WEEKENDPUZZLES Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
Company’s monetary outlay… (11) …and financial obligations which offset its assets (11) Crockery item (5) Greyish-yellow (4) Jargon (5) Paddled craft (5) Solid fuel (4) Written work (5) Travelling mender of pots (6) 21 Brown fizzy drink (4) 23 Dutch cheese (4) 25 Recently (6) 28 Comical drawing (7) 29 Put on display (7) 32 Devil —, Cliff Richard hit (5) Sedentary rally? (3-2) 34 Examine (7) 37 Arrogant newcomer (7) Female member of a pride (7) Strawberry basket (6) 42 Real, actual (4) 44 Small nail (4) 1 7 12 13 15 16 17 19 20 33 39 41 46 Motorist (6) 49 Put forward, suggest (7) 50 Thickness of wool (3) 51 Foolish lout (3) 53 Receive from a will (7) 55 Jewelled hair
ornament (5) 56 Quick, swift (5) 57 Retribution (7) 58 Joker (3) 60 Dried grass (3) 61 Clear, obvious (7) 62 Noisy firework (6) 64 Deep male voice (4) 66 Wine bottle stopper (4) 67 Sinew (6) 70 Submarine missile (7) 71 Insulting, offensive (7) 73 Terrible creature (7) 75 Gaming coin (5) 77 Long lock of hair (5) 79 Industrial fire (7) 81 Incorrectly (7) 84 Film centre (6) 85 Kitty, pool (4) 87 Muslim ruler (4) 89 Tiered temple (6) 91 Bird of prey (5) 92 Depend (upon) (4) 93 Fork spike (5) 95 Not once (5) 97 Male deer (4) 98 Uncertainty (5) 99 Cost of borrowing
from a bank… (7, 4) 100 ...and the repossession of mortgaged property (11)
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Apply (pressure) (5) Barren region (6) Hot cuppa? (3) Imperial (5) Gleam, shine (7) Unfamiliar (7) Annoyed (5) Youth, lad (3) Probable (6) Daft (5) Kidnapper’s demand (6) American spotted cat (6) Muscular spasm (5) 22 Disciple (7) 23 Car fume pipe (7) 24 Damp (5) 26 Bog (5) 27 Cutting tool (5) 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 18 21 30 Large daisy (5) 31 Disdainful look (5) 35 Word of apology (5) 36 Slowly (in music) (5) 38 Bankrupt (9) 40 Additional
running fees (9) 43 Sailing event (7) 45 Substance
in mothballs (7) 47 Fuel gauge (5) 48 Scrumpy (5) 49 Standard golf score (3) 50 Animal’s foot (3) 52 Newly spawned fish (3) 54 Nip, dram (3) 59 Angry look (5) 60 Hang in the air (5) 62 Hearty soup (5) 63 Large African
antelope (5) 65 Racecourse official (7) 66 Write music (7) 68 Planet (5) 69 Tend, care for (5) 72 Extinguish a candle (5) 74 — panel, device which converts light into electricity (5) Edible part of a nut (6) Sell overseas (6) 76 78 80 Hemisphere divider (7) 81 Bouncing
marsupial? (7) 82 Take place (6) 83 Coil shape (6) 84 Christmas hymn (5) 86 Period after dark (5) 88 Tropical fruit (5) 90 Acute or
obtuse, eg (5) 94 Scull (3) 96 Struggle, compete (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record