Colossal Crossword

ACROSS

12 Very close (6,2,3)

13 Fish (6) 14 Damage (6) 16 Sign (4)

17 Home anew (4,5) 18 Drawn (5)

19 Row (4)

20 Bribe (9)

22 Meat (5)

23 Calm (9)

27 Vest (7) 30 Happened to (6)

31 Catch (4) 32 Thwart (5) 35 Vegetable (4) 36 Say (7) 38 Measure (4)

39 To (7) 42 Ill-treated (6) 45 Snake (5) 46 Uneasy (7) 47 Issue (4) 48 Complain (4) 50 Lines (7)

52 Ace (5)

54 Money (6) 56 Keeping (7) 57 Image (4) 59 Wood (7)

61 Appointment (4) 64 Film (5) 66 Stingy (4) 67 Worthless (6) 69 Cheese (7) 72 Author (4,5) 73 Bird (5)

74 Slowly (9)

79 Tie (4)

81 Path (5) 82 Changeable (9) 83 Key (4)

85 Clergy member (6) 86 Builds (6)

87 Said plainly (4,2,5)

DOWN

1 Steady (4) 2 Transmute (6) 3 Allow (6) 4 Banged (7)

5 Fight (5)

6 Dead end (5,5) 7 Pool of money (5) 8 Learn (3,4,2) 9 Discover (4,3) 10 See (4)

11 Radio (8) 15 Animals (6)

21 Pale (5) 24 Abandon (7) 25 Look on (6) 26 Sportswear (6) 28 Kind (5)

29 Aim (3) 33 Scratched (7) 34 Strong (6) 37 Makes (5) 40 Ambition (5)

41 Author (7) 43 Explosion (5) 44 Respectable (6) 46 Sways (5) 49 Had some (7)

51 Unit of time (6) 53 Dismount (6) 55 Country (5) 58 All right (3,2,5) 60 Still (3)

62 Seat (5) 63 Thought (9) 65 Metal (8) 68 Each (6) 70 Chirp (7)

71 Wave (7) 75 Indicate (6) 76 Records (6) 77 Armada (5) 78 Fear (5) 80 Transaction (4) 84 Snare (4)