GIANT HOLIDAY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Circumference (5) 4 Innocent, naive, overtrustful people (5,2,3,4) 11 Skin openings (5) 14 Chopped into small cubes (5)
15 Struck speechless (11) 16 Weather shield (8) 19 Skin bubble (7)
20 Fish basket (5)
21 Trio (9)
24 Surgical procedure (9) 26 Discipline (6)
27 Notify (6)
31 Jockey (5)
32 Red pepper (8)
34 Kept in good condition (10)
38 Home environment (7) 39 Rough (6)
40 Scribe (6) 41 Hawaiian dance (4)
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45 Drunk (10)
50 Heighten (7)
54 Yours and mine (4)
55 Says (6)
56 Greater (6)
57 Eyelash cosmetic (7)
60 Very softly (mus) (10)
61 Honeymooner (8)
62 Less (5)
65 Interchange (6)
66 Detestable (6)
67 Stringlike pasta (9)
72 Not sure (9)
73 Swoon (5)
74 Breakable (7)
79 One skilled in languages (8)
80 Cowardly (4-7) 81 Perchance (5)
82 First appearance (5) 85 Quite crazy (2,3,2,1,6) 92 Stringed instrument (5) % &' " $
96 Grow worse (11) 97 Profuse (8) 100 Tediousness (7) 101 Sword (5)
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107 Pie crust (6)
108 Strike out (6)
112 Dash (5)
113 Inmate (8)
115 Deep, pensive sadness (10)
119 Planet (7)
120 Eye part (6) 121 Attraction (6)
; + & < " $ 123 Apparent (7) 126 Spectators’ building (10) 131 Reading stand (7) 135 Transmit (4) 136 Brooding, morose (6) 137 Lookout (6) 138 Professional performer (7) 141 Frittered away (10) 142 Casino game (8) 143 Dark wood (5)
146 Story in episodes (6) 147 Get there (6) 148 Disappear (anag) (9) 153 Breakfast spread (9) 154 Nudge (5)
155 Refer to (7)
160 Make curious (8) 161 Brooding ill will (11) 162 Disparage (5)
163 Fruit with pips (5) 164 Extremely pleased (8,2,4) 165 Chamfered edge (5)
DOWN
2 Frozen drip (6) 3 Layers (5)
5 Border against (4) 6 Trade ban (7) 7 Pressed (6)
8 War vehicle (4) 9 Pachyderm (8) 10 Downfall (6) 11 Arsonist (10) 12 Govern (4) 13 Celebrity status (7) 17 Striped animal (5) 18 Begin (3,7)
22 Water vapour (5) 23 Worsening of business or economic activity (8) 25 Exact (7)
26 City buried by Vesuvius (7)
28 Buccaneer (6)
29 Dung beetle (6)
30 Nap (6)
33 Derision (5)
35 Male duck (5) 36 Speed contest (4) 37 Abstain from food (4) 42 Dive (5)
43 Word for word (8) 44 Hate (6) 45 Browbeat (10)
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47 Gives in (7) 48 Fletcher’s product (6) 49 Foe (5) 51 Undiluted (4)
52 Very old (7) 53 Brass instrument (6) 58 Bad behaviour (10) 59 Shelf (5) 63 Informed (8) 64 Memorise (5) 65 Dirty and repulsive (7) 68 Acrid (7) 69 Japanese hostess (6) 70 Disappear (6) 71 Worldwide (6) 75 Pottery coating (5) 76 Round handle (4) 77 Potato dents (4) 78 Carnival (4) 83 Utilise (6) 84 Merge (5) 86 Search for (4) 87 Mediocre (7) 88 Large birdcage (6) 89 Pretensions (4) 90 Flabbergast (8) 91 Hair tie (6)
92 Faith (10)
93 Jump (4) 94 Silhouette (7) 98 Merit (5) 99 Rowed (10)
103 Tired (5) 104 Adorn (8)
106 Cocktail (7)
107 Possibly (7) 109 Residential district (6) 110 Flag (6)
111 Keg (6)
114 Guide (5)
116 Long for (5) 117 Sweetheart (4)
118 Heroic narrative (4) 123 Desert green spot (5) 124 Advance troops (8) 125 Small dish (6)
126 Basic principle of action (6,4) 127 Spots (4) 128 Warrant (7) 129 Language (6) 130 Courage (5)
132 Goes astray (4) 133 Sewer’s protection (7) 134 Portly (6) 139 Individually (3,2,1,4) 140 Fixed look (5) 144 Unexpected gift, gain, or advantage (8)
*> & " $ 146 Staying power (7) 149 Saying (7) 150 Quantity (6) 151 Just about (6) 152 Evening party (6) 156 Subject (5) 157 Desist (4) 158 Surrender up (4) 159 North Briton (4)