Colossal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Power tool used to cut timber… (8, 3) 7 … and an implement that could be used to join two pieces together? (11)

12 Drying cloth (5) 13 Dancing Queen singers (4)

15 Insipid (5)

16 Coarse (5)

17 Hen hutch (4) 19 Motionless (5) 20 Predator (6)

21 One and the other (4) 23 Be dressed in (4) 25 Trainee, apprentice (6) 28 Remote, faraway (7) 29 Table framework (7) 32 Ancient language (5) 33 Church table (5) 34 Overlook, excuse (7) 37 Tropical cyclone (7) 39 Theoretical (7)

41 Young cat (6)

42 Double —, instrument (4) 44 Work by

Jane Austen (4)

46 Slight, delicate (6) 49 America’s

Motor City (7)

50 Beam of light (3) 51 Set of equipment (3) 53 Improve, polish (7)

55 See 22D

56 Desert spring (5) 57 Flat-bottomed glass (7)

58 Homer Simpson’s cry (3)

60 Sopping (3)

61 2013 science fiction action film starring Matt Damon (7) 62 Limited (6)

64 Mitt? (4)

66 — Swenson, American actress (4) 67 Take for granted (6) 70 Clarify (7)

71 Absorb, immerse (7) 73 — Inn, 1936 novel by Daphne du Maurier (7) 75 Indelible mark (5) 77 Circus entertainer (5) 79 Article of clothing (7) 81 Chewy toffee (7) 84 Carpentry tool (6)

85 Party thrower (4) 87 Highlander? (4) 89 Urge strongly, command (6) 91 Baked shell of a pie (5) 92 Hideous (4) 93 Decorate (5) 95 Edition (5) 97 Travelled (4)

98 Rise from sitting (5)

99 Ledges for novels… (11)

100 … and a device to ensure they’re straight! (6, 5)

DOWN

1 Dispute, or collision (5)

2 Sons and —, novel (6) 3 Genre of music where lyrics are spoken rather than sung (3) 4 Accounts inspection (5) 5 Competition (7)

6 Act as a mirror (7) 8 Sculpt (wood) (5) 9 French word for ‘water’ (3)

10 Plant with showy flowers (6)

11 Mature (5)

14 Robber, outlaw (6) 18 Spotted American cat (6)

21 Unable to see (5)

22 and 55 Across Oldfashioned expression of surprise (7, 5) 23 Grapple (7)

24 — Fiennes, actor (5) 26 Group of sheep (5) 27 Male relation (5)

30 Black and white bearlike animal (5) 31 Meaty sauce (5) 35 — board, nail file (5) 36 Quick meal (5) 38 Declaration made to the police (9)

40 Very clever (9) 43 European microstate (7)

45 Lost (7)

47 Gaze (5)

48 Distraught (5)

49 Round mark (3) 50 — Sparrow, 2018 film starring

Jennifer Lawrence (3) 52 Young child (3)

54 Tiny —, character in A Christmas

Carol (3)

59 Cheerful (5)

60 No —, No Cry, song by Bob Marley and the Wailers (5)

62 Poker hand (5) 63 Fashion (5) 65 The — , 2005 British horror film (7) 66 Wounds (7)

68 Lax, sloppy (5) 69 Spiral-horned antelope (5) 72 Freshwater fish (5)

74 Secret —, spy (5) 76 Antenna (6) 78 Disagree with (6) 80 In need of water (7)

81 — Cars, 2006

Snow Patrol song (7) 82 Whitening chemical (6) 83 Hard-setting builders’ mix (6)

84 Tiny fragment of bread (5)

86 Scorch (5)

88 Curl or wave

(hair) tightly (5) 90 Relating to birth (5) 94 Wise bird? (3) 96 Knight’s title (3)