GIANT cROsswORd

ACROSS

12 Disruption (11)

13 Game bird (6)

14 Oriental pipe (6)

16 Vocal composition (4)

17 Prepared state (9)

18 Tree (5)

19 Retain (4)

20 Roofing material (9)

22 Units of distance (5)

23 Dispersed (9)

27 Pacify (7)

30 Hate (6)

31 Strikes (4)

32 Wind instrument (5)

35 Cupola (4)

36 British colony (7)

38 Ladder step (4)

39 Direction-finder (7)

42 Spectre (6)

45 Top of the milk (5)

46 Italian city (7)

47 Prepare for publication (4) 48 Angling lure (4)

50 Merciful (7)

52 Permit (5)

54 Artist (6)

56 Hand over (7)

57 Female servant (4)

59 Withhold (7)

61 Gripping device (4)

64 Inexpensive (5)

66 Female cattle (4)

67 Element (6)

69 Loving (7)

72 Questioning session (9)

73 Coin (5)

74 Disorder (9)

79 Writer (4)

81 Former local tax (5)

82 Seaside walk (9)

83 Grape juice (4)

85 Have a place (6)

86 User (6)

87 Lies (11)

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1 Type of cheque (4)

2 Plant disease (6)

3 Burn (6)

4 Strives (7)

5 Poisonous (5)

6 Gold-seeker (10)

7 Rapid (5)

8 Tendency to lie (9)

9 Alms (7)

10 Volume (4)

11 Underground storey (8)

15 Cat-like (6)

21 Greeting (5)

24 Obscuration (7)

25 Safe (6)

26 Complain (6)

28 Set of beliefs (5)

29 Bath (3)

33 Sport (7)

34 Salad plant (6)

37 Concede (5)

40 Backbone (5) 41 Attacking player (7)

43 Bisect (5)

44 Evil (6)

46 Seat (5)

49 Distorted facial expression (7)

51 Pass by (6)

53 Class (6)

55 Insurance (5)

58 Contrast (10)

60 Conclusion (3)

62 Poem division (5)

63 Possible (9)

65 Aftereffects of drinking (8)

68 Awning (6)

70 Mean (7)

71 Ruler (7)

75 European language (6)

76 Top (6)

77 Whispered remark (5)

78 Army officer (5)

80 Ancient city (4)

84 Grains found on beach (4)