Colossal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Tall graceful dog with a long silky coat… (6, 5)

7 …and a reddishbrown breed of gun dog (5, 6) 12 Landing pier (5) 13 Dense woody plant (4)

15 Provide food (5) 16 Rough, uneven (5) 17 Rendered pig fat (4) 19 Dizzy (5) 20 Conundrum (6)

21 Take notice of (4) 23 Single entity (4) 25 Historic city in Devon (6) 28 Organise, prepare (7)

29 Black and white birds (7) 32 Deceive, swindle (5) 33 Command (5) 34 Amelia —, aviator (7) 37 Institute for the arts (7) 39 Thrilled, enthusiastic (7) 41 Baby’s toy (6) 42 Pleased (4)

44 Way out (4)

46 Nearly (6)

49 Absence of sound (7) 50 Top —, 1935 film (3) 51 Which person? (3) 53 Large frozen mass (7)

55 Money bag (5) 56 Hangman’s rope (5) 57 Immoderate (7) 58 Cleaning implement (3)

60 Dove’s call (3)

61 David Bowie single (7)

62 Safe (6) 64 Oscar-winning film directed by and starring

Ben Affleck (4) 66 Walking speed (4) 67 Period before Christmas (6)

70 Face cloth (7) 71 Welsh capital (7) 73 Clear, obvious (7) 75 Loosen a knot (5) 77 Heavy electric lead (5)

79 Make bigger (7) 81 Enhance, increase (7) 84 Military fight (6) 85 Grass found in marshes (4)

87 Be brave enough (4)

89 Seasonal alcoholic drink (6)

91 Backless seat (5) 92 Pyramid tip (4) 93 Terrible (5)

95 Plant with lancelike leaves (5)

97 Therefore (4)

98 Fork spike (5) 99 Short-legged dog named after a Hebridean island… (4, 7)

100 …and a powerful breed with a brindled coat (4, 7)

DOWN

1 Fossilised resin (5) 2 Five-cent coin (6) 3 Choose (3)

4 Tend the sick (5) 5 Take to be true (7) 6 Sports ground (7) 8 Batman’s sidekick (5) 9 Amount, quantity (3) 10 Shaped, fashioned (6) 11 Jockey (5)

14 Bicycle seat (6) 18 Put in an appearance (6) 21 Severe (5)

22 Gave to charity (7) 23 Improve, or promote (7) 24 — lightly, be careful (5) 26 Search, or scrub (5)

27 Take illegally (5) 30 Regal (5) 31 A Touch of —, detective series starring David Jason (5) 35 Outrider (5) 36 Drinking tube (5) 38 Track and field events (9) 40 Stranger to these parts? (9) 43 Unqualified driver (7)

45 Utterly daft (7) 47 Force back (5) 48 Fragment (5) 49 Take to court (3) 50 Border, edge (3) 52 Yoko —, artist and peace activist (3) 54 Vapour (3) 59 Flower part (5) 60 Genetically identical copy (5) 62 Pig’s nose (5) 63 Sped (5) 65 Volunteered (7) 66 Promised (7) 68 Language of the Netherlands (5) 69 Largest cat species (5)

72 Iraqi currency (5) 74 Move to music (5) 76 Shelled aquatic reptile (6) 78 Demonstrator’s placard (6)

80 Oriental (7)

81 Version of a story (7) 82 Watch out! (6) 83 America’s

Silver State (6)

84 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 86 — Goulding, singer (5)

88 — Like It, Shakespeare comedy play (2, 3) 90 — Hurst, 1966

World Cup hero (5) 94 Animal hair (3) 96 Mountain pass (3)