GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Old warrior 5 Stage player 12 Group of
bidders 16 Storming 19 Bring into law 20 Listen sneakily 21 Fruit
22 Picture shows 23 Give as gift 24 Call forth 25 Baby’s bed 26 Serious 27 Severe trouble 28 Plenty
29 Prised up 31 Sham
32 Piece inserted 33 European
country 35 Oxidised earth 36 Put on work list 39 Head covers 41 Strained
44 Fight back 45 Sewing
implement 46 Extra work
hours
49 Abate
51 Comes to a
point
54 Save from
disaster 56 Caters for 57 Climbed up 60 Be much too
good for 63 Electrical
resistor 66 Unruly mob 68 Disagreement 70 Grand welcome
(4,4)
71 One taking risks 72 Burned 74 Country robber 76 Northern
European 78 Type of volcanic
glass
79 Old French
leader
80 Act as if (7,2) 82 Nettles 83 Elongate
87 Give permission 91 Is familiar with
(5,4)
95 Pitch in voice 98 Harvests 100 Small dagger 102 Make very
happy 104 Equine animal 106 Utter fool
108 Extra in cricket 109 Ovum
110 Houses
112 Very hot
114 Fresher
116 Round
playthings 117 Gripping tool 118 Open to view 119 Closes
121 Throw out 124 Tissue transfer
on tree
125 Queensland city 126 Eastern title 127 Saltpetre
130 In what place 131 Like a lout 133 Frozen water 134 Tools etc
135 Looked after 137 Hatred
138 A corner
140 Love foolishly 141 Perfect
143 Authors’ names
on story
145 Arguing sensibly 149 Product title
(5,4)
152 Railway line
support
155 Look over again 158 Dissolute person 160 Argue at length 162 Disability
164 Trouble in mind 166 Beer maker 167 Fit of bad
temper
170 Learned piece of
writing
171 Removed
shutters
172 Engaging in
sport
175 Ask inside 177 In complete
control
179 Card for banks
(4,4)
181 Access road 183 An animal
watcher
184 Found the
answer
186 Flowers
187 More weird 189 Wears away 191 Roman god 194 Remains of fire 197 Tutors
200 Attend to 201 Hearth 204 Clumps of grass 205 Strange mixture 207 Man’s name 208 Hole borer 209 One in charge 211 Explosion 212 Alluded to 213 Loafed around 215 Make pure 216 Order of
architecture 217 A dead language 218 Charge with
crime
219 Meat for cooking 220 Start in motion 221 Like an elf 222 Removes
coverings 223 Farm buildings 224 Gave medicine 225 Shines brightly
DOWN
1 Places for
worship
2 Plant fluid 3 Brooding birds 4 Suspend 5 Adds onto 6 Tropical plants
(4,5)
7 Posers
8 Dusts
9 Stops
10 Light covering 11 Control a
meeting 12 Passed over 13 Short rests 14 Satires 15 Church recess 16 Hermit
17 Give freely 18 Explosive
projectile
30 In many shapes 34 Party well 35 Poems
37 Water mammal 38 Follow on 40 Acrid
42 Pig
43 Chosen for
office
47 A car etc
48 Girl’s name 50 Removed quietly
(5,3)
52 Definite 53 Turning over 55 Lose friendship
with
56 Sells door to
door
58 Natters with
(5,2)
59 Titled
61 Set of beliefs 62 Female actor 64 Immature frog 65 Cut of beef (3,5) 67 Maimed 69 Ointment 73 Wash out 74 Bottom part 75 Chore
77 Cute
81 Top of baby
bottle 84 Completely 85 Woody plant 86 Speedy animal 88 Top points
89 A vitamin B 90 Minor post 92 Treaty maker 93 Vine fruit 94 Meteorologist 95 Money in coins 96 Clever
97 Weird portrait 99 About skull wall 100 Ate greedily 101 Memento
103 Grew smaller 105 Hidden shooter 107 Asian island 111 Choice
113 Sent out
115 Ripple
120 Single part 122 Girl’s name 123 Toothed wheels 128 Roman dates 129 Part in play 132 Shows agitation 136 Determined
people
139 Following closely 142 Landed
143 After usual time 144 Inactive
146 Atmosphere of
place
147 Monastery
novices
148 Insect larva 149 Carry
150 State strongly 151 Remove by
suction 153 Way in 154 Broke one’s
word
156 Messages 157 Protect 159 Huge
161 Fundamental 163 Jive
165 Plead
168 A number 169 ... Starr
(Drummer) 173 A caper 174 Floating ice
mass
175 One from
Teheran 176 Relaxed 178 Throw
180 Make public 182 Small birds 183 Obtains 185 Different ways 188 Filled again 189 Photo takers 190 Stabbing
weapons 192 Olden tales 193 Masai
195 Interferes 196 Threw out 198 Wonderful 199 Elves
202 Deny
203 Incursion 206 Legal defence 210 Mix up
211 A ray of light 214 Lift one's hat