JUMBO CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 North African desert (6)
4 Term used when making polite requests (6)
9 Laconic sort (3,2,3,5)
10 Enthusiasm (9)
13 Tight-lipped, curt (5)
15 - - - Spacek, Carrie star (5)
17 Persevere (7)
20 Persimmon, - - - fruit (6)
21 James Cameron' s 2009 sci-fi blockbuster (6)
22 Decimal base number (3)
24 Mark with a hot iron (5)
26 Striped African horse (5)
27 Wear away (5)
30 Austrian river (6)
32 Away, missing (6)
34 Die down (5)
35 Roof of the mouth (6)
37 Newspaper boss (6)
39 Evade, escape (5)
41 Inundate (5)
43 Colchester' s county (5)
45 - - - res, nice house (3)
47 Grass cutter (6)
48 Highly decorative (6)
49 Catch sight of (7)
53 Daniel - - -, Robinson
Crusoe author (5)
55 Lifting machine (5)
58 Smitten (9)
59 Notional marks earned for doing good (7,6)
60 Winnie-the-Pooh' s donkey friend (6)
61 Hot water spring (6)
DOWN
1 Peak (6)
2 Craving, yearning (6)
3 Political emigrant (7)
5 Anarchic (7)
6 From side to side (6)
7 Without difficulty (6)
8 Rubble (6)
11 Common painkiller (7)
12 Position, set (7)
14 Feeling of elation (8)
16 Naval subdivision (8)
18 Tirade (4)
19 Tehran' s country (4)
23 Umberto - - -, author of The Name of the Rose (3)
25 Argued (7)
26 Bouncy Magic Roundabout character (7)
28 Insurgent (5)
29 Old-fashioned (5)
31 Zero (3)
33 Munch on (3)
36 Apportion (8)
38 Tip up (8)
40 Exploit (3)
42 Eight-sided figure (7)
44 Genuine, honest (7)
45 - - - Moore, film star (4)
46 Cleansing substance (4)
50 Apprentice (7)
51 Tethered (a boat) (6)
52 Ebenezer - - -, Dickensian miser (7)
53 Twice as much (6)
54 Crime (6)
56 Handsome man (6)
57 Pencil rubber (6)
Across
1 Sahara, 4 Please, 9 Man of few words, 10 Eagerness, 13 Terse, 15 Sissy, 17 Persist, 20 Sharon, 21 Avatar, 22 Ten, 24 Brand, 26 Zebra, 27 Erode, 30 Danube, 32 Absent, 34 Abate, 35 Palate, 37 Editor, 39 Elude, 41 Flood, 43 Essex, 45 Des, 47 Scythe, 48 Ornate, 49 Glimpse, 53 Defoe, 55 Crane, 58 Enamoured, 59 Brownie points, 60 Eeyore, 61 Geyser.
Down
1 Summit, 2 Hunger, 3 Refugee, 5 Lawless, 6 Across, 7 Easily, 8 Debris, 11 Aspirin, 12 Situate, 14 Euphoria, 16 Squadron, 18 Rant, 19 Iran, 23 Eco, 25 Debated, 26 Zebedee, 28 Rebel, 29 Dated, 31 Nil, 33 Eat, 36 Allocate, 38 Overturn, 40 Use, 42 Octagon, 44 Sincere, 45 Demi, 46 Soap, 50 Learner, 51 Moored, 52 Scrooge, 53 Double, 54 Felony, 56 Adonis, 57 Eraser.