WEEKENDPUZZLES Colossal Crossword
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Unable to focus on faraway objects (4-7) Part of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths shorter than light (11) Desert animal (5) Job, assignment (4) Capital of Vietnam (5) Start (5) Pavement edge (4) Somerset drink (5) Paradise (6) Resonate (4) Young sheep (4) Blood vessel (6) Records of a meeting (7) Passage from a novel (7) Inexpensive (5) Proportion (5) Firm (of pasta) (2, 5) Later part of the day (7) One more (7) Motorist (6) Hand out cards (4) Tall tale (4) Tyrant (6) 49 50 51 53 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 64 66 67 70 71 73 75 77 79 81 84 85 87 89 91 92 93 95
In the direction of (7) Frying utensil (3) Play on words (3) Radioactive element (7) Gardening string (5) Bay (5) Publicise (7) Helium or oxygen, eg (3) Cooker ring (3) Give evidence (7) Hang by a thread (6) Celestial body (4) Writer of verse (4) Flounce, sashay (6) Illustrative case (7) Cautious (7) Not taking sides (7) Open, forthright (5) Door lever (5) Spouse (7) Brass instrument (7) Wobble unsteadily (6) Leaf of a book (4) Agreeable (4) Sweetheart’s pendant (6) Broken arm support (5) Prying (4) Urge (5) Citrus fruit (5)
Soft French cheese (4) Exam mark level (5) Former boxer and renowned monocle wearer (5, 6) 100 Convex piece of plastic placed on the eyeball (7, 4) 97 98 99
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Nick, groove (5) Under control (2, 4) Chicken (3) — Piaf, singing legend (5) Assorted (7) Retaliation (7) Astrology sign (5) Drilling platform (3) Hooligan (6) Portly (5) Horse shed (6) Excluded (6) Chosen few (5) Porridge cereal (7) Raffle (7) Cured pork rashers (5) Burn with steam (5) Digging tool (5) 30 31 35 36 38 40 43 45 47 48 49 50 52 54 59 60 62 63 65 66 68 69 72 74
Quarrel (5) Lose fur (5) Batch of twelve (5) Acute (5) Opinion, perspective (9) Ocular specialists (9) Put on display (7) Hermit (7) Large daisy (5) Glazier’s paste (5) Faucet (3) Wooden pin (3) Pen tip (3) Month (3) Raw vegetable dish (5) Glad (5) Wander, stray (5) Fortunate (5) Set free (7) Antarctic bird (7) Motoring event (5) Two cubed (5) Furnish (5) Topic (5)
Parthenon’s site (6) Oil vessel (6) Announce (7) Whirlwind (7) Skin contusion (6) Health centre (6) Long loose top (5) — Heights, disputed Middle Eastern area (5) 88 Snow house (5) 90 Lock of hair (5) 94 Inn, tavern (3) 96 Small rug (3) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record 76 78 80 81 82 83 84 86