JUMBO CROSSWORD: 985

ACROSS

1 Stop up (5) 4 Return to reality (4,4,2,5) 14 Wilt (5) 15 Accessory (5) 16 Skin disease (10) 17 Ambition (5) 19 Novel (3) 20 Careful and sensible (7) 21 Red snails (anag)(9) 22 Moving upward (6) 25 Tourist (9) 27 In layers (6) 28 Caustic (6) 33 Adept (10) 35 Subside (3) 36 Russian city (6) 37 Dross (4) 39 Minic (3) 41 Gruesome (7) 42 Dine alfresco (6) 43 Honed (9) 44 Trainee (5) 45 Late (8) 50 Chamber pot (2) 51 Send-off (8) 55 Ballroom dance (5) 58 Thoroughbred (9) 59 Source (6) 60 Sultan’s wife (7) 61 Wind up (3) 63 Way out (4) 64 Part of an insect (6) 65 Allow (3) 66 Hot kind hog (anag)(10) 68 Hypothesis (6) 69 University grounds (6) 71 Wizards (9) 76 Cool (6) 77 Spoke haltingly (9) 79 Deliberate insult (7) 81 Road material (3) 84 Scent (5) 85 Impossible to believe (10) 86 Poppy drug (5) 87 Basket for fish (5) 88 Maintain your position in the face of opposition; stand firm (5,2,4,4) 89 Snake (5)

DOWN

2 Extravagance (6) 3 Healed (5) 5 Exposed (4) 6 As a group together (2,5) 7 Set-up cost (6) 8 Took down (5) 9 Watch (7) 10 Assistant (4) 11 Unimportant details (6) 12 Immature (5) 13 Improving trend (7) 14 Shortfall (7) 18 Likely (2,3,5) 23 Burnt remains (5) 24 Continue steadfastly (7) 26 Pump up (7) 27 Smoked plant (7) 29 Madden (7) 30 Lubricate (6) 31 Denim trousers (5) 32 Instrumental composition (6) 34 Lookalike (4) 36 Fixes (5) 38 Soldier’s decoration (5) 40 Church recess (4) 45 Mournful song (5) 46 Addictive drug (7) 47 Throb (4) 48 Bawdy, ribald (6) 49 Alphabetic reference (5) 50 Clipped dogs (7) 52 Preliminary sketch (5,5) 53 Voyeur (7) 54 European capital (6) 55 Riot-quelling vapour (4,3) 56 Simple song (5) 57 Connection (4) 62 Around (5) 67 Advent (7) 68 Planned strategies (7) 70 Loyalist, flag-waver (7) 72 Gap (7) 73 Verging on (6) 74 Strike out (6) 75 Put up with (6) 76 Heartless (5) 78 Aggressively masculine (5) 80 Speedy (5) 82 Bathroom powder (4) 83 Blueprint (4)