THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Military assignment (7) 14 Shut up! (4,4) 15 Continue, maintain (4,2) 16 Just right (5) 19 Enjoy (4) 20 Place with dodgems and
waltzers (7) 21 Exercise for the stomach
muscles (3-2) 22 Details written on
envelopes (9) 23 Natural talent (5) 24 Express strong disapproval
of (7) 26 Casual onlooker (6-2) 29 Sound of a sheep (5) 34 Dream of achieving (6) 35 Sea creature with eight
tentacles (7) 37 Racing sea vessels (10) 41 Most tiny (8) 44 Suffocate in water (5) 45 No person in particular (6) 46 Non-sweet (food) (7) 48 Sweet Xmas sauce (3,6) 50 With a more even
surface (8) 52 Quickly (8) 55 Become calm again after
being angry (4,3) 57 Edible internal organs of an
animal (5) 59 Bundle up (in paper, eg) (4) 60 Type of sweater (1-4) 62 ___ Reeves, zany
comedian (3) 65 Ballerina’s hairstyle (3) 66 Capital of Japan (5) 67 Part of a necklace (4) 68 Name for a group of
lions (5) 69 Dessert of fruit, cream and
meringue (7) 73 Flood or overwhelm (8) 75 Person appointed to ensure a will is carried into effect (8) 76 Putting your trust in (7,2) 79 Saves from danger (7) 81 Human beings in general (6) 83 Cart pulled by horses (5) 85 Representative, agent (8) 88 Ladies’ loo (6,4) 89 Inexpensive bacon
variety (7) 90 Country, capital Paris (6) 94 Placed firmly in position (5) 95 In a secretive manner (2,3,3) 98 Escorted (7) 100 Demon (5) 104 Startling event (3-6) 107 Sprang, jumped (5) 108 Babies’ feed containers (7) 109 Round door handle (4) 110 Uncontrolled rush (5) 111 Hide away, go to ground (3,3) 112 Judge’s merciful course of action (8) 113 Green salad item (7)
DOWN
1 Able to be seen (7) 2 Pleasant, snug (5) 3 Male witch (6) 4 Equipment, kit (4) 5 Scalp-dwelling parasite (5) 6 Part of a shoe (6) 7 Jump with a rope (4) 8 Money back (6) 9 Slang for £1 (4) 10 ___ and ends, scraps (4) 11 Member of a rowing crew (7) 13 Variety of animal etc (7) 17 Brief sleep (6) 18 Word of agreement (3) 25 Saying, slogan (5) 27 Daft, sentimental (5) 28 Sound of a dog (4) 30 Another name for bingo (5) 31 Long-tailed rodents (4) 32 Point of view (7) 33 Hunt for food (6) 35 Greater in age (5) 36 Breaks into fragments (8) 38 Departed, left (4) 39 Young animal or plant in its earliest stages of development (6) 40 Prance, romp (6) 42 On the ___, running away (3) 43 Short stiff ballet skirt (4) 47 Lopsided, wonky (5) 49 Not in good health or physical condition (5) 50 Crate used as a platform for speech-making (7) 51 Roman ruler, such as Nero (7) 53 Satan (5) 54 Very keen (reader) (4) 56 Easily creased cloth (5) 58 Twelve inches (4) 61 Colour of uniforms (5) 63 Person using snow runners (5) 64 Those taking part in a parade or demonstration (8) 65 Sand trap on a golf course (6) 70 Conceitedness (6) 71 Flight attendant (7) 72 Walk wearily (4) 74 Meeting’s programme (6) 76 Streaming (of the nose) (5) 77 Stage joke (3) 78 Officially ban (4) 80 Household task (5) 82 Mountain lions (5) 84 Tumbler (5) 86 Slant, tilt (4) 87 Wide smile (4) 90 Lacking strength and energy (6) 91 Game scored in runs (7) 92 Short break in play (4-3) 93 Of a law, put into action (7) 96 Official messenger, in the past (6) 97 Every twelve months (6) 99 Coax, tempt (6) 101 Orang-utan, eg (3) 102 Dangerous act in a film (5) 103 Burnt remains (5) 105 Rim, border (4) 106 Pin used to join pieces of wood (4) 107 Grassed area (4) 108 Removed trapped air from (a radiator) (4)