Giant Crossword

ACROSS

12 Urge or admonish earnestly (6)

Squalid political goings‑on (6)

Place side by side (9) In those times (4) Wages (8)

Caustic ridicule (7) Small acrobatic songbird (3) City in Illinois (7) Comfortable (5)

Most cheerless (8) Varnished (9) Famous Spanish artist (4) Of sight (7)

Building that is unpleasant to view (7) North American elk (5) Beforehand (7) Tea‑making vessels (4) Form of industrial action in which work is delayed on purpose (2‑4) Brown plant washed up on the beach (7) Regard as a role model (4,2,2) Bond, unite (6)

Soft white French cheese (4) Phrase used to request justice (5,4) Struck with the flat of the hand (7) Daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (7) The___Escape, Steve McQueen POW film (5) Fashioning (7)

JR Ewing’s city (6) Mend shoes, or rounded paving stone (6) Raises the price after accepting an offer (7) Bulbous root (5) Remunerate too highly (7) Totally different (1,3,3) Thickening agent used in cooking (9) 13

14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 29 31

33 35 39 41

44

45 48 49 50

52 56 58

59 60 62

64

67 69 71 73 74 75 78

Highlander, eg (4) Supervise, run (6) Underground burial place (8) Breathe life into (7) Proclamations (6) Engine noise (4) Branch of mathematics (7) Highland Games pole (5) Being given good meals regularly (4,3) Compactness (7) Pudding material obtained from palms (4)

98 Spooky (9)

100 Promoted and sold (8)

101 Christmas shrub (5)

104 Predictor (7)

106 Speak ___ of, criticise (3)

107 Roaming loose (2,5)

109 Amusing (8)

110 Change of direction (4)

111 Guardroom (9)

112 Downgrade (6)

113 Develop into (6)

DOWN

1 ‘Seen this before’ feeling (4,2) China’s chief industrial and commercial city (8) Fetch (5)

List of technical words (8) Famous 1960s rock musical (4)

Pour into another container (6) Mysteriously foreign (6) Displays of petulance (8) Abominable Snowman (4) Choke (8)

Serious criminal offence (6) Unwanted household goods (6) Academy Awards (6) Hymn (5)

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87 89

91 96 2

3 4 5

6

7 8 9 10 11 14

15 17 24 26

28 30 32

34 36 37 38 40 42

43 46 47 51 53 ___ Grinstead, Sussex town (4) Long‑running Doctor Who adversary (5) Instructed (6)

Food reduced to a mash (5) Perform (an event) again (2‑5)

All Bar ___, pub chain (3) Humming sound (5) Rotates (6)

Infant’s bed (3) Magical incantation (5) Deliberate damage to cause disruption (8) Due (5)

Of punishment (5) Stereo equipment (2‑2) Food served alight (6) Vicar in the army (5) 54

55 56 57 61 63 65 66 67 68 70 72

75 76 77 79 81

Official language of Austria (6) Religious sceptic (8) Powder room (3)

Aural (2,3)

Never mind which (3) Soft flat hat (5) Adjustable telephoto lens (4) Very serious (6) Fund‑holder (7) Competed at speed (5) Feeling of anxiety or fear (5) Relating to the most important part (5) Gather together (a group) (6) Emaciated (5) Devilish sprite (3) Greek tourist island (5) Word indicating a maiden name (3) 84 86 88 90

Disparaging remark (4) Maturing (8) Closely sealed (8)

At the ___ hour, in the nick of time (8) Car display area (8) Lament (6)

Spin fast (6)

Asian city containing the Red Fort (5) Keenness, zeal (6) Inert gas used in balloons (6)

100 Tune, song (6)

102 Ralph ___,

US fashion designer (6)

103 ___ Riley, US actress

and singer (5)

105 ___ area, danger zone (2‑2)

108 Frolic (4)

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97 99