Jumbo Crossword

ACROSS

1 Injurious (7) 5 Silenced (6) 8 Broken fragments of glass (6) 11 Make a choice (3) 12 Hens lay these (4) 13 Gauge (9) 14 Willow twigs (6) 15 Recalls (9) 16 Act of hiding something (11) 20 Elevated (10) 21 Left university with a degree (9) 24 One with extremely high standards (13) 29 Not singular (6) 31 Most badly behaved (10) 33 Having the same effect as (10) 35 Element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie (6) 36 Exaltation (13) 40 Happen as a result (9) 42 Immeasurably deep (10) 44 Tolerant in one’s views (5-6) 48 Reproduce (9) 50 Smile affectedly (6) 51 Watered (9) 52 Consumes (4) 53 Increase the running speed of an engine (3) 54 Stocky (6) 55 Regime (anag.) (6) 56 Remaining (7)

DOWN

2 Simple aquatic plants (5) 3 False opinion (9) 4 Opposite of shortest (7) 5 Continuous slide of musical notes (9) 6 Looked quickly (7) 7 Style of Greek architecture (5) 8 Minute pore in a leaf (5) 9 Self-evident truth (5) 10 Make insane (7) 17 This follows day (5) 18 Long periods of history (4) 19 Capital of Slovenia (9) 20 Doglike mammal (5) 22 One more than two (5) 23 Glazed earthenware (5) 25 Very tired (9) 26 Decorated a cake (4) 27 Relating to birth (5) 28 Besmirch (5) 30 Ride the waves (4) 31 Care for; look after (5) 32 Unwarranted (5) 34 Sheltered places (5) 36 Avarice (5) 37 Weave together (9) 38 Disloyalty (9) 39 Bamako is the capital here (4) 41 Gloss (7) 42 Sheets and blankets (7) 43 Fish-eating birds of prey (7) 45 Trembling poplar (5) 46 Joyous and happy (5) 47 Foolishly credulous (5) 49 Largest moon of Saturn (5)