THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Common herb (7) 14 Grappler in a ring (8) 15 Travelled by boat (6) 16 Light sailing vessel (5) 19 People in general (4) 20 Mother’s father (7) 21 Tender, present (to) (5) 22 Big marine hazard (5,4) 23 Frenzied, crazy (5) 24 Impose or deliver forcibly (7) 26 Marking (the skin)
permanently (8) 29 Not as many (5) 34 Someone you borrow
from (6) 35 Measured on a balance (7) 37 Early-morning birdsong (4,6) 41 Positioned (troops) (8) 44 Arrange, make tidy (5) 45 Shoe liner (6) 46 Ferocious (7) 48 Thing added to something
larger or more important (9) 50 Flourish (a weapon) (8) 52 Extremely big (8) 55 Truthfulness (7) 57 Red-breasted bird (5) 59 In ___, as a joke (4) 60 Just made (5) 62 Wet earth (3) 65 Be the right size (3) 66 Row of bushes acting as a
fence (5) 67 Formal test (4) 68 Group of musical notes
sounded together (5) 69 Quick massage (3-4) 73 Nursery recreation area (8) 75 Occurring in regular
patterns (8) 76 Worrying, traumatic (9) 79 Kit-bag (7) 81 Warming device (6) 83 In that place (5) 85 Torpedo-shaped tablets (8) 88 Pot for making or serving
coffee (10) 89 Wanted, wished for (7) 90 Fruit cordial (6) 94 Street booth (5) 95 Curved street (8) 98 Huge stream of ice (7) 100 Puts (a baby) on to more
solid food (5) 104 Second-place
competitors (7-2) 107 Motionless or hushed (5) 108 Heavy drinking (7) 109 Very dull person (4) 110 Well ___, famous (5) 111 Apart from, save for (6) 112 Grumble, moan (8) 113 Represent, depict (7)
DOWN
1 Absorbent rug for the shower area (4,3) 2 Creamy pale brown (5) 3 ___ suite, honeymooners’ hotel rooms (6) 4 Second-hand (4) 5 Mixture of two or more metals (5) 6 Annual dog show (6) 7 Old Russian emperor (4) 8 Member of an unruly mob (6) 9 Legal document (4) 10 Jamboree (4) 11 Shouted for joy (7) 13 Urban horizon (7) 17 Protesters’ flag (6) 18 Letters after a firm’s name (inits)(3) 25 Wept (5) 27 South American mountains (5) 28 Pleasant, enjoyable (4) 30 Same in value (5) 31 Tense, nervous (4) 32 Variety of underwear that keeps you extra-warm (7) 33 Fighting with gloved fists (6) 35 Complete, entire (5) 36 Petered out (8) 38 Legal document read after a person’s death (4) 39 Foot-propelled pleasure boat (6) 40 Slowly relax (6) 42 Breed of rabbit (3) 43 Part of an old telephone (4) 47 Leered at (5) 49 V-shaped cut or indentation (5) 50 Crime of corruption (7) 51 Shoulder bag for school (7) 53 Member of a wandering tribe (5) 54 At a great distance (4) 56 No ___, road sign (5) 58 Finished (4) 61 60-minute periods (5) 63 Amy ___, Enchanted star (5) 64 Made to measure (suit, eg) (8) 65 Bloke (6) 70 Worker who fuses pieces of metal together (6) 71 Overwhelming feeling of joy (7) 72 ___ Bana, actor (4) 74 Time-telling word (6) 76 Quickness (5) 77 Wintertime illness (3) 78 Put your feet up (4) 80 Girl’s garment (5) 82 Tricycle’s number of wheels (5) 84 Sign up for a course (5) 86 Sulky pursing of the lips (4) 87 Put out of focus (4) 90 Beautiful to look at (view) (6) 91 Fruit-flavoured fizzing powder (7) 92 Dynamic and bright with colour (7) 93 In court as a defendant (2,5) 96 Late-evening meal (6) 97 Move spasmodically (6) 99 Biscuit, in America (6) 101 Salesman (3) 102 Tongue of fire (5) 103 House made from snow (5) 105 Latest happenings (4) 106 Erotic (4) 107 Ground occupied or set apart for a building (4) 108 Bundle of straw (4)
Just send your completed grid, with a note of your name and address, to: Funday Puzzler Big Xword, PO Box 901, Glasgow G9 2BD. The winner for The Big One crossword will be chosen at random from all correct entries received by Friday, October 2, 2020. Usual Daily Record rules apply. Editor’s decision is final.