Giant Crossword ACROSS
1 Ruling (8) 5 Italian inventor and physicist (7) 9 Steel __, 1989 film starring Julia Roberts and Dolly Parton (9) 14 Type of rice (5) 16 Leader articles (10) 23 Settings (6) 24 Half-moons (9) 25 Salad plant (7) 26 Greek letter (3) 27 Soldiers’ shout (6-3) 28 Delicate (4) 29 Timepiece (5,5) 30 Directed (7) 31 Prophet (4) 32 Destiny (6)
DOWN
2 Moving staircase (9) 3 Stages in human descent (11) 4 Invertebrate (6) 6 As well as (4) 7 Product (8) 8 Ordered (10) 9 Illness (6) 10 Obtain (3) 11 Luxury (8) 12 ”Beware the __ of March” (4) 13 Particular (8) 14 Biblical song (5) 15 Offerings of wine (9)
33 Neat (4) 34 Pilot (7) 37 Declare (5) 38 Kingdom (5) 39 Unit of weight (5) 40 Decisive serve in a tennis match (5,5) 42 Constellation (5) 43 Someone illegally married to more than one person (8) 48 Threesome (4) 49 Mexican salamander (7) 50 Facial features (8) 51 Playing card (3) 52 Infuriate (10) 53 Revolutionaries (6) 58 Nightwear (8)
17 Faraway; attractive (informally) (6) 18 Semiaquatic reptile (8) 19 Liable to catch fire (11) 20 Jargon (5) 21 Yielding (9) 22 Right side of a boat (9) 31 Dependable (8) 35 Feeling (7) 36 Era (5) 41 Dinner jacket (6) 44 Military gestures (7) 45 Mineral (4) 46 One who is aided by a patron (7)
61 Study of plants (6) 62 First course (7) 63 Root fabled to scream when dug up (8) 65 Disincentives (10) 70 Revealing (10) 72 Assess wrongly (8) 73 Striped (7) 74 Something unlikely to happen again (3-3) 75 Gemstone (8) 82 Noiseless (6) 83 Dead end (5,5) 85 Metal (3) 86 Individual characteristics (8) 87 Jane __, NZ writer-director of The Piano and Top of the Lake (7)
47 Express quietly (5) 54 Indonesian island (4) 55 Chairs (5) 56 Area of east London (7) 57 Join between fabric sheets (4) 59 Improved by instruction (7) 60 Alicia __, US singersongwriter (4) 64 Was aware (4) 66 Male relative (5) 67 Monarchs (6) 68 Chair part (8) 69 Kindly (7) 71 Easy task (5,2,4)
88 Biblical character (4) 94 Supporter or follower (8) 95 Poison (5) 96 Deadlocks (10) 97 Devil (5)
98 Big cats (5) 99 Strainer (5) 103 Aimless person (7) 105 Attic (4) 106 Gambler (6) 108 Lead pellets (4) 109 Vegetable broth (3,4) 110 Serving of an alcoholic spirit (5,5) 113 Notion (4) 114 Outdoor garments (9) 115 __ Boy, Only Fools and Horses character (3)
76 Ages (4) 77 Artisan productions (11) 78 On the ground (9) 79 Skins (5) 80 Written material (10) 81 Beginning to grow (9) 84 Street lighting (9) 89 Benefit (9) 90 Etcher (8) 91 Tagged (8) 92 Deplorable (8) 93 Guarantors (8)
100 Of flowers (6) 101 Seem (6) 102 Matter (6)
116 Direct telephone link (7) 118 Position of control (5,4) 119 Fight (6) 120 Brawl (4-3-3) 121 Having a pleasant flavour (5) 122 Beach seat (9) 123 Incident (7) 124 Accented (8)
104 Horseman (5) 107 Enid Blyton character (5) 111 Fashionable (4) 112 Garden building (4) 117 Titular Gilbert and Sullivan princess (3)