GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Argue over trivialities (7)
4 Greets (8)
8 Kennel (8)
11 Temperance (9)
13 Base (6)
14 Drink of pureed fruit,
milk, etc. (8)
16 Weekday named after
Norse god of war (7)
17 A swift-running, deer-like
ruminant (8)
19 Balderdash (8)
20 Learned by rote (9)
24 Women’s Weekly
is one (8)
25 Fancy cake (French) (6)
27 Short black coffee (8)
29 Widow holding property from her late husband (7)
31 Retire (7)
33 The process of adapting something to contemporary needs (13)
37 Regal (8)
41 Work flour into dough (5)
42 Obvious (5)
43 Picture (5)
44 Wildlife (5)
45 Penultimate month (8)
48 Without any prior
planning (13)
51 Glittering piece (7)
54 Fine lustrous silk (7)
56 Small container (8)
57 African bloodsucking
fly (6)
58 Hubbub (8)
59 Anxiety-inducing (9)
63 Relating to the brain (8) 65 Breach of trust (8)
68 Trembling (7)
69 Airship (8)
70 Hinder (6)
71 Lifelike (9)
72 Enough (8)
73 Grotesque carved face projecting from the gutter of a building (8)
74 Scared (7)
DOWN
1 Discrete amount of
something (7)
2 Kitchen appliance used
to make 14-across (7)
3 Improve morals or the
intellect (5)
4 Held up (7)
5 Unwelcome task (5)
6 Guiding maxim (5)
7 Wine waiter (9)
8 Dissolution (14)
9 Bedtime farewell (9)
10 Citizens of
Switzerland (5)
12 Vapour (5)
15 Surgery site (7)
18 Musical speed (5)
21 Not difficult (4)
22 Affront (6)
23 Famous English school (4) 26 Mechanise (8) 28 Strong cord (4) 30 Envelop (7)
32 Fester (6) 34 Musical drama (5) 35 Roman equivalent of the Greeks’ Poseidon (7) 36 Menacing frown (5) 38 Detailed examination (8)
39 Summer, for example (6)
40 Weight that causes stability or equilibrium (14)
46 Moral excellence (6)
47 Fable (4)
49 Miss (4)
50 Common ingredient in a
vegetarian curry (4) 52 Belgian diamond-trading
centre (7)
53 Irregular soldier (9)
54 Bothering (9)
55 Lachrymose (5)
59 Treat yourself (7)
60 Endurance (7)
61 Pass out (5)
62 Rational (7)
64 Make corrections (5) 66 Jungle mammal with
prehensile nose (5) 67 Sound (5)
68 Drink deeply (5)