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Giant quick crossword

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Across

1. Beg (7)

5. Cycle (5) 8. Solemn (7) 12. Bathroom powder (4) 13. Ceasefire (5) 15. Teller (7) 17. Annoyed (5) 19. Neither (3)

20. Jewel (3) 21. Evidence (5) 22. Demote (8) 23. Resentment (7)

25. As it were (2,2,5) 28. Otherwise (6) 31. Paris rail network (5) 35. Successor (4) 36. Grubby (5)

37. High jinks (6) 39. Temporary member of the legal system (5)

40. Tip over (5) 43. Prison (colloq) (7) 45. Weapon used in World War One (3)

46. Many a time (archaic) (3)

47. Go back on a deal (7)

49. Brushed (5)

52. Crash (5)

53. Repeat aloud (6)

54. There it is! (Fr) (5)

55. Water bird (4)

57. Flavour (5)

60. Place to worship a god (6)

64. Resolute (9) 66. Communicat­ion (7) 68. Try out for a role (8) 69. Fuel ship for a fleet (5) 72. One of the Seven Dwarfs (3)

73. Sea bottom (3) 75. Scent (5)

76. Out of control (7) 78. Obliterate (5) 79. Leak slowly (4) 80. 8.33% (7)

81. 40-40 in tennis (5) 82. Unrelated line of thought (7)

Down

1. House servant (6) 2. Rotated (4)

3. Water jug (4) 4. Computer criminal (6) 5. Horse’s leg bone (7) 6. Dined (3) 7. Generosity (8) 8. Curved sword (8) 9. Harvest (4)

10. US cookie (4)

11. It lies left of Z, right of ? (5,3)

14. Agree (6)

16. Stupid and silly (5) 18. Snare (4) 22. Regret (3) 24. Winning serve (3) 26. South American dance (5) 27. Take in (9)

29. Speech defect (4)

30. Avoid (4)

31. Army officer (5)

32. Oppress (9)

33. Paddle (3)

34. Raised platform for performers (5) 38. Swear (4)

41. First woman (3) 42. Be uncritical­ly fond of (4)

43. Lay bare (5) 44. Rascal (5)

48. 1000 (colloq) (5) 50. Become smaller (4) 51. Rugby player (4) 52. Household animal (3) 54. British nobleman (8) 55. Careless, haphazard (8) 56. Connected (8) 58. Reply (6)

59. Pull (3)

61. Grubby (5)

62. Toilet (7)

63. Fowl (3)

65. Affirm (4) 66. Instant (6) 67. Anticipate (6) 70. Tardy (4) 71. German male name (4) 73. Was (4)

74. Valley (4)

77. Imitate (3)

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