JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Humorous drawing (7) 4 Money-lending dealer

(10)

9 Disintegrate (7)

13 Dark blue colour (4) 14 Stick to (6)

15 Argument (6)

16 Bright red colour (7) 19 Professional adviser (10) 20 Half-time (8)

21 Move furtively (5) 24 Jibes (6)

25 French Mrs (6) 27 Plant-eater (9) 32 Reminded (8)

33 Laundry stiffener (6) 34 Frozen drips (7)

38 Body store (8)

39 Split up (6)

40 Prophet (4)

41 Mournful song (5) 42 Spear (5)

45 Stranded (4,4,3,3) 52 Snake (5)

55 Smithy's block (5) 56 Floppy (4)

57 Sculpted figure (6) 58 Incredible (8)

61 Grey ale (anag)(7) 62 Embarks (6)

63 Mental derangement

(8)

66 Education (9)

68 Defrosted (6) 69 Grass-cutting tool (6) 73 Daily record (5)

74 Idle wandering beggar (8) 76 Deceptive (10) 81 Intensely passionate (7) 82 Sexual desire (6) 83 Rented out (6)

84 Money reserve (4) 85 Tumbling athlete (7) 86 Gather into a crowd (10) 87 Club (7)

DOWN

1 Scoffer (5)

2 Starving (8)

3 Untidy (anag)(6) 4 Groom oneself (5) 5 Shed tears (4)

6 Time to retire (7) 7 Circles round (6)

8 Go in (5)

10 Sway (4)

11 Sailor (7)

12 Allowable margin of

freedom, movement (6) 17 Concealing ruse (10) 18 Perhaps (5)

22 Bread snack (8)

23 Oust (5)

24 Of heat (7) 26 Gambler's stake (4) 28 Pardoned (7)

29 Devoid of principles (6) 30 Film holder (6) 31 Account book (6) 33 Oscillate (5)

35 Capital of Egypt (5) 36 Wide smile (4) 37 Get wind of (4)

43 Yearly book (6)

44 Peal (5)

46 Heinous (4)

47 Tropical storm (7)

48 Put into (6)

49 Cures (5)

50 Of sailors, navigation (8) 51 Longs for (6)

52 eg. crab, lobster, shrimp (10) 53 Reserve (4)

54 Lack (7)

59 Deck (5)

60 Small island (4)

64 Mantle (5)

65 Mindset (8)

67 Mobile home (7)

68 Frog larva (7)

70 On the cards (6) 71 Speaking humorously (6) 72 Gripping tool (6)

75 Spanish friend (5) 77 Reflection (5) 78 Light-headed (5) 79 Responsibility (4)

80 Arm bone (4)