GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Open to all 5 Scans writing 12 Little children 16 Slumbering 19 Awaken 20 Originator 21 Group of soldiers 22 Unaccompanied 23 Airholes
24 Not paid 25 Cater basely 26 Brief
27 Not guilty 28 Position
29 Put to death 31 Perch
32 A musical 33 Capered around 35 Easy to see 36 Works 39 Correct 41 Nourished 44 Take no notice of
45 Carved in metal 46 Vacations 49 Snakes 51 Chat 54 Horse attendant 56 Boxers 57 Types of exercises 60 Flying machine 63 Ripening 66 House and grounds 68 Satisfy one’s desires 70 Recovers inside walls 71 Corridors 72 Beginners 74 Pacified 76 Releases breath 78 Type of soft doll 79 Most ridiculous 80 Safety contract 82 Rest
83 Draws level (5,2)
87 Given out, as medicine 91 Sight 95 Church celebrants 98 Furred hood 100 Lugs
102 Bring up
104 Shine brightly
106 Treat lovingly
108 Pioneer aviator
109 Small drink
110 Outer layers of bread
112 Donkeys
114 Type of car
116 Frilling of lace
117 Writing implement
118 In plenty
119 Ahead of time
121 Chinese dogs
124 Bring on oneself
125 Bivalve mollusc
126 A country
127 Follow naturally
130 Stop
131 Central parts
133 Anger
134 Type of tree
135 Previous to
137 Smudge
138 Lease pasture
140 Mend clothes
141 Agave fibre
143 A pamphlet
145 Offering
149 Short-lived
152 Jockeys’ gear
155 Realm
158 Monetary assessment
160 Think hard
162 Games athlete
164 Reading place attendant
166 Woodland deities
167 Made new again
170 Speeches of praise
171 Physically sensitive to
172 Cartilage
175 Something thrown by athletes 177 Take away attention 179 Downy wool 181 Brought peace to
183 Food supplies 184 Farmed land 186 Of some use 187 Sailors 189 Contrary 191 Dream 194 A month 197 Cause sorrow to
200 Disgrace 201 Skims along surface
204 Perfect 205 Hoydens 207 Catarrh 208 Type of Salts 209 Adulated 211 Hard slaps 212 Municipal officer 213 Do wrong towards 215 Inject into 216 Graven images 217 Type of bird 218 Make possible 219 Forbidden 220 Large teeth 221 Faith in 222 Covered with pasture 223 Played around 224 Endow with some quality 225 Removes wool DOWN 1 Part of horse’s foot
2 Commonsense 3 First producer 4 Powdered earth 5 Fetch back 6 Bring to public view
7 Evening time 8 Caller 9 Show clearly 10 Thoroughfare 11 Argue against 12 From Britain 13 Give polite apology (3,6)
14 Direct 15 Manage 16 Dress 17 A material 18 Street marches 30 Greatly angered 34 Cup for wine 35 Betting prices 37 Former small coins
38 Weird 40 Those people 42 To the time when 43 Sincere 47 Speechmakers 48 Harden by use 50 Acts violently 52 Make milder 53 Lessen food intake (3,4) 55 About meaning of words 56 Type of ship 58 Turn back 59 Sth Australian town 61 Stone from oysters 62 Sickness 64 Metal brackets 65 Controls a meeting 67 Ambitious people 69 Junction 73 Comes closer 74 Strong string 75 Passes away 77 Type of lily 81 Tree in Java 84 Early type of bicycle 85 Identical 86 Print size 88 Supported as a customer 89 Used for breaking nuts 90 Of horse riders 92 Packeted dried food (6,4) 93 Able to work together 94 Pleasing to receiver 95 City of Leaning Tower
96 True 97 Holder for needles 99 Causes disorder 100 Hugged 101 Cattleman 103 Workrooms 105 Jellied dishes 107 Child minder 111 Blow roof away 113 Method
115 Part of a pedestal 120 Tiers
122 Get better 123 Tiny bit 128 Snares 129 Utilised
132 Was present at 136 Ocean contamination (3,5) 139 A gentleman (Abb)
142 Animal den 143 Prised 144 Lucky action 146 Piece of jewellery 147 Employs for work 148 Obtains
149 Fish 150 Young ladies 151 Traitor 153 Small projectiles 154 Entertainers 156 Stingy people (Colloq) 157 Type of whale 159 Charges with offence 161 Measure of heat 163 Disorderly brawl 165 Putting in sacks 168 Patent medicine 169 More damaged 173 Bury 174 Tricky questions 175 Overcome by alcohol
176 Old weapon 178 Drawn games 180 Misfortune 182 Made a guess about
183 Meat from young bovine 185 Speeding driver (Coll) 188 Sufficient 189 Fondling 190 Members of Royal family 192 Compound for building up body 193 Process of interchange 195 Of no value 196 Sudden rise 198 Attics 199 Eternal 202 Spread germs 203 Newspaper chief 206 Chews on 210 Childish 211 Short haircuts 214 Flightless birds