Jumbo Crossword

ACROSS

9 Easy to understand (6) 11 Possessor (5) 13 Containing water (7) 14 Male child (3) 15 Address a person boldly (6) 16 Famous Italian astronomer (7) 17 Port-au-prince is the capital here (5) 18 Underground (12) 20 Exclamation of joy (8) 23 Type of pasta (10) 26 Delightful and charismatic (8) 29 Friend (Spanish) (5) 30 Boil gently (6) 31 Letters and parcels generally (4)

33 Lacking meaning (5) 35 Possesses (3) 36 Grows older (4) 37 Egg-shaped solids (6) 38 Hints (5) 40 Become part of a solution (8) 42 Engine part (10) 43 Deserter (8) 48 Astonishing; amazing (3-9) 51 Curt; brusque (5) 52 Not thorough (7) 54 Attack (6) 55 Measure of length (3) 56 Coming from the south (7) 57 Special reward (5) 58 Form of limestone (6)

DOWN

1 Disheartening (12) 2 Destroy (6) 3 Unpleasant smell (4) 4 Inability to feel pain (9) 5 Eastern temple (6) 6 Measure of capacity for corn (6) 7 Companionable (6) 8 Birthplace of St Francis (6) 10 Organic compound (5) 12 Give up (10) 19 Evasion (9) 21 Organ of hearing (3) 22 Attendant upon God (5) 24 Greek goddess of retribution (7)25 Expressive (of music) (7) 26 Restrict (9)

27 Illustrated material (7) 28 Large extinct elephant (7) 32 Not capable of justification (12) 34 Having the same effect as (10) 36 Assisted (5) 39 Made a shrill sound (9) 41 Monstrous humanoid creature (3) 44 Background actors (6) 45 A way out (6) 46 Belonging to them (6) 47 Leaser (anag.) (6) 49 Sacred song or hymn (5) 50 Place that is frequented for holidays (6) 53 Abominable snowman (4)