THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
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1. Passes (a burden) on 5. Scottish actor and star of the X Men movies, James ... 9. Flow out suddenly 11. Dodged 16. Hand warmer 17. Surgeon’s knife 19. Robber 20. Steering device 21. Holy women 22. Medical stitch 23. Parts of play acts 25. Giving off an aroma 27. Daunt 30. Moving slowly and closely (of cars) (4,2,4) 31. Subtle change of meaning 32. Lower leg 34. Grows weary 38. Prominence 42. Crop destroying insects 43. Fashioned in a different way 45. Little devils 46. Free (of) 47. Price reduction event 48. Famous martyr, ... of Arc 49. Australian town, ... Springs 51. Period of house rental 52. Of a view, seen from on high (5,3) 55. Facts 57. Money dispenser (1.1.1.) 58. Tell a story through gestures 60. Sufficient 61. Glands in the throat 63. Flattens under weights 66. Covers with bitumen 68. Flower support 69. Blame 70. Barrier to stop flooding (3,4) 73. Reverberates 75. Yemen’s continent 76. Grass similar to wheat 78. Police officers (slang) 79. Tell off 80. Cheat 82. Aromatic herb 83. Shacks 84. Old Russian emperor 86. Cranberry coloured 88. Harmless 90. Stretchy quality 93. Etches 95. Making fun of 97. Bedlinen item 99. Form of transport with pedals 100. Not yet ready to pick 101. Giving a makeover to (a building) 105. English romantic poet, John ... 108. Fatigues 110. Snoozes 111. Prickles 112. Male sweetheart 115. Birdsong 116. Underwater diving (3,4) 117. Sets out (on a journey) 118. Stared salaciously 119. Entitlements 120. Dr Jekyll’s alter ego 121. Sofa 122. Oscar winning actress, Jennifer ...
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1. Vital body parts 2. Disapprove of (5,2) 3. Lyric poems 4. Revulsion 6. Proof reader (4,6) 7. Most loathsome 8. Prattle 9. Beautiful 10. Glossy material 12. Letter that is not a consonant 13. Nutritionist 14. Heavy fall of rain 15. First showing of a film or play 18. Mature people 24. Relinquishes 26. Muslim religion 28. Draw forth 29. Genuflect 32. Cheats 33. Ill mannered 35. Least polite 36. Use a colander 37. Loungers 39. Obstructs 40. Excessive amount 41. People living surrounded by sea 43. Narrow beam of light 44. State of obligation 47. Clerks 50. Mission: Impossible star, Tom ... 53. Vague 54. Relieves 56. Less expensive 57. Chronic respiratory disorder 59. Windfall, ... from Heaven 62. Barn or tawny, for instance 64. Hoarded secretly 65. Giving off or sending out 67. Text at the bottom of a TV or cinema screen 69. Pedalled 71. Cooks’ protective garments 72. Star of TV’S House, Hugh ... 74. Pertaining to the Sun 77. Abominable Snowman 80. Bill Murray comedy, Groundhog ... 81. Gobi or Sahara, eg 85. Mixes in 87. Meriting dislike 89. Accommodate (3,2) 91. Getting off 92. Polite attitude 94. Tweet 96. Sewn on cut-out design 98. Great respect 102. Memory loss 103. Sprite blamed for mechanical problems 104. Breed of dog derived from the spaniel 105. Dishes of skewered meat 106. Rise 107. Barrier in a running race 109. Not illuminated 113. Do as told 114. Number in a quartet