THE BIG ONE
ACROSS 1 3
Unruly crowd (3) Salmon river in E Scotland (4) 5 Declare to be true (6) 10 Thick soup (6,5)
16 Furious (5) 18 A very small particle (8)
19 Scottish dish (6) 20 This is a female horse (4) 22 Naked figures from the
dunes (anag) (5) 23 Lea (6) 24 Manner in which a person
behaves (7) 25 On the point of (5,2) 26 Skin irritation (4) 29 A nuisance (4) 30 Large plane, informally
(5,3) 32 To uplift (5) 36 Insect grub (5) 38 Domed building (7) 39 To alter direction - to
swing around (4) 40 Book of maps (5) 42 Restore to good condition
(8) 44 Soaked with liquid (5) 45 Latin American dance (5)
47 Office note (4) 48 Mexican spirit (7) 50 The capital of Sicily (7) 51 Dishonourable,
unprincipled (7) 53 Pungent, sharp (5) 54 Dundee ------, UEFA Cup
finalists in 1987 (6) 55 Runway (8)
57 To list or relate fully (6) 59 Newt (3) 60 Die in water (5)
61 Excessively fat or fleshy (5) 63 Sphere, globe (3) 65 Pigpen (3)
67 --- low, --- down, --- in (3) 68 Torn cloth (3) 69 Regret (3)
71 Cunning Mr Stallone? (3) 73 To delay in coming or
going (5) 76 Strong cotton thread (5) 77 Curve (3)
81 Ludicrous, ridiculous (6) 83 Customary, usual (8) 84 Stages (6) 85 Group of eight (5)
87 Oriental (7) 89 Town in SE Scotland (7) 90 Mythical creature (7)
91 Press the golf club (4) 92 Picture puzzle (5) 94 Willow (5) 95 A guitar pick (8)
97 Processed meat (5) 99 Abominable snowman (4) 100 Strike one’s hands together (7) 103 Lariat (5) 104 Follow, happen after (5) 106 Explode (8) 108 Responsibility, burden (4) 112 Faucets (4) 115 Gains possession of (7) 117 A farewell greeting, informally (7) 118 City where Celtic won the European Cup (6) 120 Perfect (5) 121 Finished when directly above? (4) 122 Type of antelope (6) 123 Face boldly (8) 124 Naming words (5) 125 Foolishly emotional, nostalgic (11) 126 To badger (6) 127 Yashmak (4) 128 Teacher’s title (3)
DOWN
1 Imitates, apes (6) 2 Fluent in two languages (9) 3 Give way to something overpowering (7) 4 Splendour (5) 6 Distinctive taste (7) 7 Gold bar (5) 8 Wrong name or term (8) 9 A beau (5) 11 A comedian’s magazine? (5) 12 Conservative (4) 13 A hard ring-shaped bread roll (5) 14 Nervously irritable (2,4) 15 Something to warm your bed (3-5,6) 17 Fifth Greek letter (7) 21 Make secure, do up (6) 27 Catchword (6) 28 A salver (4) 29 Sidewalk (8) 31 Joe ------, football legend (6) 33 Translate orally (9) 34 Shock (4) 35 Very critical, hard to please (10) 37 A childish fit of rage (7) 41 Splinters (7) 43 Small overnight travelling case (6) 45 Style of car (5) 46 Curtail (7) 49 Makes trivial objections, prevaricates (8) 50 Previous, preceding (5) 52 A spending plan (6) 53 Communion table (5) 56 Merely (4) 58 In the open air (8) 62 Wears away (6) 63 Eye up (4) 64 Wrestling hold (6,4) 65 Pullover (7) 66 Raising agent (5) 70 Brollies (9)
72 A lot, informally (5) 74 Belief that there is no
god (7) 75 Tartan teenage
sensations (3,4,7) 78 Cowboy’s leggings of
thick leather (5) 79 Slanting type (6) 80 In pieces (7)
82 Implements, tools (8) 86 Mountain top (6) 88 The boss of a newspaper (6) 93 Broad smile (4) 94 Force out of a position or place (4) 96 Pungent root (6) 98 Infamous (9) 101 Ardent love or affection (7) 102 To tear down (8) 105 Articles fit to eat (7) 107 Necessary (7) 109 Not observed or perceived (6) 110 Medico (6) 111 Long-bodied shortlegged dog (5) 113 Major artery (5) 114 First game for a new club (5) 116 To narrow (5) 117 Near in space or time (5) 119 Cooker (4)