‘American’ crossword
Crossword grids tend to come in two main styles - Italian and American. New Zealand newspapers run mainly ‘Italian’ grids, which have roughly the same number of black and white squares, and where each clue has to be solved. This puzzle has an ‘American’ grid, with relatively few black squares and
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ACROSS
1. Agreement (4)
5. Accumulate (5)
9. One of the disciples (5)
13. Mountain range (4)
17.
18. Student (7)
19. Valiant (6)
20. Attracted (4)
21. Wood used for tobacco pipes (5)
22. Elicit (5)
23. Roman apparel (4)
24. Hunting trip (6)
26. Parallel (7)
28. Move unsteadily (6)
30. Regretted (4)
32. Gives off (5)
33. Loud cry (4)
34. Numb (8)
37. Provide (3)
38. Holding (8)
41. Frighten (5)
43. Wooden building (5)
44. Semi-precious gem (4)
47. Accustom (5)
49. ___ boom (5)
50. Garden tool (4)
52. Killer whales (5)
54. Sea nymph (5)
56. Marry (3)
57. Genus of plant with large sheathing leaves (5)
58. Bad way to go? (6)
60. Ran (5)
62. Biblical strong man (6)
63. Completely botch (4)
64. Rabbit in Watership Down (5)
65. Average (4)
66. Arab, e.g. (6)
68. Trapped (5)
70. Shares (6)
73. Witchy old woman (5)
74. Garden vegetable (3)
75. Hideouts (5)
78. Loose hillside stones (5)
79. Competent (4)
80. Sonnets (5)
81. Birds of the crow family (5)
83. Oven (4)
84. Island south of Turkey (5)
86. Manicurist’s concern (5)
88. In truth (archaic) (8)
91. Public transport (3)
93. Knitted clothing (8)
96. Carpets (4)
97. Breast (5)
99. Part of a mast (4)
100. Luxurious (6)
102. Fit of bad temper (7)
104. Deliver a sermon (6)
107. Old (4)
108. Robes (5)
109. Banal (5)
110. Elm, e.g. (4)
111. Muscle in the mouth (6)
112. Popular cuisine (7)
113. Prejudice against ethnic groups (6)
114. Poker stake (4)
115. Boredom (5)
116. Poem for the dead (5)
117. Door fastener (4)
DOWN
1. Padding for a cricketer (4)
2. Wear away (6)
3. Musical symbol (4)
4. Facing (6)
5. Atmosphere (8)
6. Most populated continent (4)
7. Climb (5)
8. Crustacean (6)
9. Ample (6)
10. Overhang at edge of a roof (5)
11. Stood upon (4)
12. Verbosity (8)
13. Blood vessel (6)
14. Plunder (4)
15. Winged messenger (6)
16. Skin mark (4)
25. Regrets (4)
27.
29. Make, as money (4)
31. College administrators (5)
33. Intensely devoted (5)
34. Sag (5)
35. Military plane acronym (5)
36. Ancient priest (5)
38. Flogged (5)
39. Religious paintings (5)
40. Collect (5)
42. Be mistaken (3)
43. Cringe (5)
45. Adage (7)
46. Toilet (7)
48. Spooky (5)
50. Sailor’s bed (7)
51. Used to breathe underwater (7)
53. Pan-fry (5)
55. Central point (5)
57. Wagons (5)
59. Fanciful story (3)
61. Aromatic wood (5)
62. Call for help (3)
64. Window surround (5)
66. Winter accessory (5)
67. Grinding tooth (5)
68. Used for biting (5)
69. Noise of a frog (5)
71. Offence (5)
72. Spanish title for a man (5)
74.
76. Particle (3)
77. Hides (5)
80. Female who receives guidance !
82. Hard to grip (8)
84. Cajole (4)
85. Expel (4)
87. Play a lead role (4)
89. NW US state (6)
90. Blemish (6)
91. Miniature tree (6)
92. Military attack (6)
94. Someone you feel sorry for (6)
95. The right to enter (6)
97. African language (5)
98. Wall painting (5)
100. Information (4)
101. Period before Easter (4)
102. Double (4)
103. Coal site (4)
105. Solo song in an opera (4)
106. Fibre produced from cannabis plant (4)