Big crossword
ACROSS
1. Form of
apology (6,2) 5. Suddenly change direction
9. Animal’s den 11. Starts a game
at tennis
16. Stingy person 17. Star of Pretty Woman, Julia ...
19. Cure-all
20. Star of Wedding Crashers,
... Vaughn
21. Irish word
for Ireland
22. Take and hold
for ransom
23. Milestone ages 25. Up-ended
27. Ahead of time 30. Lawn water
dispensers 31. Crowds
32. Became older 34. Baseball
gloves
38. Sully (a
reputation)
42. Visually
repugnant
43. Feel euphoric
(5,2,3)
45. Mental spark 46. Lobster’s number of legs
47. Soothing
ointment
48. Monetary
advance
49. Send an electronic message
51. Attacked
ferociously
52. On edge
55. Valley
57. Be mistaken 58. Apple seeds 60. Very thin piece 61. Test a person’s patience deliberately (3,2,2)
63. Enhance the reputation of someone
66. Yuletide
68. Very strong
wind
69. Gin and vermouth cocktail
70. Drinks
frequently 73. Is alive
75. Cut with
a scythe
76. Primate
78. Pinches
79. State of nervous uncertainty 80. Sprinting
82. Fair starting position, ... playing field 83. Timid
84. Stretched
86. Payable
immediately 88. Aerated water 90. Evaluation
93. Ripping
95. Acquiesced,
allowed
97. Lean
99. Adult kittens 100. Male bees 101. Gets rid of 105. This 24 hours 108. Captivates 110. Earliest stage of human development 111. Nosedive 112. Chimed
115. (Of clothing) closable without buttons (3,2) 116. Watered down 117. Spoke about a subject very briefly,
... over
118. Pungent root
vegetable 119. Girls
120. Collections 121. Edged along 122. Entering by
force
DOWN
1. Overindulge
2. Tourist centres 3. Belonging
to us
4. Alien from Earth’s neighbouring planet
6. Green card
(4,6)
7. Bacon slice
8. Hire for a job 9. Formal midday
meal
10. Linear measure 12. “Love Me Tender” singer, ... Presley
13. Caracas’
country
14. Fast
15. Kuala Lumpur’s
country
18. Loose parcel
24. Roman god of
the underworld 26. Hair plait
28. Whispered
comments
29. Happy picturesque
scene
32. Taking as your
own child
33. Particles of fine
wheat used for
puddings
35. Rent payer
36. Cloyingly sweet 37. Kitchen appliance 39. Way of thinking 40. Bobbins
41. Evergreen plants
with showy flowers 43. Passing craze
44. DoctorZhivago
star, ... Sharif
47. Insects with hard
wing cases
50. Ask (to a party) 53. Magnificence 54. Four-legged
furniture item
56. Give up (a course
or game) (4,3)
57. Motor in a car
59. Tiny skin holes
62. Regret
64. One of a rowing
eight
65. Added a rising
agent to
67. Gives permission to 69. Lose temporarily 71. Optical glasses
72. Star of TheBlind
Side, ... Bullock 74. Grain containers 77. Former US tennis
ace, ... Sampras 80. Groove
81. Papua New ... 85. Irk
87. Type of intercom 89. God or goddess 91. Paintings of ships,
waves etc
92. Spend time deep
in thought
94. Mixture of metals 96. Rodents of the
Norwegian tundra 98. Unpleasant smells 102. Cooped up (5,2) 103. East African
language
104. Star of TrainingDay,
... Washington 105. Buys and sells 106. Determined
107. Yellow alcoholic
drink (3,3)
109. Quite sufficient 113. Married woman 114. Protein-rich bean SOLUTION NEXT WEEK