THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Struck with the fist (7) 14 Hummed and hawed (8) 15 Settle (a deal) (6) 16 Municipality
regulation (5) 19 Old Russian ruler (4) 20 New business (5-2) 21 Threatened atmospheric
layer (5) 22 Sew in a design (9) 23 Possibly (5) 24 Personal pride (7) 26 Bedtime drink (8) 29 ___ up, confessed (5) 34 Area (6) 35 Infatuated, besotted (7) 37 Anyway (3,3,4) 41 Failure, ruin (8) 44 Bar of gold or other
metal (5) 45 Sharp and cold (of wind) (6) 46 Young pride member (4,3) 48 Rioting, rising up (9) 50 Affectation (8) 52 Very punctual (2,3,3) 55 Hush-hush goings-on (7) 57 Burglar (5) 59 Produce (4) 60 Be outstandingly brilliant (at) (5) 62 Goblin (3) 65 Uncooked (3) 66 Chuckle (5) 67 Aristocratic title (4) 68 Full force (of a blow) (5) 69 Supreme pleasure (7) 73 Rich men about town (8) 75 Furtive, cautious (8) 76 From that day, from then on (4,5) 79 Pronounce guilty (7) 81 Moisten (6) 83 Toddler’s toilet (5) 85 Nagging, going on at (8) 88 Of premises, without a permit to serve alcohol (10) 40 89 Pull or twist out of 42
shape (7) 43 90 Cause liquid to fly
about (6) 94 Number in a trio (5) 95 Wondrous events (8) 98 Grizzled, grumbled (7) 100 Custom or mannerism (5) 104 ___ Hotspur, London
football team (9) 107 Christmas bird (5) 108 Broadened (7) 109 Man-eating monster (4) 110 Furthest point (5) 111 Preserved in a can (6) 112 Not checked for printing errors (8) 113 Stands amazed (7)
DOWN 1 Shrove ___, pancake time (7) 2 Group of lines in a song (5) 3 Take heed (6) 4 French fry (4) 5 Pointing sign (5) 6 Be connected to the side of (6) 7 Teenage pimples (4) 8 Non-stop (flight) (6) 9 Crust on a wound (4) 10 Colour-stained (4) 11 Having a wife or husband (7) 13 Responsive to treatment (7) 17 Allowed portion (6) 18 Female deer (3) 25 Finishing equal with another (5) 27 Massive person (5) 28 Prolonged dull pain (4) 30 Adult females (5) 31 Great operatic woman singer (4) 32 Speak with a stammer (7) 33 Casual or sports garment (1-5) 35 Sway back and forth (5) 36 One of high rank (8) 38 Advanced (money) (4) 39 Direction a vehicle is travelling in (6) Delay, postpone (3,3) Part of a pen (3) Meat from the back of an animal (4) 47 Battery-powered light (5) 49 Native resident (5) 50 Cause not to happen (7) 51 Obviously (7) 53 Upright and rigid (5) 54 Tight-fisted (4) 56 Noisy, disorderly (5) 58 Sound of laughter (2,2) 61 Ness, Lomond etc (5) 63 Hospital worker (5) 64 Admitted to holy orders (8) 65 Type of deodorant with an applicator ball (4-2) 70 Brownish-yellow pigment (6) 71 If really required (2,1,4) 72 Fishing-net material (4) 74 Exotic flower (6) 76 Cairo’s country (5) 77 Zero score (3) 78 Catholic service (4) 80 ___ Vaughn, US actor (5) 82 Bicycle’s foot lever (5) 84 Fang (5) 86 Delicate expensive fabric (4) 87 Half-attached house (4) 90 Observing, watching (6) 91 Edible saltwater fish (7) 92 Thingummy (7) 93 Book-lending institution (7) 96 Variety of nut (6) 97 Quieten or tone down (6) 99 Bobbed the head in agreement (6) 101 Speed up (an engine) (3) 102 Come or go in (5) 103 Stupid person (5) 105 Spinal extension (4) 106 One chosen to inherit (4) 107 Went on horseback (4) 108 Long high-pitched cry of grief (4)