THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Facial element (7) 14 Showered liquid over (8) 15 Male or female relative (6) 16 Brother of your mother (5) 19 Short name for the festive
season (4) 20 21 Proficiency Spotless (5) certificate (7) 22 Bewilders, baffles (9) 23 Finger or number (5) 24 Fast dangerous trip in a
stolen vehicle (7) 26 Small burner with a very
hot flame (8) 29 Official escorting people
to seats (5) 34 Old office worker in a
‘pool’ (6) 35 More effervescent (7) 37 Bargained, discussed
terms (10) 41 Gentlemanly conduct (8) 44 Elbow gently (5) 45 Colour between red and
blue (6) 46 About to weep (7) 48 Now living apart (husband
and wife) (9) 50 Crossword answer (8) 52 Long hair tied at the back (8) 55 Nervous strain (7) 57 Interlacing of three or more
strands (5) 59 Opposite of ‘east’ (4) 60 Food smell (5) 62 Large tea dispenser (3) 65 Employment (3) 66 Have a friendly
relationship (with) (3,2) 67 Give a lot of publicity to (4) 68 Corn on the cob (5) 69 Household waste (7) 73 Being of the same opinion (8) 75 Aroused, elicited (8) 76 Selection of suitable
applicants for a post (9) 79 Without any faults or
defects (7) 81 Alter, change (6) 83 Book’s identifying name (5) 85 Turned to night (8) 88 Workers who create smooth
walls in a new building (10) 89 Setback in illness (7) 90 Tempestuous (6) 94 Old ___, fuddy-duddy (5) 95 TV stations (8) 98 Sprinkle, disperse (7) 100 Liquid in arteries (5) 104 In fits and starts (9) 107 South American woolly pack animal (5) 108 Frame for supporting a table (7) 109 Vibrating strip in an oboe (4) 110 Spooky (5) 111 Except if (6) 112 Heads of state (8) 113 Football spot-kick (7)
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1 Part-human part-fish female (7) 2 Name for a group of lions (5) 3 Noisy disorder (6) 4 Sound of laughter (2,2) 5 What or that (5) 6 Class of word, grammatically (6) 7 Run your eye over (4) 8 Punch repeatedly (6) 9 Make a noise like a snake (4) 10 Opposed to (4) 11 Cut with a knife (7) 13 Declare under oath (7) 17 Brussels ___, vegetable (6) 18 Difficult situation (3) 25 Astounded, stunned (5) 27 Possessor (5) 28 Ancient story (4) 30 Simple throwing weapon (5) 31 Legal document read after a person’s death (4) 32 Mean, stingy (7) 33 Underground hollow (6) 35 Punished by having to pay (5) 36 Put (a plant) in a bigger container (8) 38 Common seabird (4) 39 Gasp for breath (6) 40 Blend, mixture (6) 42 Doctor for animals (3) 43 Form of meditation and exercise (4) 47 Cutlery item (5) 49 In the midst of (5) 50 Captain of a vessel (7) 51 External direction (7) 53 ___ a lift, hitch-hike (5) 54 Swinging music style (4) 56 Large sword (5) 58 Large North American cat (4) 61 Anticipate (5) 63 Raised platform for performers (5) 64 Buildings inspector (8) 65 Rough-edged (6) 70 Assemble, form a group (6) 71 Wooden pin used in a ball game (7) 72 Frame of mind (4) 74 On the off-chance (2,4) 76 Kitchen strainer (5) 77 Decorate (a cake) (3) 78 (Had) departed (4) 80 Untrue (5) 82 Edition (of a magazine etc) (5) 84 Subject, theme (5) 86 Large black bird (4) 87 Netting (4) 90 Covered with perspiration (6) 91 Tropical mosquito-spread fever (7) 92 Cowboy’s pistol sheath (7) 93 Truthfulness (7) 96 American five-cent coin (6) 97 Boggy, marshy (6) 99 Abstract thinking as opposed to practice (6) 101 Electrical unit (3) 102 Tag attached to clothing indicating origin, size etc (5) 103 Turn for information (to) (5) 105 Long operatic solo (4) 106 Coastal sandhill (4) 107 Opposite of ‘first’ (4) 108 Clip into shape (4)