THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Completely expanded (9) 14 Caring and protective, like a parent (8) 15 Fastening device (4) 16 Flower part (5) 19 Zealot (7) 20 Intense fire (7) 21 Britain’s Got Talent co-host (3) 22 Male chicken (7) 23 Black hardwood (5) 25 Decimal system of weights and measures (6) 27 Cause distress to (5) 29 Discolouring with age (9) 34 Lingering (9) 36 Cuban dance (5) 37 Culmination, perfection (4) 38 Jewelled headband (6) 41 Being in agreement (6) 43 Wear out, tire (7) 45 Dull pain (4) 46 Sage (4) 47 Noble rank (4) 49 Commit to words (5) 51 Muscular (5) 53 Sailing vessel (9) 55 Shatter (5) 60 Argument, discussion (6) 62 Jewelled head-ornament (5) 63 Rhythm (5) 65 Apostate (9) 67 Competition in which the winning name is pulled out of a hat (5,4) 69 Royal dog (5) 70 Steak shaped like a
letter (1-4) 72 Type of TV, or part of the
blood (6) 73 Bowl-shaped depression (5) 75 Go too far (9) 77 Give lessons (5) 78 Go swimming (5) 83 Centre (4) 85 Large sea fish (4) 86 Compress (4) 88 Trade ban (7) 90 Lumberjack’s warning call (6) 92 Authentic (6) 93 Cycle of duties (4) 94 Liquid used to clean
paintbrushes (5) 95 Unnecessary, eludible (9) 98 Excessively (2,7) 100 Juvenile (5) 102 Force, coerce (6) 104 Cloth from flax (5) 108 Closely cropped hair (4,3) 110 Temporarily unavailable (3) 111 One of a rowing eight (7) 113 Anecdotes (7) 115 Quick meal (5) 116 Cooker (4) 117 Any nourishing substance (8) 118 Money kept for illicit purposes (5,4)
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1 Foam caused by breaking waves (4) 2 Case for milk bottles (5) 3 Socially tactless (6) 4 Nick Faldo’s sport (4) 5 Seethe, swirl (5) 6 Three players (4) 7 Spin (6) 8 Select group (5) 9 Run away (7) 10 Lively, cheeky (4) 11 Bleak, lifeless (land) (6) 13 Word meaning the same as another (7) 17 Derrick (3,3) 18 Nearby place to relax after swimming (8) 24 Drilling (6) 26 Welsh name for Wales (5) 28 Calculated by amount used or done (3,4) 30 Become jammed (5) 31 The ___ in the Willows, book (4) 32 Without contents (5) 33 Measure of electrical current (3) 35 Sugar-coated (4) 37 Aftermath of a fire (3) 39 Former German coins (5) 40 Be in contention (8) 42 A couple (3) 44 ‘Laughing’ animal (5) 48 Cleanse in water (4) 50 Bright (6) 52 Betrothed woman (7) 54 One sent to preach the Gospel (7) 56 Chocolate/coffee drink (5) 57 Collect (ripe crops) (4) 58 Play the lead (4) 59 Sir Thomas More’s ideal state (6) 61 Legal term relating to a suspect’s whereabouts (5) 62 Growing vigorously (8) 64 Principal gas line (4) 66 Light source (4) 68 Local electoral district (4) 71 Take place (5) 74 Food smell (5) 76 Baking container (4,3) 79 Garment’s edge (3) 80 Innermost part (5) 81 Middling (2-2) 82 Tranquil (6) 84 Non-speaking actor (5) 85 Accomplish, settle (8) 87 Under the alternative name of (inits)(3) 89 ___ Instinct, film starring Michael Douglas (5) 90 Well ordered (4) 91 Boy child (3) 95 Marc ___, former singer with Soft Cell (6) 96 Title given to Jersey’s civil head (7) 97 Imprisoned or restrained (7) 99 Passable (6) 101 Insult, outrage (6) 103 Readily (6) 105 Reckon (5) 106 Mannerism (5) 107 Small rodent (5) 109 Engrave on metal (4) 111 Cereal crop (4) 112 Weasel-like animal (4) 114 Music with lyrics (4)