Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 ___ to, mentioning (9)
14 At a disadvantage (5,3)
15 Academic test (4)
16 (Had) roused (5)
19 Sorrowful (7)
20 Condoned (7)
21 Make known publicly (3)
22 Follow the example of or copy (someone) (7) Fourteen pounds (5) Go above (a limit) (6) Digging implement (5) Document tax (5,4) Infamous (9)
To do with the countryside (5) Travelled by plane (4) Bitterly regretting (6) Annoy (6)
Build quickly (5,2)
Part of the face below the mouth (4) Coral chain (4) Advance (4)
___ Beach, Australian tourist draw (5) Jewish leader (5)
Left behind (9) Bundle of corn (5) Exhausted (4,2) Popular brand of gravy (5) The___ofMonteCristo, Alexandre Dumas novel (5) Person with rigid views (9) Wild hyacinths (9) Ethical (5)
Kingly, regal (5) Animal called ‘brock’ (6) TheOnlyWayIs ___, reality show (5) Without restraint (9) Pink ___, AnotherBrickin theWall band (5) Pottery finish (5) Large chunk (4) 23 25 27 29 34 36
37 38 41 43 45
46 47 49
51 53 55 60 62 63
65 67 69 70 72 73
75 77
78 83 85 86 88 90 92 93
Assist in crime (4) Colony of bees (4) Spanish painter (7) Realm (6) Conundrum (6) American political assistant (4) Remarked (5) Essential component of proteins (5,4)
98 Fastener (5,4)
100 Fruit of the pumpkin
family (5)
102 Slip away, as time (6)
104 ___ role, small part for
a famous actor (5)
108 Sitting room (7)
110 Small amount (3)
111 Feared or hated (7)
113 Audience (7)
115 ___ Mountains,
North African range (5)
116 Indecent, obscene (4)
117 Plentiful quantities of (8)
118 Lavish, plush (9)
DOWN
1 Intense (4)
2 Archer’s missile (5)
3 For all sexes (6)
4 After‑bath powder (4)
5 Shiny paint (5)
6 Adventurous (4)
7 Nervous (6)
8 Any hedgerow fruit (5)
9 Emit (7)
10 Very small amount (4)
11 Temporary monarch (6)
13 Defunct (7)
17 Adjournment (6)
18 Enthusiast of the cinema (4,4)
Two fivers (6)
Bo ___, 1970s actress (5) Large‑billed fish‑eating bird (7)
94 95 24 26 28 30 31 32 33 35
37
39 40 42 44 48 50
52 54 56 57
Bore (a hole) (5) Source of timber (4) Fruit from a vine (5) Came face to face (3) Annual flat horse race for three‑year‑old fillies run at Epsom (4) American crime‑fighting organisation (inits)(3) Small pulpy tropical fruit (5) Remission (8)
Two persons (3)
Milky gems (5) Breath of relief (4) Europe’s second‑longest river (6)
Bore flowers (7) Faithful, accurate (7) Sharpened (5)
Burial vault (4) 58 59 61 62 64 66 68 71 74 76
79
80 81
82 84 85
Sign of a former injury (4) Comprehensive (6) Cunningly escape from (5) Of equal weight (8) Citrus hybrid (4) Aquatic grass (4) Indian gown (4) Stringed toys (2‑3) Crack (5)
Wife of US President Franklin D Roosevelt (7) Destroy (in a computer game) (3)
Shoe covers (5)
___ & Guy, hairdressing chain (4) Plod (6)
Alloy of copper and zinc (5) Strong feeling of dislike and a desire to avoid (8) 87 89 90
Frozen water (3) Borrow, sponge (5) Public school near Windsor (4)
Jockey, jostle (3)
___ Holden, TV personality (6)
96 French word for ‘castle’ (7)
97 Band of four (7)
99 Fame, standing (6)
101 Petrol rating (6)
103 Relish (6)
105 Carefully look at (5)
106 Tired, fatigued (5)
107 Barks, yaps (5)
109 Enjoy a book (4)
111 Pantomime comic (4)
112 Tie (shoes) (2,2)
114 First king of Israel (4)
91 95