Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
Score attained by two cricket players batting together… (11) … and the decision by a team to cut short the innings (11) Tag (5) Candle string (4) Southwestern US state (5) Indisputable evidence (5) — rags, best clothes (4) Surface of a cut gem (5) Quit (6) The Naked —, Jamie Oliver’s first TV show (4) 23 Short film excerpt (4) 25 Fisherman’s kit (6) 28 Spice from
crocus stigmas (7) 29 Own up (7) 32 Inexpensive (5) 33 Aromatic herb (5) 34 Mercurial alloy (7) 37 Hug (7) 39 Unprofessional, shoddy (7) 41 Leather money case (6) 42 Length of a bridge (4) 44 Tailless amphibian (4) 46 Intelligent (6) 49 Competent (7) 1 7 12 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 50 Cardboard container (3) Wet soil (3) Get too big for (7) Small but prominent role (5) 56 Sacrificial table (5) 57 Cooking utensil (7) 58 Spider’s snare (3) 60 Food tin (3) 61 Education employee (7) 62 Archive (6) 64 Tidings (4) 66 Measure of beer (4) 67 Germinate (6) 70 Shop’s service desk (7) 71 Mosquito-borne disease (7) 73 Sentiment (7) 75 Doctor’s stand-in (5) 77 Slice a joint of meat (5) 79 Wander aimlessly (7) 81 Green variety of beryl (7) 84 Lie lazily (6) 85 Cash register (4) 87 Stumble (4) 89 One who shoots arrows (6) 91 Skirt’s fold (5) 92 Short letter (4) 93 Contribution (5) 95 Intended (5) 51 53 55 97 Horse’s steady pace (4) 98 Ice cream server (5) 99 Deliveries causing the cricket ball to turn off the pitch (4, 7) 100 Batsman’s score
of 50 runs (4-7)
DOWN
— nap, invigorating sleep (5) Lengthen (6) Mighty hit by a batsman? (3) Offspring (5) Mobile home (7) Unorthodox believer (7) Dismiss from school (5) Melissa —, Academy Award-winning actress (3) Repudiate (6) Prod with the elbow (5) Rook in chess (6) Probable (6) Swimming stroke (5) — Sam, animated kids’ cartoon series (7) 23 Musical performance (7) 24 Show-off (5) 26 Fastening bolt (5) 27 Surplus (5) 30 Take illegally (5) 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 18 21 22
Saturday Night —, John Travolta disco movie (5) Milky sap used in the manufacture of rubber (5) 36 Empire, dominion (5) 38 Chance taken by a fielder near to the wicketkeeper (4, 5) 40 Misdirected return allowing
a batsman an extra run (9) 43 Vow (7) 45 Sale by bidding (7) 47 Rot (5) 48 Compass point (5) 49 Crispy lettuce variety (3) 50 Humble gesture (3) 52 Judo grading (3) 54 Series of battles (3) 59 Fake, sham (5) 60 Greek island (5) 62 Respond (5) 63 Card game (5) 65 Public outrage (7) 66 Gift (7) 68 Tweak, nip (5) 69 Tall lookout post (5) 72 Talent manager (5) 74 Spring-blooming bulb (5) 76 Root vegetable (6) 78 Preferably (6) 31 35 80 Act as a mirror (7) 81 Imaginary line
dividing the Earth (7) 82 Person lacking hair
and skin pigmentation (6) 83 Baby’s shaken toy (6) 84 Nasal cavity (5) 86 Classical language (5) 88 Cuban dance (5) 90 Irritable, crabby (5) 94 Chum (3) 96 — Garnett,
sitcom bigot (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record