The Chronicle

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

17 First class 18 Nonsense 20 Give a speech 21 Vine fruit 23 Type of sheep 24 Read again 25 Unembellis­hed 27 Casts off 29 Very dry areas 33 Had a desire 34 Prominent 38 Comes across 40 Thin wooden

strips

42 Shown in

numbers 45 Outcast

47 Type of dog 49 Societal group 50 Type of bird 51 A tree 52 Wooden

container 53 Each day 54 Listens to 56 Hearts

58 Sex

60 Give in

confidence 62 Type of willow 64 Fine dress

material 65 Fireplace 66 Cruel person 67 Senior member 69 High area 72 Spur wheel 74 Vacant 75 Workmen 77 Pick-me-up 80 Discretion 83 Cereal varieties 85 Invent 88 Handgun 90 Stems of plants 93 Fresher

94 Slip on ice 95 Round figure 96 Memento 97 Making a pair 98 Female sheep 99 Takes away

from

100 Organ of sight 101 Abstaining from

beer

102 Stressed 104 Following 106 Drinks as a cat 108 Positions for

houses

111 Was in

competitio­n 113 A dog

117 Mafia code 120 Italian food 121 Goes first 123 Distilled tar 125 Involving two

sides

126 Unfasten 128 Acting ruler 129 Fine point in

conduct

130 More curly 133 Small marks 136 Of the night 137 Lamentatio­n 138 Joined together 139 Pushed inward 143 Once more 145 Masticate 147 Minister’s

residence 148 Decomposed

greens

152 Extra hours

worked

154 Edge of

stitching

155 Posed for 156 Turf

158 Ran too fast for 159 Hang loosely 160 Flow back 161 A tree

162 More mature 163 Part of a shirt 166 Dune

167 Meshed

170 Loafing

172 Wish well 175 Change to suit 178 Woody plant 180 Church law 181 Love

182 Pattern

184 Indian currency 185 Metal block 186 Not deserved 187 Oily fruit

188 Offspring 191 Talked about 195 Tended the ill 198 Salty compound 202 Groups of cattle 205 Brimless hat 206 Made cat’s cry 207 Airholes

208 Gave hand

signal

209 Thin biscuit 210 Make light noise 211 Leases pasture 212 Pattern for

printing

213 Wash out 214 Precious stone 217 The beach 222 Undercloth­es 225 Chooses 229 Props up 231 Hatred

232 Take in food 233 A pilot 234 Push against 235 To that time 236 Puts in office 237 Type of violin

DOWN

1 Hoar frost 2 Lubricates 3 Darn 4 Intentions 5 Close

6 Farm animals 7 Consumes 8 Water crops 9 Musical work 10 Fly off

11 Verses

12 Make water

cloudy 13 Simplicity 14 Undergarme­nt 15 School test 16 Garden tool 18 Night moisture 19 Showed the

way 22 Newspaper

chief

26 Pays back 28 Cut into two 30 Send from

home

31 Throw out 32 Slight sign 35 Poplar tree 36 Inside part 37 Wants

39 Name

41 Be suspicious

of

42 Ten year period 43 Thing to be

learnt

44 Gum from a

tree 46 Glowing 47 Soaks well 48 Recently 49 Least distance

away

55 Sharp

57 Talk wildly 58 Type of

antelope 59 Eradicate 61 Ripped

63 Force forward 68 Being indebted 70 Very important 71 Beginners 73 Build

76 Area

78 Mythical

monster

79 Put into

81 Toxic building

material

82 Car part

84 High regard 86 Perch as a bird 87 Greek letter 88 Jockey 89 Flowers

91 Over

92 Rascal

103 Argued sensibly 104 Time of life 105 Glistening 107 Moving

109 Intense feelings 110 Placed in

position

112 An end

113 Common circus

tent 114 Sth American

mammal

115 Do better than 116 Doctrines 118 Fight back 119 Be plentiful 122 Oil reservoir 124 Chooses 127 Lack of trouble 131 Coastal

indentatio­n 132 Speaks

brokenly

134 Penalised 135 Make a knot 140 Relating to

warships 141 Eagle's nest 142 Plaited

144 Loses feelings 145 Pitch in voice 146 Strolling

147 A decoration 149 Change genes 150 Giraffe’s relative 151 In that place 153 Moved slowly 154 Get better 157 Fall down 158 Speak lengthily 164 Boredom 165 Wine merchant 168 Climate

169 At no time 171 Scaling aid 172 Band

173 Got away from 174 Walked

sideways 175 Comes up 176 Representa­tives 177 Slow run

179 Make a law

invalid

182 Lair

183 Head movement 189 Want badly 190 Took heed 192 Musical piece 193 Cars (US) 194 Correct

196 Importantl­y 197 Pleads with 199 A fibre

200 Scope

201 Screw

203 Papal decrees 204 Powdery

215 Was dressed in 216 Join

217 Soot

218 Performs 219 Sicknesses 220 A cheese 221 Malady

222 Employ

223 Sister (abb) 224 Sign

225 Break suddenly 226 Adore

227 Use an axe 228 Box in practice 229 Posted

230 Requests

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