Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
Musical work… (11) … and somewhere you might hear it played? (7, 4) Accounts check (5) Competent (4) Frock (5) Himalayan region (5) Heroic film (4) Whispered remark (5) 20 Underground passage (6) Shove (4) Formal, starchy (4) 25 Force
of collision (6) 28 Freedom (7) 29 Slow,
step-by-step (7) 32 Canal boat (5) 33 Yet to come (5) 34 Merit (7) 37 Headache pill (7) 39 Smash (7) 41 Sesame —,
kids show (6) 42 Jacket (4) 44 Twilight (4) 1 7 12 13 15 16 17 19 21 23 46 Prairie wolf (6) 49 Waterfall (7) 50 Sizzle in oil (3) 51 Spoil, ruin (3) 53 One who finds it difficult
to discard items (7) 55 Insect grub (5) 56 Sixteenth
of a pound (5) 57 Template (7) 58 Excavate (3) 60 In what way? (3) 61 Newspaper
feature (7) 62 Centre (6) 64 Optical glass (4) 66 Skin, rind (4) 67 Potent (6) 70 Quiver (7) 71 Image (7) 73 Pamphlet, flyer (7) 75 Mettle, pluck (5) 77 — Oyl, Popeye’s girlfriend (5) Photographer? (7) Regain one’s health (7) 84 Transform (6) 85 Sugar lump (4) 87 Amphibian (4) 89 Silky goat’s wool (6) 79 81 91 Gogglebox (5) 92 Horse’s neck hair (4) 93 River mammal (5) 95 Invited person (5) 97 Ship’s floor (4) 98 — Wilde, Irish author
and playwright (5) 99 Orchestration
of a 1 Across… (11) 100 … and its public
presentation (11)
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 18 21 22 23 24
Weather map (5) Bicycle seat (6) Bind (3) Band that had a hit with Wonderwall (5) Financial aid given to a student (7) Tortuous (7) External (5) Male swan (3) Sell to consumers (6) Lawful (5) Straight (6) Adulation (6) Award (5) Gather crops (7) Poster (7) Florida resort (5) 26 Deep chasm (5) 27 Row of shrubs (5) 30 Stringed instrument (5) Love deeply (5) Wed (5) Water vapour (5) Build-up to a musical climax (9) 40 Simon Rattle’s
occupation (9) 43 Late (7) 45 Beach pebbles (7) 47 Gumboot (5) 48 Inexpensive (5) 49 Lettuce variety (3) 50 Craze (3) 52 Argument (3) 54 Regret (3) 59 European language (5) 60 Pastime (5) 62 Intended (5) 63 Collar wing (5) 65 Spire (7) 66 Bird with a
pouched bill (7) 68 Private teacher (5) 69 Bid welcome (5) 72 Sleeveless garment often worn with a belt (5) Armada (5) 31 35 36 38 74 76 Stay behind (6) 78 Earnings (6) 80 Go backwards (7) 81 Train track (7) 82 Fit in (6) 83 Pancake mixture (6) 84 Punctuation mark (5) 86 Junior noble (5) 88 Golf score of
two under par (5) 90 Lower leg joint (5) 94 — Hanks, movie star (3) 96 Pixie (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record