THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
1 Variety of lettuce (3) 3 Waterfowl (4) 5 Persons (6) 10 Hard-working, diligent (11)
16 Walk long and far (5) 18 Branch of maths (8)
19 Eyeball membrane (6) 20 Lodgings (4) 22 Simplistic, gullible (5)
23 An open-air meal (6) 24 Loss of memory (7)
25 To decamp (7) 26 ---- William, Scottish town
(4) 29 Extremely (4) 30 Defrauds (8)
32 A lariat (5) 36 This is a hooded snake (5) 38 A swift sharp reply (7)
39 Asian desert (4) 40 So far (2,3) 42 Burial ground, a boneyard
(8) 44 Board game (5) 45 This is a tooth (5)
47 Boast (4) 48 An epicure (7) 50 Afternoon performance
(7) 51 Pain in the lower back (7) 53 To work out (5) 54 Laugh nervously or
foolishly (6) 55 Railway coach (8)
57 Golfer’s assistant (6) 59 Biblical woman (3) 60 Long Highland cloak or
shawl (5) 61 Star sign (5) 63 That man (3) 65 Upper limb (3)
67 Little devil (3) 68 Wildebeest (3) 69 A Scottish river (3)
71 To chew and swallow (3) 73 ----- gap or ----- secret (5) 76 Speed contests (5) 77 & 75 down Bonnie Prince
Charlie? (3,5,9) 81 Vital gas (6) 83 Forceful, stressed (8) 84 To waylay (6) 85 Fertile patch in a desert (5)
87 Snuggles (7) 89 Dishonourable (7) 90 A small number or
quantity (7) 91 Slang for a medal (4) 92 Cavalry sword (5) 94 An ardent male (5) 95 A film-maker (8)
97 Urbane (5) 99 Boat of logs (4) 100 Sunshade (7) 103 To burst out (5) 104 Vigilantly attentive (5) 106 Steadfast, determined (8) 108 A layer or level (4) 112 To daze (4) 115 A town near Glasgow (7) 117 Of the least possible (7) 118 Take little bites (6) 120 Housey-housey (5) 121 The sixth month (4) 122 To order to come (6) 123 An absolute ruler (8) 124 Lashes (5) 125 Relentless, pitiless (11) 126 At a canter (6) 127 An untidy state (4) 128 Pistachio, for example (3)
DOWN 1 French brandy (6) 2 Port on the E coast of Lewis (9) 3 A cowboy hat (7) 4 Major artery (5) 6 Implement, tool (7) 7 Spanish friend (5) 8 To represent or mean (5,3) 9 A nun’s outfit (5) 11 Lowest point (5) 12 A strong impulse (4) 13 Not bending, stiff (5) 14 A fruit or a colour (6) 15 Given to thieving, informally (6-8) 17 Likes better, favours (7) 21 Kidnapper’s payment (6) 27 Yell (6) 28 Wading bird (4) 29 An idle wandering beggar (8) 31 To find (6) 33 Scottish market town (9) 34 A gemstone (4) 35 To slow down (10) 37 Luggage (7) 41 Type of drinking glass (7) 43 Teachers (6) 45 Noisy riotous fight or brawl (5) 46 Return of ill health (7) 49 Lacking grace when moving (8) 50 City in Florida (5) 52 Take or receive (6) 53 Use up completely (5) 56 To revise (4) 58 Scalp problem (8) 62 Representatives (6) 63 Cause physical pain to (4) 64 An optical instrument (10) 65 Gives help or support to (7) 66 Steam friends (anag) (5) 70 Costly, dear (9) 72 Not dead (5) 74 Causes to remember (7) 75 See 77 Across 78 Weird (5) 79 Risky undertaking (6) 80 To take refuge (7) 82 A violent criminal (8) 86 Band of singers (6) 88 Restricts, confines (6) 93 A heavy blow or a party (4) 94 An island near Eigg (4) 96 Chucks (6) 113 Lock of hair (5) 98 Robot (9) 114 Blacksmith’s block (5) 101 Coloured arc (7) 116 Titles (5) 102 Type of ball game (8) 117 Type of corn (5) 105 Violent or confused 119 Petrol, for example (4) movement (7) 107 Syrupy cough medicine (7) 109 Preserve after death (6) 110 Red wine (6) 111 Revel young eel (anag) (5)