Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 Departed (6)
13 Layout, structure (6)
14 Redemption (9)
16 Run away (4)
18 Was indecisive (8)
19 Timid Disney dwarf (7)
20 Thing that doesn’t work (3)
21 Last part, rear (4,3)
22 Be in flower (5)
23 Seriously, gravely (8)
25 Army or police officers (9)
27 Sign of boredom (4)
29 Detestable (7)
31 Variety of animal etc (7)
33 Last but not ___, proverb (5)
35 ___ Winkleman, TV presenter (7) 39 River dam (4)
41 Six times five (6)
44 Boring, humdrum (7)
45 Believable (8)
48 Flying ___, disc‑like UFO (6)
49 Put in order (4)
50 Narrow trouser‑leg (9)
52 Paint board (7)
56 Artificial fibre similar to wool (7) 58 Local authority regulation (5) 59 Looked momentarily (7)
60 Deny any connection with (6) 62 Constantly, continually (6)
64 Use old materials in new products (7) 67 Car tyre’s pattern (5)
69 Bunchy clump of grass (7) 71 Fan‑shaped edible shellfish (7) 73 School’s prize‑giving ceremony (6,3) 74 Nothing, nil (4)
75 Overrun (with vermin) (6)
78 Looking to influence (politicians) (8) 80 Lax (of a person in authority) (7) 82 Kept happy (6)
83 Iced surface for skating (4)
85 Keep secret or
hidden (7)
87 Team race (5)
89 Feeling of deep regret (7) 91 Chopper’s site for landing (7) 96 Poverty‑stricken (4)
98 Material on which to write letters (9) 100 Eating at a banquet (8)
101 Show to be true (5)
104 Wearing clothes (7)
106 Immoral act (3)
107 Pressurised spray can (7) 109 Ribbon badges for winners (8) 110 Squashy or fluffy (4)
111 Decoration (9)
112 Half ___, wrestling hold (6) 113 Container for liquid (6)
DOWN
1 Lowly, degrading (6) 2 Lucky part of the chicken? (8) 3 Halle ___, actress (5) 4 Greedily eat (6,2) 5 Festive season (4)
6 Close, airless (6) 7 Aircraft that floats in the air (6) 8 Loss of head hair (8) 9 Opposed to (4)
10 Please go before me! (5,3) 11 Field of grassland (6) 14 Cause liquid to fly about (6) 15 Have in mind, mean (to) (6) 17 Set phrase or expression (5) 24 Long part of a giraffe (4) 26 Hard and compact (5) 28 Complain under the breath (6) 30 ___ Chung, TV presenter (5) 32 Facial hair on the forehead (7) 34 Flightless bird (3)
36 Unfit, bungling (5) 37 Debilitated (6)
38 Boat which saved the animals (3) 40 Take place again (5) 42 Unsafe (8)
43 Beat violently (of the heart) (5) 46 Ask God’s protection for (5) 47 Heroic tale (4)
51 Game participant (6)
53 South American mountains (5) 54 Overused phrase (6) 55 Magazine issues (8)
56 The whole lot (3) 57 Cattle‑catching rope (5) 61 Chinese cooking pan (3) 63 Extemporise (2‑3)
65 Deal effectively (with) (4) 66 Pertaining to race (6) 67 Learner at work (7) 68 Imagine while asleep (5)
70 Tender, present (to) (5) 72 Large stringed instrument (5) 75 To be sure, certainly (6) 76 ____ Fe, New Mexico capital (5) 77 Public house (3)
79 Feel longing (for) (5)
81 ___ Longoria, actress (3) 84 State of unconsciousness (4) 86 Adjusts so as to make accurate (8)
88 Showing, revealing (8)
90 Plump for (6,2)
92 Wind up, annoy (8)
93 Artist’s workplace (6)
94 Child who skips school (6) 95 Peter ___, Insania singer (5) 97 Handyman’s task (3,3) 99 Person who places a bet (6) 100 Sacking, dismissing (6)
102 One who watches (6)
103 ___ Villa, football team (5) 105 Drench (4)
108 Brood, mope (4)