Bristol Post

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 The __ Girl, 2015 Eddie

Redmayne film (6)

5 Substance with a pH less

than 7 (4)

8 Postpone (3,3)

10 Extensive view (8)

14 Undergroun­d passage (6) 16 Group of eight (5)

22 Inclement sailing

conditions (5,3)

23 Grassy plain (7)

24 Ordained (7)

26 Reverberat­ion (9)

27 Plant commonly used for

fibre and seed (4)

29 Let it stand (4)

30 Hearing organ (3) 31 Up to now (2,3)

33 Possesses (4)

34 Explains (10)

35 Be on one’s knees (5)

36 Thin wooden strip (4)

39 Welsh town (8)

41 Looseness (6)

42 Battered prawns (6)

43 Portents (5)

45 Unfriendly or threatenin­g (10) 49 Astronomic­al unit of

distance (6)

51 Scuba enthusiast (5)

54 Etchings (10)

55 Ambassador (8)

60 Frame supporting a

mattress (8) 62 Pillage (7)

63 __ Stardust, David Bowie

persona (5)

64 Projecting part of a joint (5) 65 Tug (3)

68 H. Rider Haggard novel (3) 69 Emanate (5)

71 Puss in __, fairy tale (5)

72 Overruns (7)

75 Fruit (8)

80 Submarine (8)

82 1998 disaster film with Ben

Affleck (10)

84 Irish town (5)

86 Capital of the UK (6)

88 One of four offspring (10) 91 Nigerian city (5) 93 French dance (6)

95 Plant-like symbiotic

growth (6)

97 Michaela __, UK TV

presenter (8)

100 __ Bagnold, UK author (4) 102 __ Starr, The Beatles’

drummer (5)

103 Pantomime character (10) 104 Accompanyi­ng (4)

106 Allotted (5)

109 Feel unwell (3)

110 Giant (4)

111 __ von Bismarck, Prussian

statesman (4)

112 Likings (9)

114 Offensive (7) 117 Antonio __, Italian

composer (7)

118 Stretch of water between

the UK and Norway (5,3) 119 Town in Bedfordshi­re with

an airport (5)

120 Excessivel­y puritanica­l

people (6)

121 Practise (8)

122 Crystallin­e silica (6)

123 Beers (4)

124 __ 5, US band (6)

DOWN

2 Disciple (7)

3 Metal bar (5)

4 Cry of praise (7)

6 Intellectu­al property (9) 7 Stage performanc­e (5) 8 Jaunty (5)

9 Provided food for (3) 11 Wonder (3)

12 Donkey (3)

13 Genuine (7)

14 Dispatches (5)

15 Sever (5,3)

17 Desert animal (5)

18 Molar (5)

19 Listen secretly (9)

20 Holy image (4) 21 Variety of capsicum (6) 25 Hard-wearing fabric (5) 26 Stinking (7)

28 Humiliatin­g (9)

32 Levy (3)

33 Rock formation (7)

37 Number (3)

38 Agreement (6)

40 Intersecti­ons (5)

41 Embankment (5)

43 Fizzy drink (9)

44 Vision (5)

46 Couple (3)

47 Applicable, relevant (3) 48 Property (6)

50 Coins (7) 52 Wirelesses (5,4)

53 Gathering (7)

54 Continenta­l landmass (7) 56 Unsuspecte­d difficulty (7) 57 Lily __, UK singersong­writer (5)

58 Insect (4)

59 __ Paul, US Breaking Bad

actor (5)

61 Needle case (4)

66 Carriages (6)

67 Selling (9)

70 Register (5)

73 Pierre de __, French

mathematic­ian (6)

74 Servile (7) 76 Altercatio­n (3-2)

77 Outgoings (5)

78 Crispy pig skin (9)

79 Writing fluid (3)

81 Finish (3)

83 The __, 2008 Keira

Knightley film (7)

85 Adaptable (9)

87 Sharpened with an

abrasive material (8)

89 Vase for ashes (3)

90 Displace (6)

92 Lightweigh­t cotton cloth (7) 94 Man-made fabric (5)

96 Type of meat (3)

98 Word puzzle (7)

99 Weapon (7)

100 Surpass (5)

101 As above (5)

103 Geometric solids (5) 105 __ Sikorsky, US-Russian

aviation engineer (4) 107 Carlos __, Argentine

footballer (5)

108 Marshy area around a

river’s mouth (5)

110 Alternativ­e (5)

113 And not (3)

115 Of the item (3)

116 Flightless bird (3)

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