THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Monarch’s spouse (7) 14 Relished (8) 15 Pricier (6) 16 Person controlling an air vehicle (5) 19 Old Russian ruler (4) 20 Notion (7) 21 Strengthened iron (5) 22 Conjurer’s cry (3,6) 23 Design added to a garment (5) 24 Sportsperson who does not
get paid (7) 26 Large marching-band instrument, beaten with two sticks (4,4) 29 Jewish religious teacher (5) 34 Dog’s house (6) 35 Get back, recover (7) 37 Tower above or outshine (10) 41 Investigate, make further
enquiries (6,2) 44 Go ___, share costs (5) 45 Be quietly furious (6) 46 Staying in digs (7) 48 Machine for cutting grass (9) 50 Foretelling the future (8) 52 Small axes (8) 55 Amount paid for a contract
of insurance (7) 57 Many bees moving together (5) 59 Restaurant list (4) 60 Sobs (5) 62 Boy (3) 65 Beast of burden or fool (3) 66 Large guest-house (5) 67 Scary Spice (3,1) 68 Side of the thigh (5) 69 Illuminated at night (7) 73 Nutty bean used for making
hummus (8) 75 Soldiers who fight on foot (8) 76 Paved seafront walkway (9) 79 In ___, being moved (7) 81 Katie ___, Batman Begins
actress (6) 83 ___ Gray, Sue Ellen in
Dallas (5) 85 Conscientious ___, one who
refuses to go to war (8) 88 Entered in an official list (10) 89 Reduce the time (7) 90 Truck with a tilting body (6) 94 One who uses oars (5) 95 Openings in the ground for
access (8) 98 Less expensive (7) 100 Stop worrying (5) 104 Matching crockery (6,3) 107 Giant painting on a wall (5) 108 Endeavour (7) 109 Assess the value of (4) 110 Golfer’s first shot (5) 111 Piece of unverified gossip (6) 112 First part of what you are
called (8) 113 Snarled menacingly (7)
DOWN
1 Tropical rainy season (7) 2 Temporary peace agreement (5) 3 Most uncommon (6) 4 Sliding door-fastener (4) 5 Do a body-search (at an airport) (5) 6 Part of speech usually ending ‘ly’ (6) 7 Image of a god (4) 8 Pounded to a cream (6) 9 Ever so (4) 10 ___ binding, dressmaker’s tape (4) 11 Without dispute (2,5) 13 Fish, usually tinned (7) 17 Creature kept in a zoo (6) 18 Painting (3) 25 Of a film, in its original version (5) 27 One of the radiating bars of a wheel (5)
28 Back in the ___ , Beatles song (inits)(4) 30 In the midst of (5) 31 Chew away at (4) 32 Current popular custom or style (7) 33 Exit door (3,3) 35 Aircraft warning system (5) 36 Naughty behaviour (8) 38 Bounced sound (4) 39 Dog’s neckwear item (6) 40 Joined together (6) 42 Near the ground (3) 43 Least-powerful chessman (4) 47 Flung through the air (5) 49 Opening (of a cave) (5) 50 Natalie ___, Black Swan star (7) 51 Savagery, brutality (7) 53 ___ Mirren, Prime Suspect star (5) 54 ___ McGregor, Scottish actor (4) 56 Melodious sounds (5) 58 Red Riding Hood’s enemy (4) 61 Push roughly (5) 63 Cook over boiling water (5) 64 Washes, purifies (8) 65 Stick (to) (6) 70 Fridge’s freezing compartment (6) 71 Traditional English blue cheese (7) 72 Sport played on horseback (4) 74 Duke of Edinburgh’s first name (6) 76 Unadorned or unpatterned (5) 77 Curve (3) 78 Gush (4) 80 Daughter of a brother or sister (5) 82 Bravery award to wear (5) 84 Nick, thin cut (5) 86 High ___, field event (4) 87 Active volcano in eastern Sicily (4) 90 Saw in your sleep (6) 91 Facial feature raised to express disapproval (7) 92 Slow and unsteady in movement (7) 93 Small filled pastry (7) 96 Lamb stew (6) 97 Back of the neck or an untidily dressed person (6) 99 Season of the year (6) 101 Beer cask (3) 102 Be coquettish (5) 103 Department ___, large shop (5) 105 Central part of a church (4) 106 House unfit for human habitation (4) 107 Jesus’ mother (4) 108 First name of US actress Ms Hathaway (4)