THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Putrefy (9) 14 Motoring injury (8) 15 Garden insects (4) 16 Group (of bananas) (5) 19 Artist or decorator (7) 20 ___ illusion, trick of sight (7) 21 Zero score (3) 22 Tall column featuring in ribbon dances (7) 23 Call of a frog or toad (5) 25 Seafood said to be an aphrodisiac (6) 27 Try to predict (5) 29 Person famous for being famous (9) 34 Tell long anecdotes (4,1,4) 36 Uninviting (5) 37 Owned by you and me (4) 38 Buddhist temple (6) 41 Part of an airfield (6) 43 Public service (7) 45 Nocturnal birds (4) 46 Product of paddy fields (4) 47 One of the Shetland Islands (4) 49 Feel unsure (5) 51 Extreme edge (5) 53 Sudden attack (9) 55 Substantial, fleshy (5) 60 To do with native groups or clans (6) 62 Baton-passing race (5) 63 Wales, in Welsh (5) 65 Hair covering (9) 67 Intermediary (9) 69 Military command (5) 70 Opposite of ‘height’ (5)
72 Any one of two (6) 73 Spending ___, shopping splurge (5) 75 Prolific (9) 77 Villain (5) 78 Orb, sphere (5) 83 Edges of the mouth (4) 85 Sound of an explosion (4) 86 Nation’s emblem (4) 88 German pastry dish (7) 90 Lack of interest (6) 92 Decomposing (6) 93 Useless plant (4) 94 Morbid fear (5) 95 2001 Ben Stiller comedy (9) 98 Vertigo (9) 100 Kitchen flooring material (5) 102 Distinction (6) 104 At an oblique angle (5) 108 Ready to fly (young bird) (7) 110 Relevant (3) 111 Study of life in relation to the environment (7) 113 Restrict (7) 115 Gently sweep (5) 116 ___ to the ground, completely flatten (4) 117 Bitterness of taste (8) 118 Scientific study of the stars (9)
DOWN
1 Aid (4) 2 Venom (5) 3 Fish-eating bird (6) 4 Sharpen (the appetite) (4) 5 Small spot or particle (5) 6 Hindmost part of an animal (4) 7 Items (6) 8 Waste time (5) 9 Restrained, curbed (7) 10 Simple board-game (4) 11 Emphasis, stress (6) 13 Japanese creative art (7) 17 Decaying (6) 18 Font (8) 24 Racy (6) 26 Leader of a Jewish congregation (5) 28 Anonymous (7) 30 Sizeable (5) 31 Genteel woman (4) 32 Greenish gemstone (5) 33 Shape of a rainbow (3) 35 Lean upon, border (4) 37 Engine fluid (3) 39 Distribute (5) 40 Confused muddle (8) 42 Which person? (3) 44 Absolutely perfect (5) 48 Succulent (4) 50 Courageously (6) 52 Tent-supporting line (3,4) 54 Wash (clothes) (7) 56 Perform, portray (5) 57 Revise intensively (4) 58 Decorated with sugar (4) 59 In addition (2,4) 61 Move, shift (5) 62 Walking in the countryside for pleasure (8) 64 Additional (4) 66 Abscond (4) 68 Second to ___, the best (4) 71 Lacking humility (5) 74 Glass shaped to disperse light in rainbow colours (5) 76 Evil (7) 79 Crushing snake (3) 80 Michaelmas daisy (5) 81 To boot (4) 82 Fee (6) 84 Cuttlefish (5) 85 Witty talk (8) 87 Removable cover at the top of a container (3) 89 Equestrian (5) 90 Cry of woe (4) 91 Screen, investigate (3) 95 West wind (6) 96 Rubbish container (7) 97 Vehicle that’s not brand new (4,3) 99 Inundation (6) 101 Desk accessory (2-4) 103 Longing (6) 105 Made bread or biscuits (5) 106 Long-winded, verbose (5) 107 Large strong draught horse (5) 109 Be resentful of (4) 111 Austria’s currency unit (4) 112 Porridge ingredient (4) 114 Weighty book (4)