THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Piece of land surrounded by
foreign territory (7) 14 Followed and watched (8) 15 Leased from a landlord (6) 16 Steal game birds, animals or fish (5) 19 Block of concrete (4) 20 Competitiveness (7) 21 Wicked devil (5) 22 Wriggly garden creature (9) 23 Way in (5) 24 Starchy milk pudding (7) 26 Sore skin swellings (8) 29 Drive too fast (5) 34 Brave and determined (6) 35 Doubting person (7) 37 Branches of manufacture and trade (10) 41 Nightclub security workers (8) 44 Share the same view (5) 45 Most modern and up-to-date (6) 46 Children’s room (7) 48 Activity performed to country and western music (4,5) 50 Excellent, superb (8) 52 Animal said to be lucky if it crosses your path (5,3) 55 Regardless of (7) 57 Match between local teams (5) 59 Jagged cut (4) 60 Mark (a shoe) (5) 62 Chopper (3) 65 Wintertime illness (3) 66 Severe, cruel (5) 67 Lazy (4) 68 Be in fear of (5) 69 Item left in a will (7) 73 Mention known celebrities (4-4) 75 Alcoholic-refreshment marquee (4,4) 76 Pain cured by a dentist (9) 79 Mix cards before a game (7) 81 Katie ___, Batman Begins actress (6) 83 Drab brownish-yellow colour (5) 85 Sticking fast, clinging (8) 88 Book bought by many people (10) 89 Fondled, patted (7) 90 Loosened (shoelaces) (6) 94 Soft brushed leather (5) 95 Understate the importance of (8) 98 Put through school (7) 100 ___ Berry, X-Men actress (5) 104 Ransacked, looted (9) 107 Unadorned or unpatterned (5) 108 Kept out of the way of (7) 109 Bicycle tyre inflater (4) 110 Opposite of ‘higher’ (5) 111 Dried grape (6) 112 Form of comic verse (8) 113 Icy food-storage cabinet (7)
DOWN
1 Country in the United
Kingdom (7) 2 Prevent, ward off (5) 3 Hot-tasting pod (6) 4 Tense, nervous (4) 5 Fast, speedy (5) 6 Class of word,
grammatically (6) 7 Elbow jab (4) 8 Put money into shares etc (6) 9 Boo (4) 10 Sport played on horseback (4) 11 Run along playfully (7) 13 Generous (7) 17 Large cage for birds (6) 18 Which person? (3) 25 Easily understood (5) 27 Stupid person (5) 28 Pink-coloured (4) 30 Seaside features (5) 31 Measure of land area (4) 32 Pointed church tower (7) 33 Emotional shock (6) 35 Extra, left over (5) 36 Relating to distant rule by a foreign country (8) 38 Writing table (4) 39 Football player permitted to handle the ball (6) 40 Covered walk with shops (6) 42 Granny (3) 43 Granules found on the beach (4) 47 Approximately (5) 49 Go ___, share costs (5) 50 From the ___ to the ridiculous, common expression (7) 51 Receive as heir (7) 53 ___ Reeves, US actor (5) 54 Continent (4) 56 Priggish person (5) 58 Bounced sound (4) 61 Opposite of ‘stale’ (5) 63 Hang in loose folds (5) 64 Posy makers (8) 65 Garish and cheap-looking (6) 70 Perceiving with the eyes (6) 71 People trying to find? (7) 72 Variety of bean (4) 74 Narrate, give an account of (6) 76 Bronze position in a competition (5) 77 Vehicle (3) 78 Loop, spiral (4) 80 Piece of farmed land (5) 82 Lesson of a story (5) 84 Enquired (5) 86 Loathe, detest (4) 87 Book’s good guy (4) 90 In a mess (6) 91 Typical specimen (7) 92 Novel’s secondary theme (3-4) 93 Banged (a door) shut (7) 96 Practice of baring all (6) 97 Annually (6) 99 Option (6) 101 Groom’s response (1,2) 102 Opposite of ‘friend’ (5) 103 Love intensely (5) 105 Exploited (4) 106 Wander (4) 107 Sex Pistols’ style of music (4) 108 Open, spacious (4)