Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Tacked (6)
5 Trite (5)
8 Curt (6)
10 Athletic event (4,4)
14 Lavatory (6)
16 More arid (5)
21 Mediterranean island (8) 22 Parts of soft
furnishings (7)
23 Allspice (7)
25 Mechanics (9)
26 Light wind (6)
27 Eric __, British
comedian (4)
28 Faucet (3)
29 Deplorable (8)
DOWN
2 Desert (7)
3 Beaver’s den (5)
4 Tooth specialist (7)
5 Explosion (5)
6 Stationery item (9)
7 Deprivation (4)
8 Consumed (3,2)
9 Type of music (3)
11 Charged particle (3)
12 Farm animal (3)
13 Power tool (7)
14 Belonging to them (5)
15 Of the item (3)
17 Shaving implement (5) 18 Respond (5)
19 Body of Zulu warriors (4) 20 Correspondence (6)
24 African mammal (5) 32 Salma __, MexicanAmerican actress (5)
33 Soviet Union (4)
34 Adjust (5)
35 __ Wax, American actress
and comedian (4)
38 Throw from a saddle (6) 40 Insects in their post-larval
stage (5)
42 Murder (13)
44 Drain (5)
46 Religious journey (10)
48 Representation of
someone (6)
51 State capital of North
Carolina (7) 25 __ of the Tiger, Survivor
song (3)
26 Writing system for the
blind (7)
30 Contraction of ‘it is’ (3) 31 Made certain (7)
34 Mountains (4)
36 Plead (3)
37 Fidel __, Cuban
revolutionary (6)
38 Midge __, Scottish
musician (3)
39 Newspaper bosses (7) 40 Style (7)
41 Leonhard __, Swiss
mathematician (5)
42 __ Rani, English TV and
radio presenter (5) 54 Roman general (4,6)
55 Appearing (8)
59 Bravery (6)
60 Shriek (9)
62 Ship-repairing area (3,4) 63 __ of Troy, Greek
mythological character (5) 64 Focused lamp (9)
67 One who is blamed (9)
69 Samuel __, English
diarist (5)
71 Patron (7)
74 Extort (9)
77 Number of players on a
cricket team (6)
78 Female relatives (8) 43 First daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (5)
44 Groom (6-3)
45 Rows (5)
47 Drinking vessel (3)
49 Part of bird’s plumage (7) 50 Part of a ship (4-3)
52 50% cheaper (4-5)
53 The __, Homer’s epic
poem (7)
54 Devises (5,2)
56 Young birds of prey (7) 57 Most dignified (7)
58 Popular form of
exercise (4)
61 2011 superhero film (4) 65 Calming song (7) 81 Ability to be defended (10) 82 Hankered after (7)
84 Swaggers (6)
87 Motorised vessels (10)
90 Attain points (5)
92 1960s-70s British
sitcom (7,3,3)
95 __ Gunnell, British former
track and field athlete (5) 96 Mood (6)
98 __ Driver, American
actor (4)
100 Caribbean republic (5) 101 Toddlers (4)
102 High than (5)
104 Opium extract (8) 66 Formula (7)
68 Young adults (5)
70 Boats (5)
72 Recently (2,4)
73 Ruled (7)
75 __ Prost, French former
racing driver (5)
76 Monarchs (5)
79 Born (3)
80 Colombian singersongwriter (7)
83 Extremely pleased (9) 85 Knight’s title (3)
86 Italian wine (4)
88 Seed case (3)
89 Observed (6)
91 Acquires (7)
93 Lower edge of a roof (5) 107 Jewel (3)
109 Throbbing pain (4)
111 __ McCartney, British
fashion designer (6)
112 Becoming aware of (9) 114 Austere (7)
117 Pariah (7)
118 Sensory tongue cell (5,3) 119 Bargains (5)
120 Positive electrodes (6) 121 Ship’s left flank (4,4)
122 Refrained from hurting (6) 123 Coniferous tree (5)
124 Nakedness (6) 94 Male offspring (3)
96 Delivers (5,2)
97 Use up (7)
98 Requested (5)
99 Copper, e.g. (5)
101 Streetcars (5)
103 Sac (3)
105 Insects (4)
106 Procreated (5)
108 Engine (5)
109 Alter (5)
110 __ Jacobs, American
fashion designer (4) 112 __ Liddle, English
journalist and author (3) 113 Mischievous sprite (3) 115 Help (3)
116 Bite gently (3)