THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Variety of chocolate
cake (7) 14 Ate in a restaurant (5,3) 15 Place of learning (6) 16 Cavalry ___, thick woollen fabric (5) 19 Round red-rinded Dutch cheese (4) 20 Jumbled letters puzzle (7) 21 Prevent (from doing) (5) 22 Punched your card to start work (7,2) 23 Sacred hymn or song (5) 24 Near at hand (5,2) 26 Pity, fellow-feeling (8) 29 Went to the polls (5) 34 Baby swan (6) 35 Autobiographical record (7) 37 Copied, multiplied (10) 41 Eddie ___, Oscar-winning actor (8) 44 Large piece of meat (5) 45 Away from the coast (6) 46 Responsive to treatment (7) 48 Soft animal toy (5,4) 50 Reply to a sneeze (5,3) 52 Front row at a boxing match (8) 55 Moral campaign (7) 57 Huge sea mammal (5) 59 Layer (of paint) (4) 60 Dance involving a line of people (5) 62 Contents of an inflated tyre (3) 65 Scam, swindle (3) 66 Large truck (5) 67 Children’s ‘spotting’ game (1-3) 68 Domicile (5) 69 Wages for ill
employees (4,3) 73 Ahead of the times (8) 75 Gatecrasher (8) 76 Subject to torture to
influence the mind (9) 79 Disposable hankies (7) 81 Felt intuitively (6) 83 Punctuation mark (5) 85 Next (to) (8) 88 Party-goer, reveller (10) 89 Release from captivity (3,4) 90 Pet bird (6) 94 Small cove or bay (5) 95 Protective pad under a hot
plate (5,3) 98 Rubbing away (7) 100 Hard solid material (5) 104 Make a rough attempt (4,1,4) 107 Jack in a deck of playing-cards (5) 108 Shook, fluttered (7) 109 Torso, trunk (4) 110 Nephew’s sister (5) 111 Season when leaves fall (6) 112 Almond paste used on cakes (8) 113 Link, join (7)
DOWN 1 Narrow-minded, strait-laced (7) 2 Very important (5) 3 ___ fruits, lemons, limes etc (6) 4 Look (as if) (4) 5 Hot ___, alcoholic drink (5) 6 The ‘S’ of USA (6) 7 Consumer or operator (4) 8 Ballroom dance (3-3) 9 Forbidden (area) (2-2) 10 Due to be repaid (4) 11 Town designer (7) 13 Famous London sports stadium (7) 17 Folding money-holder (6) 18 Shade of blue (3) 25 Disney deer film (5) 27 ___ Streep, US actress (5) 28 Poor golf shot (4) 30 Musical play (5) 31 Merely, just (4) 32 Advantages (7) 33 Reddish (hair colour) (6) 35 Army rank (5) 36 Slapdash (8) 38 Nasty niff (4) 39 Area, division (6) 40 Plane without an engine (6) 42 Very annoyed (3) 43 Seed-buds of potatoes (4) 47 Of water, salty (5) 49 Sing like a Tyrolean mountaineer (5) 50 Huge number (7) 51 Halloween month (7) 53 Large dangerous fish (5) 54 Chemical non-alkali (4) 56 Father Christmas (5) 58 David ___, British boxer (4) 61 Visitor from space (5) 63 Woman getting married (5) 64 Offers of better seats on planes (8) 65 Golfer’s porter (6) 70 Hurting (6) 71 Impart learning to (7) 72 Molten volcanic rock (4) 74 Bottoms up! (6) 76 Wire fitted to straighten teeth (5) 77 Alphabet (inits)(3) 78 Stink (4) 80 Kitchen strainer (5) 82 Rugby huddle (5) 84 Amalgamate (5) 86 Martial art form (4) 87 ___ Stone, La La Land actress (4) 90 Bracelet without a clasp (6) 91 Bread roll with a sugary glaze (4,3) 92 Untether (7) 93 Field for horses (7) 96 Hard work (6) 97 Emotional shock (6) 99 West Indian-style music (6) 101 Liquid in a tree (3) 102 Cross-Channel boat (5) 103 Non-literal phrase such as ‘spill the beans’ (5) 105 Wicked or immoral habit (4) 106 Fully stretched (4) 107 Considerate, helpful (4) 108 Caprice (4)
Just send your completed grid, with a note of your name and address, to:
Funday Puzzler Big Xword, PO Box 901, Glasgow G9 2BD.
The winner for The Big One crossword will be chosen at random from all correct entries received by Friday, April 16, 2021. Usual Daily Record rules apply. Editor’s decision is final.