JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Imitating (7)

4 Menu (4,2,4)

9 Make wider (7) 13 Stink (4)

14 Stretch tight (6) 15 Tropical bird with huge beak (6)

16 Arsenal (7)

18 Organ for equilibrium (3) 20 Bound to happen (10) 21 Disreputable (8) 22 Vision (5) 25 Earnestly religious (6) 26 Deliver a sermon (6) 28 Theatre beam (9) 33 Blood feud (8) 34 Putrefying (6) 35 Checked cotton cloth (7)

39 Wholesale slaughter (8) 40 Musical composition (6) 41 Thin metal sheet (4) 42 Confidence (5) 43 Possession (5) 46 Obstacle or impediment to progress (9,5) 53 Decorate (5)

56 Thin soup (5) 57 Fronded plant (4) 58 My sets (anag)(6) 59 Treachery (8) 62 Six-sided figure (7) 63 Satirical mimicry (6) 64 Disdain, scorn (8)

67 On the fence (9) 69 Lots of (6) 70 Expensive (6) 74 Value (5) 75 Wide-brimmed hat (8) 77 Analgesic (10)

81 Fuel (3)

83 Wool fat (7)

84 Knob (6)

85 Calm (6) 86 Telephone (4) 87 Slightly hungry (7) 88 Unrealistically or naively optimistic (6-4) 89 Smiled broadly (7)

DOWN

1 Dog breed (5) 2 Prevent from rotting, of foods (8)

3 Rich elaborate cake (6) 4 Punch-up (5)

5 Alley (4)

6 Large bird (7) 7 Downy (6)

8 Domain (5)

10 Very uncommon (4) 11 Do away with (7) 12 Ribald (6)

17 Army officer (10) 19 Allocation (5) 23 Underground cemetery (8) 24 Faint-hearted (5) 25 Quandary (7) 27 Charge per unit (4) 29 Sore (7) 30 Worships (6)

31 Leapt (6) 32 Pancake mixture (6) 34 Hindu religious teacher (5) 36 Protect (5) 37 Enquires (4) 38 Gramophone record (4) 44 Building inspection (6) 45 Supplementary (5) 47 Layer (4)

48 Dull, routine (7) 49 Injury, wound (6) 50 Mean-tempered (5) 51 Removed colour from (8) 52 Zoo worker (6) 53 Abnormal fear of heights (10)

54 Type of agate (4) 55 Declare invalid (7) 60 Insure (5)

61 Small fly (4) 65 Fulcrum (5)

66 Male horse (8) 68 Interconnected system (7) 69 Offspring (7)

71 Find (6)

72 Sex (6)

73 Finale (6)

76 Brag (5)

78 Prize (5)

79 Stiff (5) 80 Pretensions (4) 82 Nimble (4)