GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Highest point reached by

a star (6)

4 Displaying exaggerated

self-importance (7)

7 Whitish (5)

9 Hairless (4)

10 Flat plate (4)

11 Loving (4)

13 Hire (4)

14 Lizard (5)

15 Graceful bird (4)

16 Crouches (6)

18 Fruit (10)

20 Asian yam (4)

21 Pressing (6)

22 Journal (9)

24 Fourth working day (8) 27 Gloss applied to surfaces

for protection (6)

28 Grab (5)

31 Snakelike fish (pl) (4)

34 Sauté chef’s

specialties (6)

35 Tactless (5)

38 Sweet sticky liquid (5)

41 Blubber (4)

43 Accurate (7)

44 Hire-car (4)

45 Exertion (5)

46 Punctuation mark (5)

48 A popular edible nut-like

kernel (6)

49 Coupler (4)

53 Mushrooms (5)

54 Puzzle of interlocking

pieces (6)

55 Typographical error (8) 56 Skilled and respected

political figure (9)

60 Woody tropical

grass (6)

62 Annoys (4) 63 Graphic design

professional (10)

64 Dam builder (6)

66 Molten rock (4)

67 Passed (5)

68 Fork spike (4)

70 Muslim prince (4)

72 Eye part (4)

73 Blemishes (4)

74 Source of cooking oil (5) 75 Revoke (7)

76 Rue (6)

DOWN

2 Move to another land (8) 3 Teeth adapted for

cutting (8)

4 Play on words (3)

5 Poem (3)

6 Literary ridicule (6)

7 Maintain (6)

8 Plunder (7)

9 Court game (10)

11 Common viral

infection (3)

12 Differ (8)

13 Counterargument (8)

17 Axilla (6)

19 Shout (4)

23 Small hard seed (3)

25 Edible fruit (9)

26 Percussionist’s tool (9) 29 Steam room (5)

30 Jewish spiritual leader (5) 32 Negatively charged

particles (9)

33 Yield (9)

36 Pivotal point (4)

37 Inherited character

unit (4)

39 Abounding (4)

40 Chess piece (4)

41 Marshy outlet (US) (5) 42 Incorrect (5)

47 Pretence (10)

50 Outside toilet (8)

51 Musical group playing

together (8)

52 Groups of rhymed

lines (6)

53 Nemesis (3)

54 Quip (4)

57 Protective and decorative

board (8) 58 Having a pH greater

than 7 (8)

59 Small shoulder-bag (7) 60 Casual search (6)

61 Vessel in which to grind

spices (6)

65 Magnetic tape

recorder (1,1,1)

69 Egg of louse (3)

71 Intersected (3)