Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Study of ancient civilisations through relics… (11) 7 … and an isotope used to date organic substances (11) 12 Harbour structure (5) 13 Creep forwards (4) 15 Topmost of two (5) 16 Relating to the kidneys (5)
17 — a yarn, tell a story (4)
19 — ham, meat from 31 Down (5)
20 Zero (6)
21 Masticate (4)
23 Roald —, author (4) 25 Blood vessel (6)
28 Dietary unit (7)
29 Wild horse (7)
32 Pinafore (5)
33 — from, other than (5) 34 Mediterranean
island (7)
37 Imperativeness (7)
39 United —, international
organisation (7)
41 Paradise (6)
42 Horizontal, level (4) 44 Footwear item (4)
46 Unorthodoxy (6)
49 Trainee soldier (7)
50 Bolt fastener (3)
51 Top of a cooker (3)
53 Ineffective (7) 55 Attempt,
try something (5)
56 Distraught (5)
57 Better, punter (7)
58 — de toilette,
perfume (3)
60 Cove (3)
61 Mobile home (7)
62 Plant fertiliser (6)
64 — It Like Beckham, film (4) 66 Arduous journey (4)
67 Broken limb
support (6)
70 Largest
African nation (7)
71 Difficulty (7)
73 Nonexistent place (7)
75 Identical copy (5)
77 — of the North,
sculpture (5)
79 Cargo (7)
81 Blackberry shrub (7)
84 Crooked, tilted (6)
85 Have I Got — for You,
topical panel show (4)
87 Woman of rank (4)
89 Have the money for (6) 91 Brandish a weapon? (5) 92 Three squared (4)
93 Tempest (5)
95 Vladimir —,
Russian president (5)
97 Edward —, poet (4)
98 Thriller starring
Brad Pitt (5)
99 Historic digs (11)
100 Egyptian
marble coffin (11)
DOWN
1 Birdlike (5) 2 Actors’ union (6) 3 Mouth edge (3) 4 Ravine (5) 5 Playhouse (7) 6 Insurance policy payment (7)
8 Main 25 Across (5) 9 — McShane, Lovejoy actor (3) 10 Arrest, detain? (6) 11 Child’s governess (5) 14 Another name for a puma (6) 18 Spanish rice dish (6) 21 Gross, coarse (5)
22 Police search
document (7)
23 Talk about (7)
24 Fencing thrust (5)
26 — on, attach
oneself to (5)
27 At the
prescribed time (2, 3) 30 — Rooney, English professional footballer who plays for Derby County FC (5)
31 Rome’s country (5)
35 Small musteline
mammal (5)
36 Covered lobby (5)
38 Old writing material (9) 40 Water
storage lake (9) 43 Free time (7)
45 Use up (7)
47 Ringo —,
drummer (5)
48 Rabbit cage (5)
49 Scrap
of cloth (3)
50 — Bevan,
NHS founder (3)
52 Purchase (3)
54 House of the Rising —, 1964 Animals no 1 (3) 59 Customary way in which language is spoken (5)
60 Piece of
sawn timber (5)
62 Military tune (5)
63 Inferior,
inadequate? (5)
65 Compensation
awarded in court (7) 66 Beer mug (7)
68 Skirt’s fold (5)
69 Running
total (5)
72 Nobleman (5)
74 — Berry,
actress (5)
76 America’s
Beaver State (6)
78 Notch (6)
80 Cinema advertisement (7) 81 Construction worker (7)
82 Black Sea
port (6) 83 Short sleep (6)
84 Stage show featuring the song Tomorrow (5) 86 Female (5)
88 First Greek letter (5) 90 — Day,
Hollywood icon (5) 94 French for ‘yes’ (3) 96 Twitch (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror