Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Sport of hunting with hawks (8) 5 Shakespeare play (7) 9 Taciturnity (9) 14 Military trainee (5) 16 One of four offspring born on same day (10) 23 Permeable (6) 24 Regulation (9) 25 Mail-courier (7) 26 Seed case (3) 27 Type of comedy (9) 28 Eye part (4) 29 Warming of eggs for development (10) 30 Afternoon meal (4,3) 31 Holy image (4) 32 Goose (6) 33 Verbal (4) 34 Ferret (7) 37 Small shelf (5) 38 Italian foodstuff (5) 39 Admission (5) 40 Data (10) 42 Furious (5) 43 Supply (8) 48 Agitate with a spoon (4) 49 Angered (7) 50 Wealthy widows (8) 51 Craze (3) 52 Item of jewellery (6,4) 53 Relating to the people (6) 58 Ski resort in Canada (8) 61 Choux pastry sweet (6) 62 Make damp (7) 63 Lawless (8) 65 Vehicle that floats above the ground (10) 70 Hardware dealer (10) 72 Wasted (8) 73 Establish (7) 74 Glacial period (3,3) 75 Centre of a target (5,3) 82 Lowest part (6) 83 Ridge of earth for railway or canal (10) 85 Employ (3) 86 Escorting (8) 87 Aid for the needy (7) 88 M. Eastern country (4) 94 Crimes (8) 95 Courage (5) 96 Excessively flirts with women (10) 97 Beneath (5) 98 Forging block (5) 99 Scoop up (5) 103 Levelled (7) 105 Chooses (4) 106 Head, informally (6) 108 Lubricates (4) 109 Insults (7) 110 Post-victorians (10) 113 Asian desert (4) 114 Personification of winter weather (4,5) 115 Female sheep (3) 116 Barrette (7) 118 Remembering (9) 119 Herbaceous plant (6) 120 Aquatic activity (5-5) 121 Travel documents (5) 122 The accused (9) 123 Monarch, ruler (7) 124 Horse manoeuvres (8)
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2 Ornament (9) 3 Company dancers (6-5) 4 Capital of the Bahamas (6) 6 Counterpart (4) 7 Tester (8) 8 Oust (10) 9 Reiterate (6) 10 Contraction of ‘it is’ (3) 11 Consoles (8) 12 Number (4) 13 Forceful (8) 14 Surrendered (5) 15 Abandonment (9) 17 Indescribable, countless (6) 18 Interpret (8) 19 Integer with only two factors (5,6) 20 Genus of evergreen shrubs with needle-like leaves (5) 21 Best man (9) 22 Switchboard workers (9) 31 Fascination (8) 35 Rhythm (7) 36 Piece of writing (5) 41 Winter sportsmen (6) 44 Primarily (7) 45 Dinner, for example (4) 46 Stranded on land (7) 47 Pungent edible bulb (5) 54 Wise men (4) 55 Drain (5) 56 Not emotional (7) 57 Lover (4) 59 Blood chemical (7) 60 Volcano (4) 64 Frozen (4) 66 Large amounts of paper (5) 67 Speak without reserve (4,2) 68 Puddings (8) 69 Out-of-touch intellectual (7) 71 Put under state control (11) 76 Places carefully (4) 77 Vessel builders (11) 78 Fall of icy precipitation (4-5) 79 Indian state (5) 80 Keyboard instrument (10) 81 Supplying (9) 84 Write down observations (4,5) 89 Adding up to (9) 90 Vehicle’s light (8) 91 Shareholder’s portion of profits (8) 92 Mathematical operation (8) 93 Degree-holder (8) 100 Chair set on curved supports (6) 101 Brass instrument (6) 102 Span (6) 104 Proportional share (5) 107 Whitish horses (5) 111 Head cook (4) 112 Singing voice (4) 117 Vegetable (3)