GIANT CROSSWORD
22/12
ACROSS
1 Detest (5) 4 Depressed (4,2,3,5) 11 Distress light (5) 14 Cereal (5) 15 Balanced (11) 16 Prevailing (8) 19 Bargained (7) 20 Witty (5) 21 Straying from normal (9) 24 Increase fourfold (9) 26 Warns (6) 27 On land (6) 31 Wed (5) 32 Kicking game (8) 34 Church head (10) 38 Change into (7) 39 Fishing gear (6) 40 Room to manoeuvre (6) 41 Region (4) 42 Answered (7) 45 Piano store (anag) (10) 50 Monarchical state (7) 54 Shortly (4) 55 Originate (6) 56 Turning machines (6) 57 Mediterranean island (7) 60 Fortress (10) 61 Two-wheeled cart for one passenger (8) 62 Hobbles (5) 65 Accident (6) 66 Calm down (6) 72 Zoo (9) 73 Flier (5) 74 Marine mammal (7) 79 Breadth (8) 80 Common name for nitrous oxide (8,3) 81 Robust (5) 82 First appearance (5) 83 Give a severe warning (4,3,4,3) 92 Dramas (5) 95 Incubate (5) 96 Chaos (11) 97 Glue (8) 100 Arm covers (7) 101 Group of eight (5) 102 Leaf-shedding (9) 105 eg. scorpions, spiders (9) 107 Swayed (6) 108 Enlarge (6) 112 Coarse (5) 113 Stage (8) 119 Wariness (7) 120 Shock (6) 121 Tempestuous (6) 122 Ring (4) 126 Put into a trance (10) 131 Give evidence (7) 135 Mailed (4) 136 Mended with stitches (6) 137 Notify (6) 138 Coach (7) 141 Prohibited (10) 142 Unaware (8) 143 Talent (5) 146 Lubricant (6) 147 Larval envelope (6) 148 Flat (9) ! 155 Front-runners (7) 160 Strangle (8) 161 Italian farewell (11) 162 Dish out (5) 163 Apparel (5) 164 Robin Hood’s patch (8,6) 165 Promotional statement on book jacket (5)
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2 Interment (6) 3 Not yet paid (5) 5 Type of marble (4) 6 Number (7) 7 Stinging plant (6) 8 Scalp growth (4) "# $ % 10 Stuck-up (6) 11 Cordial relations (10) 12 At a distance (4) 13 Furthest degree (7) 17 Prime (5) 18 Acrimony (10) 22 Glory (5) 23 Took the trouble (8) 25 Disentangle (7) 26 Sickness (7) 28 Sweet-talk (6) 29 Sponsor (6) 30 Withered (6) 33 Vagrant (5) 35 Religious text (5) 36 Loyal (4) 37 Singing voice (4) 42 Corrodes (5) 43 Headway (8) 44 Rowboat (6) 45 Burdened to excess (10) 46 Consumes (4) 47 Hypersensitivity (7) 48 Whole (6) 49 Requirements (5) 51 Metal (4) 52 Out of breath (7) 53 Fill (6) 58 Betrothal (10) 59 Waterway (5) 63 Watchful (8) & ' 65 Formed to shape (7) 68 Long dry spell (7) 69 Vocation (6) 70 Two-piece suit (6) 71 Noon (6) 75 Oyster gem (5) 76 Young sheep (4) 77 Stare lecherously (4) 78 Bathroom powder (4) 83 Make possible (6) 84 Male relative (5) 86 Cheese (4) 87 Concluded by reasoning (7) 88 Striking tool (6) 89 Ladder step (4) 90 Luxury (8) 91 Monotony (6) 92 Biased (10) 93 Etching liquid (4) 94 Church tower (7) 98 Get (5) 99 Odds (10) 103 Point of view (5) 104 Tubular pasta (8) 106 Boat race meeting (7) 107 Leftover (7) 109 Find (6) 110 Pillar (6) 111 Peak (6) 114 Towelling fabric (5) 116 Slightly drunk (5) 117 Bean curd (4) 118 Invites (4) 123 Sat for (5) 124 Racketeer (8) 125 Winding ski course (6) 126 From now on (10) 127 Pea, bean containers (4) 128 Belief (7) 129 Young child (6) 130 Mistake (5) 132 British nobleman (4) 133 Make viscous (7) 134 Very weak (6) 139 Fellow students (10) 140 Animal trap (5) 144 Time to come (8) 145 Hot coal (5) 146 Welcomed (7) 149 Settler (7) 150 Theatre seating (6) 151 Me (6) 152 Motorist (6) 156 Reside (5) 157 Impulse (4) 158 Grain store (4) 159 High cards (4)