Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Cutting blades (8)
5 UK city on the Avon (7)
9 Warship (9)
14 Two-footed animal (5)
16 Bus travellers, e.g. (10)
23 London borough (6)
24 Orchestra leader (9)
25 Prolonged (7)
26 __ Moon Rising, single by Creedence Clearwater Revival (3)
27 Turncoats (9)
28 Dutch cheese (4)
29 Harshly critical (10)
30 Use up (7)
31 Engrave (4) 32 Curator’s workplace (6)
33 Mosque prayer leader (4)
34 Irritating (7)
37 __ Springer, US-UK
former chat show host (5)
38 Crowd actor (5)
39 Jousting spear (5)
40 Unprejudiced (4-6)
42 Fashion (5)
43 __ Westwood, UK fashion
designer (8)
48 Poker stake (4)
49 Ancestry (7)
50 Makes bigger (8)
51 Spanish cry (3)
52 Hostile (10) 53 Paltry (6)
58 Slackened (8)
61 Place making bread (6)
62 Consecrates (7)
63 Brown sugar (8)
65 Small Australian bird (10)
70 At variance (10)
72 Short pause for rest (8)
73 Welsh town (7)
74 Hamper (6)
75 Remaining (8)
82 Kelly __, former UK
middle-distance runner (6)
83 In a roundabout way (10)
85 Flightless bird (3)
86 Heavy fall of rain (8) 87 TV screen (7)
88 Fizzy water (4)
94 Large rocks (8)
95 Enlist (5)
96 Champion’s opponent (10)
97 Backless seat (5)
98 Surpass (5)
99 Diego __, footballer who has represented both Brazil and Spain (5)
103 Arm muscle (7)
105 Approximately (2,2)
106 Royal crown (6)
108 Solicit custom (4)
109 John Lennon’s second
wife (4,3) 110 Echoing (10)
113 __ Almighty, 2007 comedy
film (4)
114 Instruction (9)
115 Girl’s name (3)
116 Underground cell (7)
118 Winning back (9)
119 Brigand (6)
120 Disc used in shooting (4,6)
121 Frighten (5)
122 Modern (6-3)
123 General pardon (7)
124 Military rank (8)
DOWN
2 Lizard (9)
3 Back roads (4,7)
4 Proprietors (6)
6 Impolite (4)
7 On the quiet (8)
8 Extensive (5-5)
9 Rummages (6)
10 Star (3)
11 Taciturn (8)
12 Type of toy (2-2)
13 Springs back (8)
14 Emblem (5)
15 Boundary (9)
17 Alerts (6) 18 Particular (8)
19 US singer, sometime
member of No Doubt (4,7)
20 Kingdom (5)
21 Offer one’s services (9)
22 Perpetual (9)
31 Strong coffee (8)
35 Executioner (7)
36 Area of grassland (5)
41 Beast of burden (6)
44 Grunge rock band fronted
by Kurt Cobain (7)
45 Style and vigour (4)
46 Shopping cart (7) 47 Girls __, band formed on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 (5)
54 Close (4)
55 Changes direction (5)
56 Keeps (7)
57 Look at amorously (4)
59 South American river (7)
60 Whirlpool (4)
64 South African currency (4)
66 Senseless (5)
67 Slanting type (6)
68 Performer, executant (8)
69 Relegated (7) 71 Satisfaction,
smugness (11)
76 Certain (4)
77 Dejection (11)
78 US state (9)
79 Leisurely walk (5)
80 Asian country whose
capital is Seoul (5,5)
81 Wrongdoer, villain (9)
84 Roman name for
Scotland (9)
89 School punishment (9)
90 Greedy (8)
91 Of a mother (8) 92 Proclaim (8)
93 Stretch (8)
100 Spanish dance (6)
101 City in eastern
Australia (6)
102 Eraser (6)
104 Festivity (5)
107 Not sleeping (5)
111 Revise (4)
112 Single entity (4)
117 Finish (3)