Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Display of the latest clothing styles… (7, 4)
7 … and the stars of the catwalk (11) 12 Criminal (5) 13 Container for eggs (4) 15 Strange, weird (5) 16 Finnish steam bath (5) 17 Labyrinth (4) 19 Ecological colour? (5)
20 Walk with a limp (6)
21 Inherent defect (4) 23 Male deer (4) 25 Tourist area (6) 28 Gathering of crops (7)
29 Edgy (7) 32 Proportion (5) 33 Evade, sidestep (5) 34 Artist’s mixing board (7) 37 Outburst of temper (7) 39 Unsettled
(of a tribe) (7)
41 Royal heir (6) 42 Serving girl (4) 44 Grasp (4)
46 Urban road (6) 49 Likable (7)
50 Clever humour (3) 51 High tennis shot (3) 53 Natural environment (7) 55 Private teacher (5) 56 Granny Smith, eg (5) 57 Irritating (7) 58 Affirmative (3) 60 Distant (3)
61 Person who imitates another (7) 62 Desert illusion (6) 64 Drawback (4)
66 Neatly ordered (4) 67 Joint injury (6) 70 European principality (7) 71 Tranquil, calm (7) 73 Cricketer at the crease (7) 75 Vacillate (5)
77 Swear (5)
79 Capture control of (7) 81 Long Walk to —, Nelson Mandela’s autobiography (7) 84 Movie centre (6) 85 Minuscule (4)
87 — Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky (4)
89 Fit for ploughing (6) 91 Large wader (5)
92 Tickle (4)
93 The IT —,
UK comedy series with Katherine Parkinson (5)
95 Dance (5)
97 Threesome (4) 98 Banquet (5) 99 Manufacturers of frocks… (11)
100 … and their business, as it is known colloquially (3, 3, 5)
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1 Small songbird (5) 2 Did as told (6)
3 Term of address for a knight (3) 4 Musical drama (5) 5 Withdraw (7)
6 From overseas (7) 8 Distraught (5) 9 Large flightless Australian bird (3) 10 Scant (6)
11 Leaf of paper (5) 14 Yield (6)
18 On the ship (6) 21 Particle of snow (5) 22 Period from
Friday evening (7) 23 Minor wound (7) 24 Sound of a pig (5) 26 Muscular spasm (5) 27 Subject for debate (5)
30 Own up (5)
31 Deserve (5) 35 Well-dressed (5) 36 Perfect (5)
38 Revealing garment… (9)
40 … and an item of lady’s underwear (9) 43 Choose not to vote (7) 45 Large wild cat of Africa and Asia (7) 47 Fuel gauge (5)
48 Chess move when attacking opponent’s king (5) 49 Muhammad —, boxing legend (3)
50 Crooked
(of a smile) (3)
52 Drinks counter (3) 54 Measure of rum (3) 59 Digging tool (5)
60 Elf, sprite (5)
62 Swamp (5)
63 Ravine (5)
65 Hall used for exhibiting paintings (7)
66 Medicinal pills (7) 68 Boxing blow (5) 69 The — Chef, book and TV series featuring Jamie Oliver (5) 72 Grilled bread (5) 74 Faint, pass out (5) 76 Successful 1996 single by Alanis Morissette (6)
78 Pencil eraser (6) 80 Smash into a lot of small pieces(7)
81 Seller of bouquets (7)
82 Powder used after a bath or shower (6) 83 Indonesian beach attire (6)
84 Julia —, late author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (5) 86 All-time low (5)
88 Night —, 2002 fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett (5) 90 Run off to marry (5) 94 Acorn tree (3)
96 And not (3)