Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Crockery item for 9 Down (3,3)
5 Horrid (5)
8 Young female cow (6) 10 Stir-fried noodles (4,4) 14 Liturgical celebration starting four Sundays before Christmas (6) 16 Biblical song (5)
21 US river flowing through the Grand Canyon (8) 22 Candidate (7) 23 Large ship (7) 25 Deport (9)
26 Area or portion (6) 27 Russian ruler (4) 28 Age (3) 29 Despairing or inept (8) 32 Command (5) 33 Edible grains (4) 34 Step (5)
35 __ Fitzgerald, US singer (4) 38 Mistakes (6) 40 Absurd act (5) 42 Unacceptable (6,3,4) 44 Deduction (5) 46 Hostility (10)
48 Part of the foot (6) 51 Farewell (7) 54 Disease (10) 55 Luxury (8) 59 Variant of a chemical compound (6) 60 Good luck symbol (9) 62 Person in position of authority (7) 63 Vegetables (5) 64 Hatred (9)
67 Has doubts about (9) 69 Shaping machine (5) 71 Breathing hole (7) 74 Brass musician (9) 77 Spoke (6)
78 Place of business (8) 81 Type of biscuits (6,4) 82 Exchanges of play in tennis (7) 84 Lunatic (6)
87 Garden tools (10) 90 Tests (5)
92 Manifest of travellers (9,4) 95 __ Boyle, UK singer (5) 96 Bereaved wives (6) 98 Hollow, dimple (4) 100 False identity (5) 101 Reject (4) 102 Backbone (5) 104 Force, aggression (8) 107 Tree (3)
109 Bowl (4) 111 Reflexive form of ‘it’ (6) 112 Former name for the Kingdom of eSwatini (9) 114 Piece of writing (7) 117 Took away (7) 118 Escapes (4,4) 119 Open (5) 120 Breakfast item (6) 121 Degree-holder (8) 122 Carpenter (6) 123 __ Goldfinger, James Bond villain (5) 124 Make possible (6)
DOWN
2 Curmudgeon (7) 3 Group of singers (5) 4 Spiritual communications (7) 5 Love (5) 6 Wonderful (9) 7 Lighting device (4) 8 Guess (5)
9 Ovum (3)
11 Shade (3)
12 Mesh (3) 13 Stopping (7) 14 Nimble (5) 15 Contend (3)
17 Shawl (5)
18 Food of the Israelites (5) 19 Deer (4) 20 Mythical flier (6) 24 Marilyn Monroe’s birth name (5)
25 Before (3) 26 Hair-cleaning agent (7) 30 Type of thin wooden board (3)
31 In days of yore (4,3) 34 Halt (4)
36 Star sign (3) 37 Decimal measurement system (6) 38 Biblical judge (3) 39 Best (7)
40 One more (7) 41 Greek island (5) 42 Nativity (5) 43 Artist’s support (5) 44 English city (9) 45 Hot drink (5) 47 Definite article (3) 49 More unpleasant (7) 50 Expressions (7) 52 Invalidates, reverses (9) 53 Protects (7) 54 Depict (7) 56 School children’s clothes (7) 57 Intestinal infection (7) 58 Uprising (4)
61 Trick (4)
65 Rower (7) 66 Hankered after (7) 68 Furniture set (5) 70 Furnish (5) 72 Portions (6) 73 Relating to the sides (7) 75 Dark (5)
76 Pangs (5)
79 Males (3) 80 Ceremonial county official in the UK (7) 83 Stocking support (9) 85 Type of lettuce (3) 86 Enquires (4) 88 Wonder (3)
89 Wild ass (6) 91 Female relatives (7) 93 Father Christmas (5) 94 __ Hislop, journalist and presenter (3)
96 Blow through pursed lips (7)
97 Drunken festivity (7) 98 Australian dog (5) 99 Teacher (5)
101 Slow speech (5) 103 Fleshy underpart of animal’s foot (3)
105 Unit of length (4)
106 __ Fudd, cartoon character (5) 108 Sorcery (5)
109 Stage performance (5) 110 Middle layer of the eye containing the iris (4) 112 __ Perkins, UK comedian and presenter (3)
113 __ Lee, Taiwanese film director (3)
115 Drink measure (3)
116 Self (3)