GIANT HOLIDAY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Run away (4)
4 One’s smartest clothes
(4,3,3,6)
12 In this way (4)
16 Merge (5)
17 Needlework (10)
18 Not sure (9)
20 Rumour (7) 21 Benevolence (8) 23 Season (6)
26 Brief (9)
28 Trainee (5)
29 Hazardous (6) 34 Buckles (5)
35 Enter unlawfully (8) 37 Basic (10)
41 Strike gently (3) 43 Sports spear (7)
44 Claim (6)
45 Deadly (6)
46 Reach maximum (4) 47 Vegetable (7)
50 Make up for (10) 55 Article (anag) (7)
59 Bay (4)
60 Fish (6)
61 Cad (6)
62 Dilapidated, unsound (7) 64 Beverage (3)
66 Lyricist (10)
67 Blind street (3-2-3) 68 Opponent (5)
71 Small dish (6) 72 Systematic plan (6) 73 Spying (9)
78 Dockside facilities (9) 79 Dark beer (5)
80 Struck out (7) 85 Quarantined (8) 86 Designed for least air or
water resistance (11) 87 Bind (5)
88 Cleave (5)
91 Sharp tingling sensation
(4,3,7)
DOWN
2 Touched down (6)
3 Go in (5)
5 Identical (4)
6 Obstacle (7)
7 Constructs (6)
8 Required (6)
9 Plaything (3)
10 Bravery (7)
11 Stir feelings in (6) 13 Practical joke (4) 14 Dawn (7)
15 Jutting out (9) $ & # & #' " 22 Wound mark (4)
24 Fixed gaze (5)
25 Small parrot (8)
27 Keep in subservience (7) 30 Type of hat (6)
31 Lessen (4,2)
32 Aft (6)
33 Mar (6)
36 Volley of shots (5) 38 Turning machine (5) 39 Bumpkin (5)
40 Flightless bird (4) 42 Supplication (4) 47 Selects (5)
48 Extremely hungry (8) 49 Calm (6)
50 TV advertisement (10) 51 Money plant (4)
52 Pain in the head (7)
98 Roof overhang (5)
101 Lobby (5)
102 Uneasy state (11)
103 Code of conduct (8)
106 Swell (7)
107 Icy rain (5)
108 Correction (8)
111 Fictitious name (9)
113 Star system (6)
114 Shoppers (6)
118 Tier (5)
119 Lose (8)
121 Give new thought to (10) 124 Short sleep (3)
126 Edible leafstalk (7)
128 Ban (6)
129 Boxing match (4)
130 Nonprofessional (7)
133 Grasp (10)
138 Dishonest (7)
142 Dubious (4)
143 Pester (6)
144 Approached (6)
145 Salad vegetable (7)
147 Embrace (3)
149 Jobless (10)
150 Highly respected (8)
151 Auctioneer’s hammer (5) 154 Go with (6)
155 Newspaper exclusive (5) 157 Wormlike pasta (9)
163 Place of worship (6)
164 Compressed (8) ! "#
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170 Exhale (7,3)
171 Overly eager speed (5) #
173 Avoid the point at issue,
prevaricate (4,5,3,4)
174 Mountain lake (4) 53 Resolve (6)
54 Topic (5)
56 Wicked (4)
57 Clue (7)
58 Of the stars (6)
63 Beau (10)
65 Fear attack (5)
69 Blood feud (8) 70 Alphabetical listing (5) 71 Tales (7)
74 Examined (7) 75 Maintenance (6) 76 Thwart (6)
77 Partial refund (6) 81 Crowd scene actor (5) 82 Objective (4) 83 Lascivious (4)
84 Yield (4)
89 Abnormal irrational fear
(6)
90 Bungling (5)
92 Thought (4)
93 Red sausage (7) 94 Queasiness (6)
95 Zero (4)
96 Small group of musicians
(8)
97 Be frugal (6)
98 Put out (10)
99 Moral weakness (4)
100 Hails (7)
104 Happen afterwards (5) 105 Out of the blue (10)
109 Pick-me-up (5)
110 Impasse (8)
112 Fizzy confectionery (7) 113 Thrown bomb (7)
115 Unit of water depth (6) 116 Horse gait (6)
117 Inlaid design (6)
120 Keyboard instrument (5) 122 Appraised (5)
123 German Mrs (4)
125 Sit for (4)
130 Farewell (5)
131 In the open air (8) 132 Think logically (6)
133 Hunger for (5)
134 Netting (4)
135 Circled (6)
136 Fireplace (6)
137 Relation (5)
139 Stagger (4)
140 Survive (7)
141 Go over (6)
146 Nab (9)
148 Condescend (5)
152 Deprivation (4)
153 Hold up (5)
154 Develops over time (7) 156 Guilty one (7)
158 Go before (7)
159 Orb (6)
160 Writing desk (6)
161 Group of six (6)
162 Talk under one’s breath (6) 166 Browned bread (5)
167 Delight (4)
168 Dancer’s skirt (4)
170 Bounce buoyantly (3)