THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
1 Vigorous Scottish solo
dance (8,5) 8 Female hotel worker (11) 14 Seizes wrongfully (6) 16 Type of flag (6)
17 Stand-in doctor (5) 18 Italian city with a
famous tower (4) 19 Dwarf planet (5)
21 New member (7) 22 A bird’s home (4)
23 Drawing (7) 24 Female person or
animal (3) 25 Unsightly (4) 26 An Inuit canoe (5)
27 Dietary fibre (8) 28 The raised edge of an
object (3) 30 ------ up, ------ talk, ----bill (6) 38 An instance of
something occurring (4) 41 Clever (11) 42 To take turns (9) 44 Not in any place (7) 46 Annual (6) 47 Any mountain in
Scotland over 3000ft (5) 48 Besides (5,4) 49 Brief downpours (7)
51 Semi-precious stone (8) 53 Religious, devout (5) 54 Risky, difficult or
dangerous (5) 56 Compass point (5)
57 Lower limb (3) 60 Laughing jackass (10) 62 A crisp sweet biscuit
(6,4) 64 Sweet potato (3)
65 Farewell (5) 66 To remove all one’s
clothes (5) 68 These are blood vessels
(5) 71 Of the home or family
(8) 73 Importance,
seriousness (7) 74 Backpacks (9) 76 To put up, construct (5) 77 Legal possessors (6) 78 A sea creature (7) 80 Morning snack (9) 81 Of a considerable size
or value (11) 82 Warmth (4) 87 Faded, worn or ragged (6) 89 Small barrel (3) 91 Buying and selling (8) 92 Bet (5) 93 ---- at, ---- suit, ---- on (4) 95 A meadow or field (3) 97 Before (5,2) 98 Golf club (4) 99 Counsellor (7) 100 A mould or pattern (5) 102 Line in darts (4) 103 Swagger (5) 104 Beginner, tyro (6) 105 Rat, say (6) 106 A blown-up photograph (11) 107 Glasgwegian comic (7,6)
DOWN
2 Harmless (9) 3 A town in West Lothian (10) 4 Bishop’s district (7) 5 To wash and iron (7) 6 Another name for the oesophagus (6) 7 Comma, say (11,4) 9 Seven-sided figure (8) 10 Small boring tool (7) 11 A coarse file (4) 12 First letter (7) 13 Golf, say (5) 15 Examine attentively (5) 20 A shaped mass of baked bread (4) 29 Aim, purpose (6) 31 Mr Bremner, football legend (5) 32 Ali Price’s position in rugby union (5,4) 33 One who resists change (3-4) 34 Aged (7) 35 A funeral director (10) 36 The art of working wood (9) 37 Dislike intensely (6) 39 Ensnare the parent (anag) (6) 40 Rots (6) 43 Mercy killing (10) 45 Cart in the yard (anag) (4) 50 The process of burning (10) 52 To close (4) 55 Calamitous (10) 58 Mafia boss (9) 59 Unfasten (4) 61 Instantaneous (9) 63 Restore things to normality after a crisis (4,2,3,6) 66 Staying power (7) 67 Woodwind instrument (7) 68 Calls on (6) 69 Crush or squeeze flat (6) 70 Concurs (6) 72 Pit (4) 75 Industrial protest (6) 77 Last Greek letter (5) 79 Diva (5,5) 83 Too much or too great (9) 84 A city in NE Scotland (8) 85 Trend (7) 86 Retain (4) 88 Adrenaline, for example (7) 90 Greedy guts (7) 91 Lightweight anorak (7) 93 Extra playing card (5) 94 Brags (6) 96 Star sign (5) 101 Muslim ruler in the mire (anag) (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, October 8, 2021. Usual Daily Record rules apply. Editor’s decision is final.