THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Mottled (7) 14 Flame-resistant barrier between rooms (4,4) 15 Permit, make possible (6) 16 Fundamental (5) 19 Stuck-up person (4) 20 Car light used when there is poor visibility (3,4) 21 Disney deer film (5) 22 Emergency vehicle (9) 23 Kingly, majestic (5) 24 Party for someone who’s leaving (4-3) 26 Interrogates (a spy) (8) 29 1996 Madonna film (5) 34 Dreaded, was worried about (6) 35 Clothes hooks (7) 37 Removing shackles from (10) 41 New leaves or shoots (8) 44 Opposite of ‘dead’ (5) 45 Succeeded (at an exam) (6) 46 Numerical system based on tens (7) 48 Accompanying dish of raw leafy vegetables (4,5) 50 Area of a coastal town (8) 52 Vocalists’ get-together (4-4) 55 Fork-tailed bird that migrates (7) 57 Custom or mannerism (5) 59 Beer flavouring (4) 60 Daniel ___, James Bond actor (5) 62 Commercial channel (inits)(3) 65 Month in spring (3) 66 Intense beam of light (5) 67 Liquidised mass (4) 68 ___ bus, long single decker (5) 69 Cheeky newcomer (7) 73 Adult male horse (8) 75 Getting to your feet (8) 76 Transmit over the air (9) 79 Pear-shaped fruit often served as a starter (7) 81 Hot drink (6) 83 Finishing equal with another (5) 85 Tennis shot where the arm is across the body (8) 88 Fail to maintain solidarity (5,5) 89 Doctor who does operations (7) 90 Roof covering of straw or reeds (6) 94 Bulge, expand (5) 95 Treat mercifully (2,4,2) 98 Applauded (7) 100 Trainee in the armed forces (5) 104 Setting free (7,2) 107 Centre of the eye (5) 108 Art exhibition hall (7) 109 Important water or gas pipe (4) 110 Fewest (5) 111 Giant gun (6) 112 Comprised (8) 113 No tickets left! (4,3)
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1 Rob, loot (7) 2 Period of work (5) 3 Male witch (6) 4 Brown seaweed (4) 5 Slang term for a policeman (5) 6 Accused due to falsified evidence (6) 7 ___ Horner, former Spice Girl (4) 8 Highly seasoned Italian sausage (6) 9 Golf stick (4) 10 Daybreak (4) 11 Freedom (7) 13 Guilty (2,5) 17 Shared the same view (6) 18 Rough-leaved tall tree (3) 25 Mushrooms, toadstools etc (5) 27 Rhythm and ___, music genre (5) 28 Fault, blemish (4) 30 Leonardo da ___, artist (5) 31 Tied match (4) 32 Ex-serviceman (7) 33 Invisible (6) 35 Secret store (5) 36 Of better quality (8) 38 People working on a ship (4) 39 Up-and-down seat (3-3) 40 In-car system that directs drivers (6) 42 Item of fishing tackle (3) 43 Common fraction (4) 47 Customary (5) 49 Three-legged seat (5) 50 Fragment (of information) (7) 51 Small savings for a rainy day (4,3) 53 One of a pair of poles on which to walk tall (5) 54 Corrosive liquid substance (4) 56 Faithful, reliable (5) 58 Open, spacious (4) 61 Stared open-mouthed (5) 63 Employing (5) 64 Kitchen appliances for liquidising (8) 65 Reason (for a crime) (6) 70 Naval seaman (6) 71 School subject studying times past (7) 72 Hair-grooming tool (4) 74 ___ summer, warm weather in autumn (6) 76 (Had) started (5) 77 Tree with silvery bark (3) 78 Grand dress (4) 80 Hard, pinkish-red, marine growth (5) 82 Nit-picking (5) 84 Just right (5) 86 Layer (of paint) (4) 87 Three-piece band (4) 90 Sway dangerously (6) 91 Stuffed full (7) 92 Suffer in extreme heat (7) 93 Crafty, sly (7) 96 Bless with oil (6) 97 Cloth serviette (6) 99 Curtain-rail cover (6) 101 Achieved (3) 102 Group of birds (5) 103 Metal electricity tower (5) 105 Job to be done (4) 106 Snatch suddenly (4) 107 Small and feeble (4) 108 Disease often associated with a swollen big toe (4)