JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Actor's platform (5) 4 Drenched (6,2,3,4)

14 Tall narrow building (5) 15 Characteristic (5) 16 Popular book (4-6) 17 Meal (5)

19 Decay (3)

20 Reinforce (7)

21 Sell to retailers (9) 22 Accumulated until needed

(6)

25 Blown instrument (9) 27 Speed (6)

28 Liveliness (6) 33 Self-satisfied (10)

35 Small piercing tool (3) 36 Clamour (6) 37 Social-climber (4)

39 Not many (3)

41 Tropical disease (7) 42 Grief (6)

43 Critically ill (2,1,3,3) 44 Winning (5)

45 Insect's feelers (8)

50 Via (2) 51 Suspense novel (8) 55 Fatuous (5)

58 Savage (9)

59 Do again (6)

60 Titter (7)

61 Dine (3)

63 Rich soil (4)

64 Refuge (6)

65 Popular success (3) 66 Welcoming (10)

68 Pie crust (6)

69 Filament (6) 71 Hypersensitivities (9) 76 Relish (6)

77 Contrary to a rule,

standard, convention (9) 79 Come to light (7)

81 Tub (3)

84 Court case (5)

85 Slump (10)

86 Treat with contemptuous

disregard (5)

87 Indigent (5) 88 Confidentially (7,3,3,2) 89 Wharf (5)

DOWN

2 Great fear (6)

3 On the wane (5) 5 Gaping (4)

6 Galley (7)

7 To the quick (6)

8 Stares lecherously (5) 9 Leaps (7)

10 Exchange for money (4) 11 Light (6)

12 Cutlass (5)

13 Object (7)

14 Remedial treatment (7) 18 Adornment (10) 23 Impudence (5) 24 Woman-fish (7) 26 Mollify (7)

27 Midpoint (7)

29 We learn (anag) (7) 30 Realm (6)

31 Hirsute (5)

32 Colour remover (6) 34 Stepped (4)

36 Woollen cloth (5) 38 Customer (5) 40 Indonesian island (4) 45 Ghastly (5)

46 Shatter (anag) (7)

47 Small cut (4)

48 Titillate (6)

49 House of wives (5) 50 Docked (7)

52 Almost depleted (7,3) 53 Traveller's stuff (7) 54 Uniformly (6)

55 Quarantine (7)

56 Malice (5)

57 Impulsive (4)

62 Grey-faced (5)

67 Shortness of expression (7) 68 Nip in the bud (7) 70 Shorten (7)

72 Tryst (7)

73 Useless (6)

74 Desk (6)

75 Pronounce not guilty

(6)

76 Scatter (5)

78 Evacuate (5)

80 Bogus (5)

82 Punch (4)

83 Shape (4)