THE BIG ONE

Solve the clues and reveal, in the shaded squares, a perfect addition to your summer garden (7,7).

ACROSS

1 Precision (8)

5 Keep goods

for sale (5)

8 Withdrawal (7)

15 Waterway (5)

16 Very basic (9)

17 Two-wheeled

transport (7)

18 Began (7)

19 Originate (6)

20 Manual

labourers (7)

23 Set afloat (6)

25 Attractive (9)

26 Hold on to (6)

29 Extremely

precise (12)

30 Apply colour to (5)

31 Tor (4)

34 Presuming (9)

36 Quicker (6)

37 Regions (5)

40 Boats made

from logs (5)

41 Sawn wood (6)

43 Occur by turns (9)

47 Deserve (4)

48 Blood vessels (5)

49 Sweat (12)

53 Every 60 minutes (6)

54 Citizens of Cairo (9)

55 Engineless plane (6)

58 Oblivious (7)

59 Bearing (6)

60 Regard (7)

64 Refined (7)

65 Pests (9)

66 Observes (5)

67 Enigma (7)

68 Be of the same

opinion (5)

69 Led the way (8)

DOWN

1 Curved structure (4) 2 Build (9) 3 Measuring stick (5)

4 Mimics (6)

6 Three-sided (10)

7 Standards (8)

9 Arm joints (6)

10 Happened (8)

11 Musical backing (13)

12 Alcoholic drink (3)

13 Place to dine (10)

14 Futile (11)

21 Point the finger (5) 22 Plan out (6)

24 Least dear (8)

27 Audio tapes (9)

28 Vigorous (9)

32 Flying mammal (3)

33 Precipitation (8)

35 Sadly (13)

38 Plant shelters (11)

39 Animal doctor (3)

42 Company’s

bosses (10)

44 Being defeated (6)

45 Intentional (10)

46 Enraged (5)

50 Shown (9)

51 Agreeable (8)

52 Expenditure (8)

56 Missive (6)

57 Inferior (6)

61 Sudden fear (5)

62 Frosty (3)

63 Second-hand (4)