Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 Clowning (9)
14 Waited in line (6,2)
15 Crooked, askew (4)
16 Become liable to (5)
19 Walked with a spring (7)
20 Power of speech (7)
21 Crown jewels item (3)
22 Group (7)
23 Complain (5)
25 Truck fuel (6)
27 Country to the west of Egypt (5)
Making progress (9) Daydreamer (9)
Wild shopping trip (5) Cause irritation (4)
All the star signs (6) (Under) constraint (6) Runs out (7) Abound (4)
Drag a leg when walking (4) Be hot under the collar (4) Round stringed instrument with a long neck (5) Celtic language (5) Well cared‑for (hands) (9) Biblical character swallowed by a whale (5) Sites, spots (6)
Rope with a noose, thrown to catch cattle (5) Disdain (5)
Painted curtain to the rear of a stage (9)
In a humorous and entertaining fashion (9) Country formerly known as the Gold Coast (5) Used a stopwatch on (5) Noticeable (6) Invited (5)
Element found in dolomite (9)
Best possible notion (5) ___ Young, lead guitarist in AC/DC (5) Crutch (4)
Loop, entwine (4) 29 34 36 37 38 41 43 45 46 47 49
51 53 55
60 62
63 65
67 69
70 72 73 75
77 78
83 85 86 ___ Collette,
actress (4) Bon ___, enjoy your meal! (7) Large dam‑building rodent (6)
Nook, recess (6) Headland (4) Awkward (5) Occasion for saying goodbye to an old colleague (7,2)
98 Matching crockery (6,3)
100Artfully shy (5)
102 Find the position of (6)
104One of the seven
deadly sins (5)
108Sports tops (7)
110 Common queries and their answers (inits)(3) Solves (7)
Meat cartilage (7) Fracture (5)
Pierce with a horn (4) Money paid to a bank for having an overdraft (8)
118 Arouse (3,6)
DOWN
1 Explosive device (4)
2 Glasses, informally (5)
3 Indian nationalist and spiritual leader (6) Low‑toned brass instrument (4) Affect, stage (3,2) Gently swirl (4) Eerie (6) Roadside area (3‑2) Go before (7)
Work with wool (4) Overtake in a race (6) Hardly perceptible quantity (7) Fondle, pamper (6)
Big toy ring (4,4) Mass entry (6) Narrow intense beam of light (5) 88 90
92 93 94 95 111 113 115 116 117 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13
17 18 24 26