 Stunt, 24 Tactics, 26 Offence, 27 Padlock, 29 Naughty, 30 Hoopla, 31 Chats, 32 Indigo, 34 Ears, 36 Awful, 38 Grand, 40 Junk, 45

Bacon, 46 Summons, 47 Bump, 48 Leeway, 49 Hunch, 50 Opinion, 52 Close shave, 53 Exposes, 54 Ending, 55 Utensil, 56 Valet, 57 Zero, 62 Spurn, 67 Plummet, 68 Machete, 70 Chateau, 72 Narrate, 73 Mirage, 74

Retina, 75 Income, 76 Menus, 78 Plans, 80 North, 82 Stay, 83 Veto.