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Jumbo crossword
ACROSS
1 Let the air out of (7) 4 About (10) 9 Enterprise (7) 13 Abominably wicked (4) 14 Fluid (6) 15 In operation (6) 16 Sharp road bend (7) 19 Applied science (10) 20 Young plant (8) 21 Cut gem face (5) 24 Natural fabric (6) 25 Apprehensive (6) 27 Accuracy (9) 32 Lamented, regretted strongly (8) 33 Contract (6) 34 Nomad (7) 38 Without warning (8) 39 Employ (6) 40 Yours and mine (4) 41 Craze (5) 42 Beau (5) 45 Factually very inaccurate (4,2,3,5) 52 Gradually decreased (5) 55 Bungling (5) 56 Extinct bird (4) 57 Winter sport (6) 58 Code of behaviour (8) 61 Unvarying regular procedure (7) 62 Last exams (6) 63 South American boa (8) 66 Miser (9) 68 Speak ill of (6) 69 Country (6) 73 Boundaries (5) 74 Extremely poisonous or injurious (8) 76 Having conflicting feelings about (10) 81 Evasive, shifty (7) 82 Quiet (6) 83 Bargain (6) 84 Company (4) 85 Long-winded (7) 86 Wagon-builder (10) 87 Passed on (7)
DOWN
1 Soft thick quilt (5) 2 Girl’s name (8) 3 Able to be eaten (6) 4 Held fast (5) 5 Naked (4) 6 Ticked by (7) 7 Made after expenses (6) 8 Belly button (5) 10 Dutch cheese (4) 11 Wind storm (7) 12 Hoisted (6) 17 Not predicted (10) 18 Light meal (5) 22 Lively Spanish dance (8) 23 Grey-faced (5) 24 Vehicle’s frame (7) 26 Movie (4) 28 Bitterness, resentment (7) 29 Uncultivated (6) 30 Decorative band (6) 31 Split up (6) 33 Vertical passageway (5) 35 Japanese city (5) 36 Thought (4) 37 Court order (4) 43 Wall opening (6) 44 Data for computer (5) 46 Superstar (4) 47 Feeling (7) 48 Of public revenue (6) 49 Shire (anag)(5) 50 Octopus’s arm (8) 51 Intense fear, disgust (6) 52 Retraction (10) 53 Small cut (4) 54 Sea creature (7) 59 Silly (5) 60 Large sharp tooth (4) 64 Gold miner’s plot (5) 65 Faithfulness (8) 67 Retaining (7) 68 Bullfighter (7) 70 Stick (6) 71 Peacock’s mate (6) 72 Assassin (6) 75 Fleshy extension above the throat (5) 77 Power (5) 78 Domesticated (5) 79 Hurry (4) 80 Cormorant (4)
758 3 1 69 1 9 5 6 8 7 2 9 7 12 7 3 6 21 3 8 34 2
MEDIUM
Last week
4629 758 13 Fill the grid so that every 1492 583 765871 1392 342 687 69 45 column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. 6537 198 7283 465 24 19 3 5 1 6 6283 9745 7 4 5 8 2167 8 9 4 475 126 9 1 3 539 7 2 91 38 2 6 84 3 7 6 1 8 5 9 4 2 8934 261 57 Last week’s CodeCracker 4159 236 87 9826 741 53 2 9 7 8 3 1 4 6 5 5314 672 98
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Last week’s crossword solution
ACROSS: 1 Essay, 4 Slowly but surely, 14 Cello, 15 Bacon, 16 Protection, 17 Elder, 19 Row, 20 Leather, 21 Furthered, 22 Leeway, 25 Infatuate, 27 Gaelic, 28 Method, 33 Circuitous, 35 Gnu, 36 Guided, 37 Arms, 39 Tar, 41 Memento, 42 Intent, 43 Unethical, 44 Opens, 45 Crusader, 50 In, 51 Strictly, 55 Drain, 58 Bystander, 59 Victor, 60 Impound, 61 Tea, 63 Snag, 64 Unruly, 65 Lie, 66 Advantaged, 68 Prefer, 69 Shroud, 71 Denigrate, 76 Tip-top, 77 Migratory, 79 Strange, 81 Ace, 84 Crack, 85 Alteration, 86 Utter, 87 Edict, 88 No spring chicken, 89 Brush. DOWN: 2 Shaded, 3 About, 5 Lore, 6 Wetsuit, 7 Yachts, 8 Unite, 9 Sincere, 10 Reef, 11 Ladies, 12 Glory, 13 Forward, 14 Crowded, 18 Retaliated, 23 Tutor, 24 Vicious, 26 Nucleus, 27 Glutton, 29 Haricot, 30 Linear, 31 Agree, 32 Reject, 34 Sink, 36 Greet, 38 Silly, 40 Thai, 45 Cubes, 46 Upstage, 47 Agar, 48 Ending, 49 Tasty, 50 Invalid, 52 Remunerate, 53 Coolant, 54 Longed, 55 Drought, 56 Acted, 57 Goya, 62 Avoid, 67 Respect, 68 Panacea, 70 Origami, 72 Erratic, 73 Tomato, 74 Starch, 75 Egress, 76 Tepid, 78 Retag, 80 Aster, 82 Skip, 83 Cove.
5x5
H R P L R R C A K W E D
Insert the missing letters S A E to complete ten words A O — five across the grid A O D and five down. E S More than one solution may be possible.E G D
