Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
Where a 38 Down is going… (11) … and what one carries onto the plane (4, 7) Batch of twelve (5) Travel permit (4) Liverpool-based sitcom featuring the Boswell family (5) Fork spike (5) Sulphuric or acetic, eg (4) Orlando —, English actor (5) 20 Underground passage (6) 21 Wagon (4) 23 — whisky, barley liquor (4) 25 Chat, gossip (6) 28 Withdraw troops (7) 29 Most recent, up-to-date (7) 32 Vote into power (5) 33 Insect grub (5) 34 Pore over (7) 37 Laugh merrily (7) 39 Clearly thought out (7) 41 Annually (6) 42 Superhero’s cloak? (4) 44 Every individual (4) 46 Urban road (6) 49 Eye make-up (7) 50 Prove to be the right size (3) 1 7 12 13 15 16 17 19 51 Basin fixture (3) 53 Wife’s partner (7) 55 Lentil or pea, eg (5) 56 Lower leg joint (5) 57 Contemplative (7) 58 Thick roll
of banknotes (3) 60 Tasteless articles (3) 61 Surprise (7) 62 Weak (6) 64 Fashionably elegant (4) 66 Chum (4) 67 Colourful cage bird (6) 70 Supervise (7) 71 Stress (7) 73 Tend, nourish (7) 75 Of the sun (5) 77 Scottish estate owner (5) 79 Talk about (7) 81 Japanese
healing therapy (7) 84 Equilateral rectangle (6) 85 Citrus fruit (4) 87 Dark shade of blue (4) 89 Half a circle’s diameter (6) 91 Gauge (5) 92 — von Bismarck, Germany’s Iron Chancellor (4) — Blackman, Bond film actress (5) 93
Crow, brag (5) Alcoholic drink of fermented honey (4) 98 Cold meal (5) 99 Importing goods fee (7, 4) 100 Airport department
that checks passports (11) 95 97
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Loose clump of earth (5) Eat like a mouse? (6) Neckwear item (3) Sequence (5) Mechanic’s set of utensils (7) Tuneful (7) — male, dominant man (5) Twosome (3) Pressing, important (6) Senior tribe member (5) Unmarried (6) Maker of eating implements (6) 21 Low in price (5) 22 Folding table stand (7) 23 Act of God (7) 24 Pick-me-up (5) 26 Toy bear (5) 27 Unmoving (5) 30 Skirt’s fold (5) 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 18
Swoon (5) Business representative (5) 36 Perfume (5) 38 Airline customer? (9) 40 — gate, point at
which to catch a flight (9) 43 Do away with (7) 45 Pilot’s compartment (7) 47 Collar wing (5) 48 Strategic board game (5) 49 Plan of the
Earth’s surface (3) 50 Not many (3) 52 Small portion
of butter (3) 54 Kiki —, Don’t Go Breaking
My Heart singer (3) 59 Frogman (5) 60 Celebratory drink (5) 62 Excellent
university degree (5) 63 Metric unit of volume (5) 65 Muddle (7) 66 Speak of in passing (7) 68 Soulful female pop star who sang Hello and Someone Like You (5) — Swinton, Oscar-winning British actress (5) Expertise (5) Palatable (5) 31 35 69 72 74 76 Destructive insect (6) 78 Stir up, provoke (6) 80 Sooner or later (7) 81 Motorcycle attachment (7) 82 Chinese-American
chef (3, 3) 83 Cheese-shredding
device (6) 84 One able to tolerate pain (5) 86 Deserve (5) 88 Stamp-collecting book? (5) 90 Carried chair (5) 94 Gesture of assent (3) 96 Muhammad —, late
heavyweight champion (3) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record