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Jumbo crossword

ACROSS

1 Tutored (7) 4 Main troublemaker (10) 9 Volunteered (7) 13 Uncommon (4) 14 Past (6) 15 Awoken (6) 16 Book (7) 19 Intensity of light (10) 20 Effort (8) 21 Capital of Japan (5) 24 Buff (6) 25 Bee place (6) 27 Handed over (9) 32 Seen (8) 33 Accommodated (6) 34 Formulate, brew up (7) 38 Praiseworthy (8) 39 Earlier (6) 40 Spool (4) 41 Memorial mound of stones (5) 42 Hot-water burn (5) 45 Be prepared; master the facts (2,4,8) 52 Hearten (5) 55 Sugary confectionery (5) 56 Devotees (4) 57 Haphazard (6) 58 Soaked (8) 61 Preserved (7) 62 Beer maker (6) 63 Arbiter (8) 66 Childish (9) 68 Ceremonial (6) 69 Provide a service or favour for someone (6) 73 Feather (5) 74 Blaming for (8) 76 Expert who gives advice (10) 81 Supervise (7) 82 Earnest request (6) 83 Related (6) 84 Dross (4) 85 Extend in time (7) 86 Thwarted (10) 87 Chuffed (7)

DOWN

1 Chocolate substitute (5) 2 Aerodrome (8) 3 Removing moisture (6) 4 Tree’s anchors (5) 5 Poverty (4) 6 In the main (7) 7 Astuteness (6) 8 Oust (5) 10 Liberate (4) 11 Visually offensive thing (7) 12 Emissaries (6) 17 Chequered playing square (10) 18 Pick-me-up (5) 22 Clothes cupboard (8) 23 Fiend (5) 24 Enigmas (7) 26 Cover area with flat stones (4) 28 Facial hair (7) 29 Cured (6) 30 Minimum number for a legal meeting (6) 31 Grow by addition (6) 33 Intuitive feeling (5) 35 Collision (5) 36 Musical instrument (4) 37 Cherished (4) 43 Voucher (6) 44 Illuminate (5) 46 Colourful gemstone (4) 47 Air hole (7) 48 Cunning (6) 49 Proprietor (5) 50 Hugeness (8) 51 One from Seoul (6) 52 Large projectile (6,4) 53 Sound rebound (4) 54 Fan out (7) 59 Hold up (5) 60 Thought (4) 64 Adhere (5) 65 Money resources (8) 67 Figure (7) 68 Evenly spaced (7) 70 Pasture plant (6) 71 Dilates (6) 72 Dozing (6) 75 Shoe part (5) 77 Eyed lecherously (5) 78 Domesticated (5) 79 Blood vessel (4) 80 Covenant (4)

Sudoku 8 3 7 1 82 92 4 9 7 5 4 41 7 8 2 9 91 5

55 73 8 6 9 1 4 3794 5 7 8 9 9 3 97 54 4 21 6 3 1 8 HARD

2 7 4

Last week

8349 617 25 Fill the grid so that every 8294 136 756294 5173 578 829 31 46 column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. 5416 782 7365 921 93 84 9 6 8 1 1435 7526 4 9 5 2 3768 7 3 2 286 491 1 6 3 954 5 4 97 83 7 8 12 3 9 8 7 2 1 5 4 6 2817 345 69 Last week’s CodeCracker 4159 867 32 2673 548 19 1 5 2 8 4 9 3 6 7 6842 379 51

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Last week’s crossword solution

ACROSS: 1 Asked, 4 Birds of a feather, 14 Pin-up, 15 Spurn, 16 Belittling, 17 Cocoa, 19 Tun, 20 Headway, 21 Street map, 22 Status, 25 Headboard, 27 Avenue, 28 Heroin, 33 Quadrangle, 35 Sap, 36 Quarry, 37 Jamb, 39 Emu, 41 Regrets, 42 Enigma, 43 Authority, 44 Surly, 45 Inferred, 50 Be, 51 Lessened, 55 Syria, 58 Insomniac, 59 Ticket, 60 Amorous, 61 Apt, 63 Gain, 64 Foiled, 65 Eye, 66 Decorating, 68 Cherry, 69 Jersey, 71 Utterance, 76 Outcry, 77 Hamstring, 79 Elastic, 81 Van, 84 Loose, 85 Dissidents, 86 Tools, 87 Ozone, 88 Rub salt in a wound, 89 Stare. DOWN: 2 Sipped, 3 Erred, 5 Iced, 6 Drifter, 7 Outlet, 8 Atilt, 9 Engrave, 10 Tick, 11 Excite, 12 Knots, 13 Opinion, 14 Panther, 18 Bandmaster, 23 Dough, 24 Runaway, 26 Endorse, 27 Appease, 29 Ovation, 30 Tureen, 31 Usage, 32 Writhe, 34 Etna, 36 Quart, 38 Bayed, 40 Boss, 45 Icing, 46 Festive, 47 Ramp, 48 Editor, 49 Dread, 50 Battery, 52 Somersault, 53 Erratic, 54 Equine, 55 Scolded, 56 Acted, 57 Lead, 62 Octet, 67 Brittle, 68 Chevron, 70 Scandal, 72 Tangelo, 73 Ormolu, 74 Troika, 75 Miller, 76 Onion, 78 Sushi, 80 Short, 82 Legs, 83 Stun.

5x5

S R P R N L P S V R T S S

Insert the missing letters P G S to complete ten words U A — five across the grid A A E and five down. I L More than one solution may be possible.S E P

P AG E S RURA L ADA G E T I T L E STE E P

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