THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
1. Hairstyle (3)
3. Jim, Simple Minds
singer (4)
5. Against (6)
10. Jumping insect (11)
16. Adam’s ale (5)
18. Timetable (8)
19. An elf or imp (6)
20. Impolite (4)
22. Female relatives (5)
23. Excellent (6)
24. Divulges (7)
25. Torture (7)
26. Heap (4)
29. Lame masculine
(anag) (4)
30. Perhaps or maybe (8)
32. Not drunk (5)
36. Light wood (5)
38. Pupil (7)
39. Group of three (4)
40. Major artery (5)
42. Tots (8)
44. Speed contests (5)
45. Gold bar (5)
47. Tenant’s payment (4)
48. Visual (7)
50. Sweet sauce (7)
51. Horse opera (7)
53. Broth pulsate (anag) (5)
54. Dog’s shelter (6)
55. Complete (8)
57. Bird of prey (6)
59. Rend (3)
60. Weird (5)
61. Our planet (5)
63. --- hat or --- boy (3)
65. Golf’s Mr Torrance (3)
67. Teacher’s title (3)
68. Rowing blade (3)
69. Pair of performers (3)
71. Nevertheless (3)
73. Court case (5)
76. Thing of value (5)
77. Domestic fuel (3)
81. Tense (2,4)
83. Port and resort in E
Scotland (8)
84. Military greeting (6)
85. Customary (5)
87. Begins again (7)
89. Mrs Mop (7)
90. On the point of (5,2)
91. Pig’s grunt (4)
92. Over (5)
94. Synagogue minister (5)
95. Guitar pick (8)
97. Devil (5)
99. Japanese wrestling (4) 100. Core (7)
103. Liver, kidney, etc. (5)
104. Skinflint (5)
106. Home loan (8)
108. Paper quantity (4)
112. Conspiracy (4)
115. Without weapons (7)
117. Allow (7)
118. Puma (6)
120. Rescind (5)
121. Untidy state (4)
122. Protect from danger (6)
123. Prison chief (8)
124. Scandinavian (5)
125. Despite that (11)
126. Savour (6)
127. Golf pegs (4)
128. Scottish river (3)
DOWN
1. Small restaurant (6)
2. Conduct (9)
3. Abducts (7)
4. Irritates (5)
6. Specialists (7)
7. Steeple (5)
8. Pullovers (8)
9. Stench (5)
11. Rustic (5)
12. Dies flank (anag) (4)
13. Confess, admit (3,2)
14. Former Spanish monetary unit (6)
15. Cracker star (6,8)
17. Breathe (7)
21. Remained (6)
27. Counting frame (6)
28. Unfortunately (4)
29. Motherly (8)
31. Combat (6)
33. Predatory fish (9)
34. Stopper (4)
35. Soft fruit (10)
37. Antitank rocket launcher (7)
41. Very old (7)
43. Injury, wound (6)
45. Loafer (5)
46. Underwater missile (7)
49. Feeler (8)
50. Conspiracy (5)
52. A determined attempt (6) 53. Lukewarm (5)
56. Bird’s home (4)
58. Slingshot (8)
62. Hangs in the air (6)
63. Spoken or verbal (4)
64. Loathsome, repugnant (10)
65. Citrus fruit (7)
66. Important or powerful person (5) 70. Brollies (9)
72. Go in (5)
74. Motives (7)
75. Ex-Aberdeen footballer (6,8)
78. Ketchup (5)
79. French brandy (6)
80. Spring back (7)
82. Develop photos here (8)
86. Hand tool (6) 88. Movable (6)
93. Cooker (4)
94. Fissure (4)
96. Cure (6)
98. Closely integrated (9)
101. Army officer (7)
102. Burn without flame (8)
105. Causes to remember (7)
107. Assembles (7) 109. Keen discernment, insight (6)
110. Not quite (6)
111. Andrew is our patron ----- (5)
113. Fails to win (5)
114. Enraged (5)
116. Very bad (5)
117. Run away to wed (5)
119. Mr Lennon, former Celtic coach (4)