Ayrshire Post

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Circus tent (3,3)

5 __ Stravinsky, US-Russian

composer (4)

8 Stevie __, US singersong­writer (6)

10 When everything is

considered (5,3)

14 Accepting (6)

16 Renders accessible (5)

22 Lightheart­ed musical

drama (8)

23 Core of an atom (7)

24 Resumption (7)

26 Number featuring in the title of a Joseph Heller novel (6-3) 27 Greek letter (4)

29 Spot (4)

30 Exclude (3)

31 Fight (3-2)

33 Musical symbol (4)

34 Scare (10)

35 Sacred book of Islam (5) 36 Beams (4)

39 Having attractive

properties (8)

41 Jeopardy (6)

42 Noises (6)

43 Islamic God (5)

45 Topsy-turvy (6-4)

49 Units of weight (6)

51 Extra-terrestria­l (5) 54 Unfit (3,2,5)

55 Fertilizer (4,4)

60 Give official recognitio­n (8) 62 Pushover, submissive

person (figurative) (7)

63 Assumed name (5)

64 Planet’s path (5)

65 Scold (3)

68 Impair (3)

69 Sorcery (5)

71 1990 Patrick Swayze and

Demi Moore film (5)

72 Childish fit of rage (7)

75 Suddenly under the

weather (5,3)

80 Single man (8) 82 Unlikely (10)

84 Vision (5)

86 Any Given __, 1999 Al

Pacino film (6)

88 Building trade

craftspers­on (10)

91 Natural pigment (5) 93 Live (6)

95 Consents (6)

97 Suitable for retail (8) 100 Heroic tale (4)

102 Molars, e.g. (5)

103 Acquirable (10)

104 Ursine mammal (4) 106 __ Izzard, UK

comedian (5) 109 Tin (3)

110 Vegetable (4) 111 Vomit (slang) (4) 112 Rash, quick (9) 114 Vocalise (7)

117 Vertical (7)

118 Guess (8)

119 Long (5)

120 Big cats (6)

121 Game bird (8) 122 Facial feature (6) 123 Sticks (4)

124 Sleeps noisily (6)

Across: 1 Big top, 5 Igor, 8 Wonder, 10 After all, 14 Taking, 16 Opens, 22 Operetta, 23 Nucleus, 24 Renewal, 26 Twenty-two, 27 Iota, 29 Espy, 30 Bar, 31 Set-to, 33 Clef, 34 Intimidate, 35 Koran, 36 Rays, 39 Magnetic, 41 Danger, 42 Sounds, 43 Allah, 45 Upside-down, 49 Ounces, 51 Alien, 54 Out of shape, 55 Bone meal, 60 Accredit, 62 Doormat, 63 Alias, 64 Orbit, 65 Nag, 68 Mar, 69 Magic, 71 Ghost, 72 Tantrum, 75 Taken ill, 80 Bachelor, 82 Improbable, 84 Dream, 86 Sunday, 88 Stonemason, 91 Ochre, 93 Reside, 95 Agrees, 97 Sellable, 100 Epic, 102 Teeth, 103 Obtainable, 104 Bear, 106 Eddie, 109 Can, 110 Leek, 111 Spew, 112 Overhasty, 114 Express, 117 Upright, 118 Estimate, 119 Yearn, 120 Tigers, 121 Wildfowl, 122 Eyelid, 123 Rods, 124 Snores.

Down: 2 Imposed, 3 Terry, 4 Patella, 6 Generated, 7 Rocks, 8 Wheat, 9 Ear, 11 Few, 12 Lee, 13 Let fall, 14 Tithe, 15 Knockout, 17 Peter, 18 Sacks, 19 Harbinger, 20 Anne, 21 Sinned, 25 Linen, 26 Twin set, 28 Frostbite, 32 Own, 33 Checked, 37 Yew, 38 Dodgem, 40 Chair, 41 Dried, 43 Afflicted, 44 Hippo, 46 Dam, 47 Doe, 48 Actium, 50 Several, 52 No trouble, 53 Chortle, 54 Outcrop, 56 Nonplus, 57 Alone, 58 Abel, 59 Cocoa, 61 Cogs, 66 Groans, 67 Impressed, 70 Cameo, 73 Nevada, 74 Manager, 76 Knees, 77 Names, 78 Remainder, 79 Nye, 81 Hen, 83 Barnaby, 85 Allocated, 87 Enthrone, 89 Tip, 90 Motown, 92 Hitches, 94 Salve, 96 Eke, 98 Locates, 99 Spectre, 100 Entry, 101 Caper,

103 Omens, 105 Eden, 107 Dared, 108 Eager, 110 Limbo, 113 Sew, 115 Pew, 116 Sty.

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