Belfast Telegraph

GIANT CROSSWORD

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Across

1 Extortiona­te money lender (6) 5 Fracas (5) 8 Utters words (6) 10 Finds refuge (8) 14 Breakwater (6) 16 Salvers (5) 21 Household (8) 22 Japanese island, host to a large US army base (7) 23 Dummy pill (7) 25 Translate (9) 26 Sour-tasting fruit (6) 27 Therefore (4) 28 __ Morgan, Jamaican footballer, Premier League winning captain of Leicester City (3) 29 Having a pleasant or sweet smell (8) 32 __ Devito, US actor (5) 33 Notion (4) 34 Cookers (5) 35 Unable to hear (4) 38 Skilful (6) 40 Tower over (5) 42 Lodging (13) 44 Of the nose (5) 46 Loud confused noise, commotion (10) 48 Set alight (6) 51 Spectre (7) 54 Type of pasta (10) 55 The __, 2006 film starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Matt Damon (8) 59 Army chaplains (6) 60 Type of warship (9) 62 Walk reluctantl­y or tiredly (7) 63 Leaven (5) 64 Puzzle (9) 67 Scold, informally (5,4) 69 Swiss currency (5) 71 Furniture item (7) 74 State (9) 77 Hamper (6) 78 Short joke (3-5) 81 Usually (10) 82 Distinct part (7) 84 Fashions (6) 87 Musical instrument (10) 90 __ Redmayne, Best Actor Oscar winner for The Theory of Everything in 2014 (5) 92 Black, hornless cattle breed (8,5) 95 Thespian (5) 96 Very small (6) 98 Gail __, GB Olmypic silver-medal winner in badminton (4) 100 Scope or extent (5) 101 Police spy, informally (4) 102 Prose compositio­n (5) 104 Buttoned garment (8) 107 Carly __ Jepson, Canadian singer (3) 109 Vend (4) 111 Group of seven (6) 112 Uncivilise­d (9) 114 Be watchful (4,3) 117 Enthusiast (7) 118 Spell of hot weather (4,4) 119 Harvests (5) 120 Capital of Saudi Arabia (6) 121 Stocky in build (8) 122 Descend by rope (6) 123 Civic leader (5) 124 Reach a destinatio­n (6)

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2 Made calm (7) 3 Smells or stinks (5) 4 Draw back (7) 5 Large tropical American parrot (5) 6 To hurry up (4,5) 7 Muslim ruler (4) 8 Personnel (5) 9 Stand at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium (3) 11 Gardening implement (3) 12 Habitual drunkard (3) 13 Ridicules (7) 14 Irish policeman (5) 15 Choose (3) 17 Engaged in a speed contest (5) 18 Neckwear item (5) 19 Suffering (4) 20 Afternoon nap (6) 24 African mammal (5) 25 Hostel (3) 26 Subdued (7) 30 Joan of __, 15th-century French heroine (3) 31 Leftover (7) 34 Throwing line in darts (4) 36 Fuss, bother (3) 37 Short sleep (6) 38 Great __, seabird hunted to extinction (3) 39 Commanded (7) 40 Deciphers (7) 41 Talent (5) 42 Suitably (5) 43 Tense, apprehensi­ve (5) 44 Pests (9) 45 Pale mauve colour (5) 47 Con __, 1997 thriller starring Nicolas Cage (3) 49 Native of Tehran, e.g. (7) 50 Oriental (7) 52 Type of preserve (9) 53 Lawlessnes­s (7) 54 Country whose capital is Hanoi (7) 56 Seer (7) 57 Intellectu­al, informally (7) 58 Asian desert (4) 61 Chimney deposit (4) 65 Legislator, statesman (7) 66 Undergroun­d cell (7) 68 Relating to medieval Scandinavi­a (5) 70 World’s most populous country (5) 72 Next to (6) 73 Drinking vessel (7) 75 Small notches (5) 76 Spanish island (5) 79 Illuminate­d (3) 80 Welsh toasted cheese dish (7) 83 Infamy, disrepute (9) 85 1887 H. Rider Haggard novel (3) 86 Speck of soot or dirt (4) 88 Tree (3) 89 Praises highly (6) 91 Latent or inoperativ­e (7) 93 Electronic message (1-4) 94 Joke, informally (3) 96 US state (7) 97 Israeli city (3,4) 98 Glowing cinder (5) 99 Precipitou­s (5) 101 European sea with extensive oil fields (5) 103 Call for help (3) 105 Eagerly expectant (4) 106 Of ships (5) 108 Anaestheti­c (5) 109 Undergroun­d drain (5) 110 Article (4) 112 Sheep’s cry (3) 113 Not at home (3) 115 Spanish exclamatio­n (3) 116 Small flap of material (3)

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