THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
1 Intelligence or sense (13) 8 Scottish rugby union stadium (11) 14 Grown-ups (6) 16 Offensive, repugnant (6) 17 Perhaps (5) 18 Young foxes (4) 19 Stain the holy person (anag) (5) 21 Village near Balmoral castle (7) 22 To fly high (4) 23 Join together (7) 24 Farmyard bird (3) 25 Unfortunately (4) 26 Tried the weary (anag) (5) 27 Precision, correctness (8) 28 Male parent (3) 30 Springiness (6) 38 Luxuriant (4) 41 To plan beforehand (11) 42 A pirate (9) 44 Allow (7) 46 Claws (6) 47 Rips (5) 48 A motor coach (9) 49 Art of paper folding (7) 51 Decompression sickness (3,5) 53 Lashes (5) 54 To follow (5) 56 Rub out (5) 57 Droop gas (anag) (3) 60 Stands for (10) 62 Mutual (10) 64 A sheltered side or part (3) 65 Freight (5) 66 This is an underground vault (5) 68 To traverse (5) 71 Expression of gratitude (5,3) 73 Implement or tool (7) 74 A type of biscuit (9) 76 Pinafore (5) 77 Coils or spins (6) 78 To mimic (7) 80 A large hairy spider (9) 81 Candid, frank or blunt (5-6) 82 Form of precipitation (4) 87 Buy in from abroad (6) 89 Had food (3) 91 Young geese (8) 92 Lukewarm (5) 93 Cougar (4)
95 Mr Gibson, Braveheart actor (3) 97 Face cloth (7) 98 Ship’s company (4) 99 Opposed to (7) 100 Northern ----- or Western ----- (5) 102 Neglect to do or include (4) 103 Sediment (5) 104 Monotony (6) 105 Osculates (6) 106 Not worried , untroubled (11) 107 In all directions (5,5,3)
DOWN
2 Pests (9) 3 Place to dine (10) 4 Lawlessness (7) 5 An expert, informally (3,4) 6 Horse’s gait (6) 7 An undertaker (7,8) 9 Rare or unusual (8) 10 Powerful poison (7) 11 Ado (4) 12 To wash and iron (7) 13 A British policeman, informally (5) 15 Glasses, informally (5) 20 Very keen, enthusiastic (4) 29 ------ Franklin, late soul singer (6) 31 Naming words (5) 32 Golf term or inescapable burden (9) 33 To function (7) 34 A glazed currant bun (7) 35 Soft fruit (10) 36 A run-through (9) 37 Petty details or considerations (6) 39 Jewish language (6) 40 Ordered piles or heaps (6) 43 1920s dance (10) 45 Mr Higgins, snooker star (4) 50 A type of small aircraft (10) 52 Composition for two (4)
55 Motionless (5-5) 58 Burial ground (9) 59 A shallow vessel for food (4) 61 Not needed, superfluous (9) 63 Kookaburra (8,7) 66 Dishonest, taking bribes (7)
67 Having a marked effect or impact (7) 68 Medical centre (6) 69 A soldier who digs trenches (6) 70 Nakedness (6) 72 Corrosive substance (4) 75 Pail (6) 77 Spring bulb (5) 79 Contrite (10)
83 A country (9) 84 Woman with dark brown hair (8) 85 Stress (7) 86 A long way for a lime (anag) (4) 88 ------- Abbey was founded in 1136 (7) 90 Ruler of an empire (7)
91 Scotland’s largest city (7) 93 Courage (5) 94 Moderate to dark red (6) 96 Cricket stick (5) 101 Shortly (4)