THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Coincide partially (7) 14 Top up (a battery) (8) 15 Hide away, go to
ground (3,3) 16 Commenced (5) 19 Closed (curtains) (4) 20 Sound made by an
elephant (7) 21 Talked (5) 22 Reducing in breadth (9) 23 Leered at (5) 24 Cable for pulling a
vehicle (3-4) 26 Operated a bike (8) 29 Steak shaped like a
letter (1-4) 34 Part of cauliflower or
broccoli (6) 35 Athletics arena (7) 37 Possible to be moved or
altered slightly (10) 41 Shopper, client (8) 44 Correct errors (5) 45 Still in one piece (6) 46 Affront (7) 48 Fail to make progess (2,7) 50 Fruits with stones (8) 52 Become tedious (4,4) 55 Ref’s item shown after two
yellows (3,4) 57 Gem formed in an
oyster (5) 59 Firm meat spread (4) 60 Garment similar to an
anorak (5) 62 Source of bacon (3) 65 Rotter, bounder (3) 66 Early years (5) 67 Blow from a whip (4) 68 American confectionery (5) 69 Paralyse with fear (7) 73 Magazines, periodicals (8) 75 Pay attention (4,4) 76 Month before October (9) 79 Imprisoning (7) 81 Bent and twisted out of shape (6) 83 Paint used on woodwork (5) 85 Giggled (8) 88 Using no more than is necessary (10) 89 Clever sea mammal (7) 90 Disco’s flashing light (6) 94 Stuffed toy bear (5) 95 Inflamed with anger (8) 98 Desperate (7) 100 Opponent in a war (5) 104 Cuddle together (7,2) 107 Windscreen’s cleaner (5) 108 Brief looks (7) 109 Military stronghold (4) 110 Furthest point (5) 111 Made snake noises (6) 112 Washed, purified (8) 113 Lightweight item inside a duvet (7)
DOWN
1 Mediocre, ordinary (7) 2 Rash, hurried (5) 3 Tendency to get angry
quickly (6) 4 Pellets from a gun (4) 5 Newly baked (5) 6 Get back (losses) (6) 7 Berry used to flavour
gin (4) 8 Bulb tasting of liquorice (6) 9 Bellow like a lion (4) 10 House joined to
another (4) 11 Digression (7) 13 Bad or unfair
treatment (3,4) 17 Roofed shelter or trench
for troops (6) 18 Acquired, obtained (3) 25 Location or position (5) 27 American conscription (5) 28 Compass direction
opposite west (4) 30 Swell out (5) 31 ___ and proper, stiffly
formal (4) 32 Way of thinking (7) 33 Palm tree fibres used for tying and weaving (6) 35 Divide between all (5) 36 Important traffic route (4,4) 38 Car-raising device (4) 39 Break and enter (6) 40 Performing on stage (6) 42 Measure of weight (3) 43 Pond-side rush (4) 47 Snow White’s little helper (5) 49 Anxiety, concern (5) 50 Whorl of petals in a flower (7) 51 Lift up, raise (7) 53 Become thinner at one end (5) 54 Slang term for ‘potato’ (4) 56 Large coniferous tree with fragrant wood (5) 58 Bounced sound (4) 61 Skyfall singer (5) 63 Annul, as a conviction, perhaps (5) 64 Climbed up (8) 65 To do with church singing (6) 70 Made, compelled (6) 71 More or less, about (7) 72 Pimple (4) 74 Shop canopy (6) 76 ___ Boyle, Scottish singer (5) 77 Cheerio (3) 78 Body dusting powder (4) 80 Tied, threaded (5) 82 Tablets of medicine (5) 84 Different, alternative (5) 86 Member of the Conservative Party (4) 87 Final word of a prayer (4) 90 Change quickly (6) 91 Get an advantage (from) (7) 92 Warm garment worn in the sea (7) 93 Make tidy (7) 96 Show, uncover (6) 97 Illustrate, show (6) 99 Put in order, tidy (6) 101 In the past (3) 102 Say hello to (5) 103 Lopsided, wonky (5) 105 Kitchen fixture (4) 106 Wicked (4) 107 Broad (4) 108 Polite man (4)