Giant Crossword
ACROSS 11 Kept as sacred (8)
12 Grain husks (4)
13 Calm (6)
14 ___ sitcom
starring Frankie Muniz (7)
18 Curtained (6)
19 Hangman’s loop (5)
20 Wax lyrical about (5)
21 ___ Leach, 2023
contestant (5) Part of a book (4) ___ Allan Poe, 19th‑century American poet (5)
24 Coniferous tree (5)
25 Continues (7,2)
27 Cow before she has had her first calf (6) Act of police surveillance (5‑3)
34 Distant (6)
35 Dark (3)
36 Yearly calendar (7)
39 Middlemost (7)
42 Adherent of an Indian
monotheistic religion (4)
43 Very (10)
45 Catholic leader (4)
DOWN 47 Devotional hymn or song (5)
1 Sweet dense oat cake (8)
48 Counterfeit (5)
2 Sulky at times (5)
49 Network (4)
3 Use (profits) as capital (8)
50 Move in time to music (5)
4 Instruct thoroughly (5)
51 Noisy, disorderly (5)
5 Have an effect on
56 Frank quality (8) one another (8) 58 First glimpse (7) 6 One who gets above
60 Famous Tuscan wine themselves (7)
region (7) 7 Bridge bid (4) 61 Academic test (4) 8 Animate object (4,4) 63 Cleverly and with skill (4) 9 ___ Southgate,
65 Religious nonconformist (7) England manager (6) 68 Ballast sack (7) 10 Cadge (4) 70 Lads who assist on 11 Notorious biblical king (5) Wimbledon courts (8) 15 Explanation that goes Beast’s nose (5) with a picture (7) Hard black wood (5) Fleece of the Middle Eastern canal (4) Angora goat (6) Quiet and shy (5) 1980s US alien
puppet sitcom (3) 22 23 32 72 74 75 76 77 Indian dish (5)
82 Antlered male animal (4)
83 Dominant trend (10)
84 Bestow (4)
85 Start of a rocket flight (4‑3)
87 Cruised (7)
89 Cooker top (3)
90 Large glass‑roofed
entrance hall (6)
93 Stiff hairs (8)
96 Academy Awards (6)
98 Baby bird (9)
99 Forcibly remove (5)
100 Purvey food (5)
105How soon? (4)
107 Accumulate (5)
108Control, influence (5)
109House’s covered
entrance (5)
110 Porous (6)
111 Field for horses (7)
112 Person responsible for the contents of a publication (6)
113 Jesus’ mother (4)
114 Unfastens by twisting (8) 16 17 26 Inspire affection (6)
28 Avoided (7)
29 Dutch colonist in
South Africa (4)
30 Fumes from a chimney (5)
31 London arts complex (8)
33 Sews together as a
temporary measure (5)
37 Salad dressing, informally (4)
38 sister (4)
40 Synthetic fibre (5)
41 Appears imminent (5)
42 Drink greedily (5)
44 Military cloth (5)
45 Susceptible (5)
46 Brilliant brain (6)
52 Asian city containing the
Red Fort (5)
53 British small change (5)
54 Diving gear (5) 55 Balls of fluff on fabric (5)
57 Alehouse (3)
59 Person who comes first
in a race (6)
62 No matter which (3)
64 Of tender years,
not yet adult (5)
66 Constructs again (8)
67 Armoured fighting
vehicles (5)
69 Fairy‑tale dwarf (5)
70 Herb or a boy’s name (5)
71 ___ Mars, singer (5)
73 Local inhabitants (7)
75 Shoe gaiter (4)
78 Accurate firearm (5)
79 Filthy air (4)
80 Suborned (6)
81 Go to see (a person
or place) (5) 86 Thin sheet of metal for
wrapping food (4)
88 Longed (7)
89 Slope (8)
91 Childish fits of temper (8)
92 Commissioned
army officers (6)
93 Style of table‑tennis shot (8)
94 Cloth for drying (3,5)
95 Plant’s blooms (7)
97 Gathering convened to
communicate with spirits (6)
101 Sidles (5)
102 Jazz band instrument,
familiarly (3)
103 Performance set to
music (5)
104Pet charity (inits)(5)
106Joking deception (4)
108Positions (4)