THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
phone companies (7) 20 29 36 34 25 22 27 23 16 19 14 15 12 21 Odourless Swamp Minutes Large Plant Cricket Bird Flimsy Purport Michaelmas Body Create Unending Extend Soiled or also powder tea (7) (5) bowler’s an boy’s hospitality (8) (7) sold dispenser known image (9) (9) daisy name by (6) six mobile (5) as (5) balls to (5) (3) the (9) (4) 38 43 37 41 Score Sample Petrified, With come an (metal) (6) of utter stiff what with (6) lack is to of acid (4) ability (7) 46 49 45 47 51 Large Title Get Weave Opposite bigger given antlered together of to (4) ‘difficult’ an animal army (4) (5) (4) chaplain (5) 53 Pieces of timber floating on the sea (9) 60 55 Way, Bradley course ___, (5) actor in The Hangover (6) 62 Bundle of unthreshed corn (5) 63 Dance of Argentinian origin (5) 65 Football match proceeds (4,5) 67 In a sweet musical way (9) 69 Rugby tussle (5) 70 Jolly (5) 72 Peculiar instance (6) 73 Brewing (5) 75 Phantasmagorical (9) 77 Specific skill (5) 78 Straight part of an arrow (5) 83 Consommé (4) 85 Sound (a horn) (4) 86 Gramophone record (4) 88 Shrub bearing showy drooping flowers (7) 90 Psychological (6) 92 Mohair (6) 93 Ramble (4) 94 Musical drama (5) 95 Lateral blow (9) 98 Transgressor (9) 100 Artistry (5) 102 Country formerly at the centre of the Ottoman Empire (6) 104 Bottom of a room (5) 108 Elaborate meal (7) 110 Cart track (3) 111 Stronghold (7) 113 Release mechanism (7) 115 Church passageway (5) 116 Long adventure film (4) 117 Given an advantage (8) 118 Nautical catwalk (9)
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1 Small biting fly (4) 2 Special messenger (5) 3 Traditional Japanese hostess (6) 4 Contented feline sound? (4) 5 Once more (5) 6 Famous ___, Enid Blyton gang (4) 7 Show to be false or silly (6) 8 Departing, leaving (5) 9 Recessed (eyes) (4-3) 10 Anthracite (4) 11 Caresses with the lips (6) 13 Vanity (7) 17 Trainable bird of prey (6) 18 Firm, unchanging (8) 24 Fortified wine (6) 26 Possibly, may (5) 28 Ocean traveller (7) 30 Milky coffee (5) 31 Golf club (4) 32 Common plastic material (5) 33 Winter driving hazard (3) 35 Very keen (4) 37 One’s self-esteem (3) 39 Exam already failed at least once (5) 40 Not deserving (of) (8) 42 Place where animals are kept in captivity (3) 44 Shirk (5) 48 Plunder (4) 50 Conflict (6) 52 Act of saying no (7) 54 Liveried servant (7) 56 Had, possessed (5) 57 Sudden setback (4) 58 Film celebrity (4) 59 Level, not bumpy (6) 61 Aladdin or Puss in Boots, eg (5) 62 Auction chamber (8) 64 Temporarily deaden (4) 66 Abominable Snowman (4) 68 Tenth of a decade (4) 71 Speeds (5) 74 Plant life (5) 76 Start of a football match (4-3) 79 Amusement (3) 80 Repeatedly (5) 81 Servant (4) 82 Cope (4,2) 84 Follower of a pre-Christian religion (5) 85 Person paid to kill (5,3) 87 Vex, gall (3) 89 Plot (5) 90 Muddle (4) 91 Jalopy (3) 95 Jump (6) 96 Contrary to the law (7) 97 Tedious impersonal rules and paperwork (3,4) 99 Pet kept in a hutch (6) 101 Endorse (6) 103 Add-ons (6) 105 Cost of purchase (5) 106 Expend (3,2) 107 Slight colour (5) 109 Non-existent (4) 111 Large group (of similar things) (4) 112 Detail (4) 114 Rip (4)