GIANT CROSSWORD
Across 1 Ask __, Q&A focused e-business (6) 5 Earthy lump (4) 8 Hurried (6) 10 Naomi __, UK supermodel (8) 14 Bereaved wives (6) 16 Incident (5) 22 Water feature (8) 23 Null and void (7) 24 Weapon used in the Middle Ages (7) 26 Irritable (9) 27 Salvation __, charity (4) 29 Verse (4) 30 Day before (3) 31 Controls (5) 33 Retain (4) 34 File added to an email (10) 35 Sheriff (5) 36 Cereal used in puddings (4) 39 Infirmary (8) 41 Selected (6) 42 A person with strong interests, informally (6) 43 Performer (5) 45 Epinephrine (10)
49 Wilt (6) 51 Farewell (5) 54 Unlikely (10) 55 Passionately (8) 60 Liberated (8) 62 Never-ending (3-4) 63 Mock action (5) 64 Will __, UK singer who won Pop Idol in 2002 (5) 65 Group (3) 68 Shout of disgust (3) 69 Indian language (5) 71 Relinquish (5) 72 Plead (7) 75 Long drink (8) 80 Suicide (4-4) 82 Great painters (3,7) 84 Australian wild dog (5) 86 Remove weapons from (6) 88 Appointed (10) 91 Gowns (5) 93 Revolutionaries (6) 95 Sewing implement (6) 97 Lacking skill (8) 100 1995 film starring a piglet (4) 102 Group of bees (5) 103 Fierce verbal attacks (10)
104 Mythical queen (4) 106 Enthusiasm (5) 109 Falsehood (3) 110 Expensive (4) 111 __ Partridge, comedy character played by Steve Coogan (4) 112 Close result (4,5) 114 Double (7) 117 __ Jones, fictional hero played by Harrison Ford (7) 118 Lift (8) 119 Northeasternmost US state (5) 120 Phantoms (6) 121 Unfamiliar person (8) 122 In a self-satisfied manner (6) 123 Location (4) 124 Is situated (6)
Down 2 Thrift (7) 3 Poison (5) 4 Assume a defensive position (5,2)
6 The River Soar flows through this UK city (9) 7 Frogman (5) 8 New __, capital of India (5) 9 Anguilliform fish (3) 11 Priest’s vestment (3) 12 Toilet, informally (3) 13 Aged (7) 14 Cereal grass (5) 15 Sunrise (8) 17 Renovates (5) 18 Forbidden (5) 19 Translate (9) 20 Leg joint (4) 21 Imbibe (4,2) 25 Colourless liquid (5) 26 Burst into laughter (5,2) 28 Put into new order (9) 32 Thus (3) 33 Gustavo __, former Brazilian tennis world No. 1 (7) 37 Spirt consumed with tonic (3) 38 The Dark __, 2008 Batman film (6) 40 Rent (5) 41 Twosomes (5)
43 Put an end to (9) 44 Exchange of shots (5) 46 Computer network linking devices locally (abbr.) (3) 47 Be in debt (3) 48 Angel (6) 50 Type of pasta (7) 52 Disrobes (9) 53 Dead __, UK comedy sketch show (7) 54 Have strong effect on (7) 56 Conflict, friction (7) 57 Organ (5) 58 Source of power (4) 59 Smell (5) 61 Sicilian volcano (4) 66 Shove (6) 67 Popular Christian festival (9) 70 Lazy person (5) 73 Dessert (6) 74 Weapon (7) 76 Bottled spirit (5) 77 Thick soup (5) 78 Covered (9) 79 Flightless bird (3) 81 Muhammad __, US boxing legend (3)
83 Jewellery item (7) 85 Begging (9) 87 Leftovers (8) 89 Age (3) 90 Snooping (6) 92 Absorber (7) 94 Sheep’s cry (5) 96 Man’s best friend (3) 98 Peter __, comic actor in The Pink Panther films (7) 99 Precious stone (7) 100 Orlando __, Lord of the Rings actor (5) 101 __ Macarthur, successful British solo yachtswoman (5) 103 Supports (5) 105 Worshipped object (4) 107 Sorrowfully (5) 108 Semi-transparent gemstones (5) 110 __ Ross, US singer, actress and record producer (5) 113 Of the item (3) 115 Single (3) 116 Water barrier (3)