Colossal Crossword

ACROSS

Youngsters in love… (11) … dating on a regular basis? (5, 6) Ogre (5)

Burial vault (4)

Art museum in Madrid (5)

Park seat (5)

Mona —, painting (4)

19 Rigid (5)

20 Stinging weed (6)

21 Cork, plug (4)

23 Pack or

store (away) (4)

25 Meat from sheep (6)

28 Crash

together (7)

29 Refer to briefly (7)

32 — Zellweger,

actress (5)

33 Half a semibreve (5)

34 Bridge supported

by arches (7)

37 Hard to pin down (7)

39 Quito’s country (7)

41 Scant, paltry (6)

42 — on, encourage (4)

44 — Rider,

road movie (4)

46 Wordsmith (6)

49 Holster a sword, eg (7)

50 Drinks counter (3) 1 7

12 13 15

16 17 51 Snooker stick (3)

53 Endanger (7)

55 En —, all together (5)

56 Snowball

impact sound (5)

57 Henri —, French artist (7)

58 Apocalypse —,

war film (3)

60 Soft bread bun (3)

61 Mimic (7)

62 Unmarried (6)

64 Boast (4)

66 Wartime partner (4)

67 George —, novelist (6)

Cry out in surprise (7) Cricketer facing the bowler (7)

73 Funny (7)

75 Identical copy (5)

77 Pastime (5)

79 Capital

of Lithuania (7)

81 Food processor (7)

84 Mouth of a volcano (6)

85 Darts throwing line (4)

87 Large crow (4)

89 Rouse from sleep (6)

91 — Bronte, author

of Wuthering Heights (5)

92 Terrible

Russian tsar! (4)

93 Alan —,

Argo actor (5) 70 71 95 On a couple

of occasions (5)

97 Diesel oil (4)

98 Young eel (5)

99 Coquettish (11)

100 Romantic obsession

with someone (11)

DOWN

Form of protest (3-2) Occur (6)

— Lovelace, computer pioneer (3) Rose spike (5)

Image (7)

Regular, or alike (7) Satellite’s course (5)

The Flying —, series with Sally Field (3) Plan (6)

Have longings (5) Movement (6)

Work experience trainee (6)

21 Wide (5)

22 Tiny pieces of sparkling

decorative material (7)

23 Earnest (7)

24 Tiger —, golfer (5)

26 Top of the milk (5)

27 Prising bar (5)

30 Smudge (5)

31 Traffic

light colour (5)

35 Odd, strange (5) 1 2 3

4 5 6 8 9

10 11 14 18 36 Makeshift,

impromptu (2, 3)

38 Rudolph —,

silver screen lothario (9)

40 Magnetised (9)

43 Flourish, thrive (7)

45 Surgical blade (7)

47 Red Sea republic (5)

48 Sports field (5)

49 Amount of money (3)

50 — Fogle,

TV presenter (3)

52 Sixth sense? (1, 1, 1)

54 Ignited (3)

59 Timepiece (5)

60 Fracture (5)

62 Baton (5)

63 Clothing tag (5)

65 Person who

is not Jewish (7)

66 Unpaid player (7)

68 Correct (5)

69 Harold —,

silent film icon (5)

72 Irish county (5)

74 Dirt particle (5)

76 Canadian city (6)

78 Belt fastener (6)

80 Lose one’s footing (7)

81 Construction

worker (7)

82 Large number

of ships (6)

83 French cake (6) 84 Precipice (5)

86 Follower of an

Indian religion (5)

88 Joe —, playwright (5)

90 David —, A Matter

of Life and Death star (5)

94 Ornamental carp (3)

96 Tax-free

savings scheme (3)

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror