Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Flexible ruler… (4, 7) 7 … and a device used to set horizontal surfaces (6, 5) 12 Lariat (5) 13 Shove (4) 15 Under heavy mental strain (5) 16 Thick wire (5) 17 Surgical sponge (4) 19 Ursa —, constellation known as the Little Bear (5) 20 Sell overseas (6) 21 Impair (4) 23 Suddenly lose self-control (4) 25 Michael Buble’s homeland (6) 28 Everlasting (7) 29 Fate (7) 32 Money container (5) 33 Narrow passage (5) 34 Road-surfacing substance (7) 37 Pilot (7) 39 Traditional Japanese art form (7) 41 Tooth’s coating (6) 42 Burn, blacken (4) 44 Bird’s refuge (4) 46 Middle (6) 49 Physical checkup (7) 50 Make a choice (3) 51 Tawdry newspaper (3) 53 In place (of) (7) 55 Ventilated (5) 56 Have life (5) 57 Shelf support (7) 58 Man’s best friend? (3) 60 — Jones, Welsh crooner (3) 61 Fugitive (7) 62 Bright, smart (6) 64 Fable (4) 66 Pointed missile (4) 67 News bulletin (6) 70 Notice (7) 71 Beginning, origin (7) 73 Pardon (7) 75 Expertise (5) 77 Particle of sand (5) 79 Avoidance (7) 81 Talk of in passing (7) 84 Equilateral rectangle (6) 85 Underside of the foot (4) 87 Compass direction (4) 89 Reddish hair colour (6) 91 Permanent mark (5) 92 Coral formation (4) 93 Rainbow —, pretty fish (5) 95 Drying cloth (5) 97 Simon —, Paul actor (4) 98 Ring-shaped bread roll (5) 99 Tool for decorating walls or ceilings… (5, 6) 100 … and one for twisting threaded nails into place (11)
DOWN
1 Native American tent (5) 2 Mansion’s grounds (6) 3 Half-dozen (3) 4 Plane detection system (5) 5 Extreme (7) 6 Astonish (7) 8 Hickory nut (5) 9 Massage (3) 10 Deep ditch (6) 11 Autumnal star sign (5) 14 Evening meal (6) 18 Predatory British mammal with an elongated body (6) 21 Emerge from an egg (5) 22 Computer screen (7) 23 Keep up (7) 24 Bamboo-eating endangered creature (5) 26 Black playing card? (5) 27 Roy —, Irish Manchester United midfield legend (5) 30 Canal craft (5) 31 Go by bike (5) 35 Finger or toe (5) 36 Thin biscuit (5) 38 Abrasive sheets used to smooth and polish (9) 40 Metallic scouring fibres (5, 4) 43 Rumour (7) 45 Alike (7) 47 Crockery item (5) 48 Metric unit of volume (5) 49 Organised gang of criminals (3) 50 Strange (3) 52 Precious stone (3) 54 Period of 24 hours (3) 59 Police informer (5) 60 Cornwall’s county town (5) 62 Intellectual board game (5) 63 Large bird of prey (5) 65 Unfriendly (7) 66 Protection from attack (7) 68 Mournful poem (5) 69 Use one’s brain (5) 72 Roof overhang (5) 74 Ceramic tile cement (5) 76 Resistant to disease (6) 78 Shrewd (6) 80 Taking neither side (7) 81 Daytime theatre show (7) 82 Alloy of tin and lead (6) 83 Love song (6) 84 Fragment (5) 86 Turning machine (5) 88 Ancient Central American such as Montezuma (5) 90 Landlocked West African republic (5) 94 Liquid fuel (3) 96 Misery, grief (3) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record