Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 ___ to, mentioning (9)
14 At a disadvantage (5,3)
15 Academic test (4)
16 (Had) roused (5)
19 Sorrowful (7)
20 Condoned (7)
21 Make known publicly (3)
22 Follow the example of or
copy (someone) (7)
23 Fourteen pounds (5)
25 Go above (a limit) (6)
27 Digging implement (5)
29 Document tax (5,4)
34 Infamous (9)
36 To do with the
countryside (5)
37 Travelled by plane (4)
38 Bitterly regretting (6)
41 Annoy (6)
43 Build quickly (5,2)
45 Part of the face
below the mouth (4)
46 Coral chain (4)
47 Advance (4)
49 ___ Beach, Australian
tourist draw (5)
51 Jewish leader (5)
53 Left behind (9)
55 Bundle of corn (5)
60 Exhausted (4,2)
62 Popular brand of gravy (5)
63 The ___ of Monte Cristo,
Alexandre Dumas novel (5)
65 Person with rigid views (9)
67 Wild hyacinths (9)
69 Ethical (5)
70 Kingly, regal (5)
72 Animal called ‘brock’ (6)
73 The Only Way Is ___,
reality show (5)
75 Without restraint (9)
77 Pink ___, Another Brick in
the Wall band (5)
78 Pottery finish (5)
83 Large chunk (4) 85 Assist in crime (4)
86 Colony of bees (4)
88 Spanish painter (7)
90 Realm (6)
92 Conundrum (6)
93 American political
assistant (4)
94 Remarked (5)
95 Essential component
of proteins (5,4)
98 Fastener (5,4)
100Fruit of the pumpkin
family (5)
102 Slip away, as time (6)
104___ role, small part for
a famous actor (5)
108Sitting room (7)
110 Small amount (3)
111 Feared or hated (7)
113 Audience (7)
115 ___ Mountains,
North African range (5)
116 Indecent, obscene (4)
117 Plentiful quantities of (8)
118 Lavish, plush (9)
DOWN
1 Intense (4)
2 Archer’s missile (5)
3 For all sexes (6)
4 After‑bath powder (4)
5 Shiny paint (5)
6 Adventurous (4)
7 Nervous (6)
8 Any hedgerow fruit (5)
9 Emit (7)
10 Very small amount (4)
11 Temporary monarch (6)
13 Defunct (7)
17 Adjournment (6)
18 Enthusiast of the
cinema (4,4)
24 Two fivers (6)
26 Bo ___, 1970s actress (5)
28 Large‑billed fish‑eating
bird (7) 30 Bore (a hole) (5)
31 Source of timber (4)
32 Fruit from a vine (5)
33 Came face to face (3)
35 Annual flat horse race for three‑year‑old fillies run at Epsom (4)
37 American crime‑fighting
organisation (inits)(3)
39 Small pulpy tropical fruit (5)
40 Remission (8)
42 Two persons (3)
44 Milky gems (5)
48 Breath of relief (4)
50 Europe’s second‑longest
river (6)
52 Bore flowers (7)
54 Faithful, accurate (7)
56 Sharpened (5)
57 Burial vault (4) 58 Sign of a former injury (4)
59 Comprehensive (6)
61 Cunningly escape from (5)
62 Of equal weight (8)
64 Citrus hybrid (4)
66 Aquatic grass (4)
68 Indian gown (4)
71 Stringed toys (2‑3)
74 Crack (5)
76 Wife of US President
Franklin D Roosevelt (7)
79 Destroy (in a computer
game) (3)
80 Shoe covers (5)
81 ___ & Guy,
hairdressing chain (4)
82 Plod (6)
84 Alloy of copper and zinc (5)
85 Strong feeling of dislike and
a desire to avoid (8) 87 Frozen water (3)
89 Borrow, sponge (5)
90 Public school near
Windsor (4)
91 Jockey, jostle (3)
95 ___ Holden, TV
personality (6)
96 French word for ‘castle’ (7)
97 Band of four (7)
99 Fame, standing (6)
101 Petrol rating (6)
103 Relish (6)
105Carefully look at (5)
106Tired, fatigued (5)
107 Barks, yaps (5)
109Enjoy a book (4)
111 Pantomime comic (4)
112 Tie (shoes) (2,2)
114 First king of Israel (4)