Giant Crossword DOWN
ACROSS
1 Mediation (6)
5 Stumble (4)
8 Soda dispenser (6)
10 Chair support (8)
14 Coiffure (6)
16 Strike (5)
22 Wizard (8)
23 Security device (7)
24 Sudden increase (5-2)
26 Applicant, candidate (9) 27 Wear away (5)
29 Secondary school
qualification (init.) (4)
30 Keanu Reeves’ character
in the Matrix films (3)
31 Burdened (5)
33 __ mein, Chinese dish (4) 2 Pasta dumplings (7)
3 Alcove (5)
4 Distance measured in
yards (7)
6 Duplicate (9)
7 Foot lever (5)
8 Was upright (5)
9 Deactivated (3)
11 Grow older (3)
12 Weapon that gives an
electric shock (5)
13 Wave caused by an
earthquake (7)
14 Vital organ (5)
15 Private (8)
17 Device for connecting two
computers (5) 34 Unstoppable object or
force (10)
35 Excellence (5)
36 Displace (4)
39 Gear (3)
40 Recently-acquired (8)
42 Dine in a restaurant (3,3) 43 One of Santa’s reindeer (6) 44 The Life of __, Monty
Python film (5)
46 Broadcast indicating the
correct hour (4,6)
49 Fuel gas (6)
51 One who does not consume animal products (5)
54 One by one (6,4) 18 Come next (5)
19 German city (9)
20 Ring of light (4)
21 Free (6)
25 Baglike container (5)
26 Crude metal made in a
blast furnace (3,4)
28 Public walk (9)
32 __ King Cole, singer and
jazz pianist (3)
33 Pickle (7)
37 Through (3)
38 Japanese horseradish (6) 39 Gown (4)
41 Evil spirit (5)
42 Number of days of
Hanukkah (5)
44 Woollen hood (9) 56 Rubbish (8)
61 Wooden surface (8) 63 Jewish language (7) 64 Pig meat (5)
65 Relinquish (5)
66 Couple (3)
68 Mast (4)
70 Extinct bird (4)
71 Unifying principle of
Chinese religion (3) 72 Type of rice (5)
74 Twisted (5)
75 Wool extract (7)
78 Examiner (8)
83 Famous battle (8)
85 Religious follower (10) 87 Blood vessel (5) 45 __ Furtado, Maneater
singer (5)
47 Exclamation (3)
48 O-ring (6)
50 Entangle (7)
52 Silvery metallic element (9) 53 Very small fish (7)
54 Pupil (7)
55 Fish appendage (3)
57 Bowing (7)
58 __ Arabia, Middle Eastern
country (5)
59 Finding __, 2003
animation (4)
60 Pacific kingdom (5)
62 Friend (4)
67 Repugnant (6)
69 By that very fact (4,5) 89 Resentment (6)
91 Group of politically linked
countries (10)
94 Channing __, Magic Mike
actor (5)
96 Deep blue colour (6)
98 Trending higher (6)
100 Castle (8)
102 Beer (3)
104 Joke (4)
106 Insert (3,2)
107 Cashier’s cheques (4,6) 109 Russian ruler (4)
111 Danish currency (5)
114 Loose (3)
115 Japanese wrestling (4) 116 Heading (5) 73 German WWII
submarine (1-4)
74 Used to be (3)
76 Suitable for marriage (6) 77 Useless person (2-5)
79 Fragment (5)
80 Personnel (5)
81 Base or alkali containing
the ion OH- (9)
82 Richard __, Pretty Woman
actor (4)
84 Lengthen (3)
86 Hog found in the
Americas (7)
88 Not moving (9)
90 Intervening period (8)
92 North American country
(init.) (3) 117 Humiliation (9)
118 Self-interested person (7) 121 Crazy (7)
122 Reveal (8)
123 Teenager (5)
124 Erase (6)
125 Nationality of Marshal
Tito (8)
126 Inspire affection (6)
127 Sweeney __, fictional
villain (4)
128 Breathing disorder (6) 93 Provide (6)
95 This evening (7)
97 Wash (5)
99 Enquire (3)
101 Welsh city (7)
103 A large amount of
cash (4,3)
104 Succulent (5)
105 Live (5)
107 Shift (5)
108 Common flower (5) 110 Go for a dip (4) 112 Possessor (5)
113 Choose (5)
115 Separate (5)
119 Eggs (3)
120 Number (3)