Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Natural conditions in which we all live… (11) 7 …and the related study of long-term weather patterns (11) 12 Sturdy metal fastening (5)
13 Brave (4)
15 Sweet sticky substance (5) 16 Membership emblem (5) 17 Boyfriend (4)
19 Traffic light colour (5)
20 Walk like a duck (6)
21 Cow’s mate (4)
23 Stiff paper (4)
25 Become invisible (6)
28 Festive wreath (7)
29 Gradual wear (7)
32 Ethical (5)
33 Amusement (5)
34 Point of view (7)
37 Announce (7)
39 Overshadowing
of the sun (7)
41 Fashionable (6)
42 Norse god of thunder (4) 44 Rubbish tip (4)
46 Deft (6)
49 Newspaper piece (7) 50 Actor’s prompt (3)
51 Affirmative! (3)
53 Confused (7)
55 Ballroom dance (5)
56 Dishonest fellow (5)
57 Reuse
waste materials (7)
58 Space, opening (3)
60 Dried grass (3)
61 Italian rice dish (7)
62 Spending plan (6)
64 Concept (4)
66 Mend using
interweaving stitches (4) 67 Mighty, potent (6)
70 Unsurpassed, peerless (7) 71 Feast (7)
73 Salad leaf (7)
75 Hindu social class (5)
77 Demerara, eg (5)
79 Crumbly snack dunked in a cup of tea? (7) 81 Ceremonial robes of royalty (7)
84 Hair across
the forehead (6)
85 Burden (4)
87 Mark as correct? (4)
89 Standard, average (6)
91 Bottomless chasm (5) 92 Major urban
settlement (4)
93 Stringed
instrument (5)
95 Rent, hire (5)
97 Mesh together snugly (4) 98 Judge’s hammer (5)
99 Power from
daylight… (5, 6)
100 …and less ecofriendly
resources (6, 5)
DOWN
1 Joint of the arm (5) 2 Shellfish containing a pearl? (6)
3 Spoil, ruin (3) 4 Himalayan republic (5) 5 Very tough gemstone (7) 6 Income (7)
8 Star sign represented by the Scales (5)
9 Soft wet earth (3)
10 One dozen (6)
11 Childhood (5)
14 Book of accounts (6)
18 Magazine boss (6)
21 Cerebral organ (5)
22 Novice (7)
23 Packed, cramped (7)
24 Drily amusing (5) 26 Dapper (5)
27 Inundate (5)
30 Alter a law (5)
31 Play unfairly (5)
35 Tongue of fire (5)
36 Aerosol (5)
38 Poisonous agricultural
chemical (9)
40 Fouling of the 1 Across (9) 43 Inhabited by ghosts (7) 45 Spanish showman paid to fight a 21 Across (7)
47 Gauge (5)
48 — board, nail file (5)
49 Ventilate (3)
50 Gearwheel (3)
52 Dome of
the heavens? (3)
54 Twosome (3)
59 Young pooch (5)
60 Hive product (5)
62 Shore (5)
63 Smouldering fragment (5) 65 Amaze (7)
66 Thrill, enchant (7)
68 Long lock of hair (5)
69 Angry look (5)
72 Feather pen (5)
74 Dense (5) 76 Authoritarian, stern (6) 78 European language (6) 80 Harbour vessel (7)
81 Cockerel (7)
82 Save (6)
83 Illusory (6)
84 Concentrate (5)
86 Together (with) (5)
88 Hut made of snow (5)
90 Flower after which a yoga
position is named (5)
94 Falsehood (3)
96 Donkey (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror