JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Karen Gillan' s character in the Guardians of the

Galaxy films (6) 4 Espionage (6)

9 Sport with an oval ball (5) 10 Beside (5)

11 Shredded meat (5) 12 Cambridgeshire city (3) 13 Purpose (3)

14 Threadbare (4-5) 17 Spiralling movement of a whirlpool (6)

19 Gap or pause (6)

22 Upbeat (7)

23 Nicola Sturgeon' s political party (1, 1, 1)

25 - - - Neill, Jurassic Park actor (3)

26 Genuine, bona fide (9) 27 Glaswegian writer who was the first female

Poet Laureate (5, 3, 5) 29 Acrobatic movement (9) 32 Pen fluid (3)

33 Permit (3)

34 Hannibal' s favourite wine? (7)

37 Reddish-brown (6)

38 Make active (6)

40 Sonic boom, eg (5, 4) 43 Pub drink (3)

44 Perform on stage (3) 46 Tremble (5)

48 Coffee and chocolate flavour (5)

49 Course (5)

50 Bicycle made for two (6) 51 Carved figure (6)

DOWN

1 Nullify (6)

2 Vodka and tomato juice cocktail (6, 4)

3 Greatest in size (7) 5 Reward (7)

6 Tehran' s country (4) 7 Mourn (6)

8 Refused to notice (7) 13 Togetherness (5) 15 Disinclined (6)

16 Type of line seen in a factory (8)

18 Explode (5)

20 Set fire to (7)

21 County in North East England (4, 3, 4)

24 - - - Wilson, star of Insidious and The

Conjuring (7)

25 - - - Pike, English mountain (7)

27 American car (8) 28 Hunting dog that is usually a greyhound and collie mix (7) 30 Become a contestant in a competition (5)

31 Hi-fi system (6)

35 Mistreat (5)

36 Public servant (10) 39 Adept, accomplished (7) 41 See (7)

42 Persistent illness (7) 43 Declare innocent (6) 45 Mesmeric or hypnotic state (6) 47 Jonathan Creek and QI star, - - - Davies (4)