The Northern Advocate

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Item (7)

4 Humiliatio­n (4,2,4)

9 Origin (7)

13 Body covering (4)

14 Breakfast table holder (3,3) 15 Previous (6)

16 Morally correct (7)

19 Pen name (3,2,5)

20 Trapped (8)

21 Discourage (5)

24 Writing instrument (6)

25 Prejudiced (6)

27 Bring to an end (9)

32 Tobacco constituen­t (8)

33 Ravine (6)

34 Null and void (7)

38 Relict (8)

39 Cuban capital (6)

40 Hankering (4)

41 Fundamenta­l (5)

42 Haggard (5)

45 Inherited looks (6,8)

52 Blends (5)

55 Clergy member (5)

56 Inner hand (4)

57 Eerie (6)

58 Nuclear reactor disaster (8) 61 Enlarge (anag)(7)

62 Savage (6)

63 Victor in competitio­n (8) 66 Showy public display (9) 68 Slum area (6)

69 Travelling show (6)

73 Cereal crop (5)

74 Sailor (8)

76 Deep rumination (10)

81 Sad brat (anag)(7)

82 Calm (6)

83 Half-suppressed laugh (6) 84 Cricket bowling spell (4) 85 Soft plaintive whine (7)

86 Knock off work (4,2,1,3) 87 Cheat (7)

DOWN

1 Fire crime (5)

2 Pruning (8)

3 Swamp (6)

4 Stand-in doctor (5)

5 Drinks gingerly (4)

6 Police member (7)

7 Public uproar (6)

8 Mediterran­ean island (5)

10 Devours (4)

11 Apparent (7)

12 Mental impression­s (6)

17 Statement of word meaning (10)

18 Microbes (5)

22 Game on a diamond (8)

23 Fatuous (5)

24 Delighted (7)

26 Steel pin (4)

28 Feeling (7)

29 Attempt to placate with excuses (3,3)

30 Expose the true character of (6) 31 Felt sorry for (6)

33 Progress very slowly (5)

35 Type of quartz (5)

36 Region (4)

37 Play parts (4)

43 Book user (6)

44 Intact (5)

46 Slightly open (4)

47 Unprincipl­ed (7)

48 Sailboats (6)

49 Model (5)

50 Due (8)

51 Somnolent (6)

52 Systematic (10)

53 Appearance (4)

54 Choir members (7)

59 Incubate (5)

60 Tapered tuck (4)

64 Minds (5)

65 Pulled off (8)

67 Spectre (7)

68 Item of clothing (7)

70 Beat soundly (6)

71 Hansel’s sibling (6)

72 Undergroun­d workers (6)

75 Plant life (5)

77 Admission (5)

78 Courage (5)

79 Accurate (4)

80 Horse farm (4)

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