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Jumbo crossword
ACROSS
1 Ore test (5) 4 Suppress an urge to say something (4,4,6) 11 African country (5) 14 Hand-shovel (5) 15 Likelihood (11) 16 Relinquish power (8) 19 Confectionery flavour (7) 20 Alleyway between seats (5) 21 Supposition (9) 24 Additional fee on bill (9) 26 Infuse slowly into the mind (6) 27 Solidly built (6) 31 Freewheel (5) 32 Scalp flakes (8) 34 Standardised image (10) 38 Abridge (7) 39 Underground shelter (6) 40 Internal coating (6) 41 Employee (4) 42 Welcomed (7) 45 Gene-carrying structure in cell nucleus (10) 50 Pestered (7) 54 Check and edit (4) 55 Customer (6) 56 Scream (6) 57 Enchant (7) 60 Salad dressing (10) 61 Titanic (8) 62 Pledge of fidelity (5) 65 Pivoting joints (6) 66 Force into doing (6) 67 Fictitious (9) 72 Travel plan (9) 73 Grieve (5) 74 Annulled (7) 79 Germ-free (8) 80 Doctor’s instrument (11) 81 Have faith in (5) 82 Shoplifting (5) 83 Fantastically marvellous (3,2,4,5) 84 Prickly (5)
DOWN
2 Boxer’s helper (6) 3 Molecule components (5) 5 Paddles (4) 6 Adding a film soundtrack in a different language (7) 7 Bite at gently (6) 8 Glossy natural fabric (4) 9 Verbal eruption (8) 10 Arm joints (6) 11 Migration abroad (10) 12 Time period (4) 13 Bucketing down (7) 17 Park seat (5) 18 Aid (10) 22 Brightly-coloured parrot (5) 23 Tied-back hairstyle (8) 25 Purge us (anag)(7) 26 Conflagration (7) 28 Parent (6) 29 Clock bird (6) 30 Adjustable spanner (6) 33 Unbaked bread mixture (5) 35 Ceased (5) 36 Surrender up (4) 37 Singing voice (4) 42 Shine (5) 43 Intellectually uplifting (8) 44 Monetary unit (6) 45 Grandmaster’s arena (10) 46 Appraise (4) 47 Stage show (7) 48 Rolled document (6) 49 Encounters (5) 51 Summit (4) 52 Trouble-maker (7) 53 Arouse (6) 58 Money lent for a return (10) 59 Latin-American dance (5) 63 Pre-meal drink (8) 64 Follow after (5) 65 Small axe (7) 68 Country with Rabat (7) 69 Natural blue dye (6) 70 Automatons (6) 71 Human (6) 75 Sweet liquid (5) 76 Leer at (4) 77 Engrave with acid (4) 78 Colourful gemstone (4)
Sudoku 2 5 6 9 1 8 7 6 9 9 2 4 9 8 1 1 8 9 63 6 7 7 2 6 4 4 2 9 5 6 2 3 8 9 5 7 1 42 8 9 2 3 6 539 8 5 17
MEDIUM
Last week
1359 628 74 Fill the grid so that every 3278 591 469863 4721 741 853 25 69 column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. 6492 138 5816 472 57 93 2 9 1 5 5472 3687 7 1 3 6 6248 4 6 7 386 915 2 9 4 539 8 3 91 42 5 8 17 1 9 8 4 3 2 6 7 5 8594 172 36 Last week’s CodeCracker 4569 783 21 7321 654 89 9 6 5 3 2 4 7 1 8 2735 819 64
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Last week’s crossword solution
ACROSS: 1 Rotated, 4 Contenders, 9 Claimed, 13 Core, 14 Marrow, 15 Revise, 16 Complex, 19 Diagonally, 20 Hedonist, 21 Graph, 24 Evicts, 25 Errant, 27 Quadruple, 32 Fatigued, 33 Spread, 34 Feigned, 38 Creation, 39 Public, 40 Atom, 41 Guide, 42 Donor, 45 Out of one’s depth, 52 Lands, 55 Strip, 56 Beef, 57 Nettle, 58 Unsteady, 61 Genetic, 62 Scurvy, 63 Cornered, 66 Washboard, 68 Voting, 69 Change, 73 Fetch, 74 Metallic, 76 Liberating, 81 Runaway, 82 Fiasco, 83 Ocelot, 84 Fete, 85 Sarcasm, 86 Consistent, 87 Relayed. DOWN: 1 Raced, 2 Terrapin, 3 Dramas, 4 Carol, 5 News, 6 Earshot, 7 Divide, 8 Risen, 10 Loom, 11 Imperil, 12 Exempt, 17 Postmaster, 18 Aside, 22 Handcuff, 23 Duped, 24 Enticed, 26 Rout, 28 Unaware, 29 Gigolo, 30 Erects, 31 Wedded, 33 Salon, 35 Gouda, 36 Mean, 37 Port, 43 Outset, 44 Olive, 46 Used, 47 Officer, 48 Owners, 49 Entry, 50 Delicate, 51 Hunted, 52 Letterhead, 53 Neat, 54 Skyline, 59 Fishy, 60 Grin, 64 Hotel, 65 Entirely, 67 Archaic, 68 Vicious, 70 Medusa, 71 Closes, 72 Renoir, 75 Amigo, 77 Inept, 78 Greed, 79 Fans, 80 Pole.
5x5
C A P A A A I E E D T U S
Insert the missing letters S L T to complete ten words R N — five across the grid R O S and five down. S E More than one solution may be possible.P E S
