Giant Crossword

ACROSS

12 Undertaker’s vehicle ( 6) 13 Having no places left ( 4,2) 14 Alluring and fascinating ( 9) 16 Wrecked old ship ( 4) 18 Eff ect of a rudder on a ship ( 8) 19 Lucky dip at a bazaar ( 4,3) 20 Finish, conclude ( 3) 21 Carrot- like vegetable ( 7) 22 Noisy, outspoken ( 5) 23 Pointlessness ( 8) 25 Convicts linked together while working ( 5,4) 27 Lose colour and brightness ( 4) 29 Highest seats in a theatre ( 7) 31 Football’s ‘ Gunners’ ( 7) 33 Nerve, impudence ( 5) 35 Small kangaroo- like animal ( 7) 39 Antlered deer ( 4) 41 Glass container with a neck ( 6) 44 Most careful, most on guard ( 7) 45 Ability to see ( 8) 48 Neither late nor early ( 2,4) 49 Egyptian river ( 4) 50 Material used to prevent heat loss ( 9) 52 Melodiousness ( 7) 56 Medicinal sweet ( 7) 58 Tailed heavenly body ( 5) 59 Novice driver ( 7) 60 Spout of a hose ( 6) 62 High- priced ( 6) 64 Communication between groups ( 7) 67 Britain’s currency unit ( 5) 69 Ballroom dance ( 7) 71 Hug warmly ( 7) 73 Female objects of worship ( 9) 74 Eyes, nose and mouth area ( 4) 75 Risk, peril ( 6) 78 Negative feature of a

generally positive activity ( 8) 80 Large rock ( 7) 82 Taunted, laughed at ( 6) 83 Food grown in paddy fi elds ( 4) 85 Carol ___, Scottish TV presenter ( 7) 87 Wobbly, unsteady ( 5) 89 Under ( 7) 91 Idea, notion ( 7) 96 Hair- tidying implement ( 4) 98 Pleasant wind felt at the beach ( 3,6) 100 Emptied a suitcase ( 8) 101 Large orderly pile of hay ( 5) 104 Journalist’s tool of the trade ( 7) ___ a Knockout, old game show ( 3) In court as a defendant ( 2,5) African or Indian animal ( 8)

Mix with a spoon ( 4) 106 107 109 110 111 112 113

Voyager ( 9) Smart, stylish ( 6) Biblical wrongdoer ( 6)

DOWN

1 Slum area ( 6)

2 Popular US game ( 8)

3 Habitual ( 5)

4 Fizzier ( 8)

5 Jumping biting insect ( 4)

6 Listless lack of interest ( 6)

7 ___ Anderson, Baywatch star ( 6) 8 Thicken by reducing ( 8)

9 One who consumes or operates ( 4) 10 Pleased, relieved ( 8)

11 At an angle ( 6)

14 Return, retreat ( 2,4)

15 Child with no parents ( 6)

17 Mary’s boy child ( 5)

24 Topped, as a cake ( 4)

26 Ground- covering plant ( 5) 28 Increase threefold ( 6)

30 ___ Villa, Midlands soccer club ( 5) 32 Opposed to ( 7)

34 That man’s ( 3)

36 Conductor’s stick ( 5) 37 38 40 42 43

46

47 51 53 54 55 56 57

61 63 65 66 67

68 70

Regular religious ceremony ( 6) Colour ( hair) ( 3) Showbiz sparkle ( 5) Fondly ( 8)

Purple fl owering shrub ( 5)

Selena ___, US actress and singer ( 5)

Grand dress ( 4)

Bead counting frame ( 6) Take possession of ( territory) ( 5) Entertained ( 6) Wanderers, rolling stones ( 8) The Gents ( 3)

Justin Timberlake’s former boy band ( 1,4) Great amount ( 3)

Hurl, fl ing ( 5)

Very small particle ( 4) Settle comfortably ( 6) Happen before or earlier than ( 7) Duckling’s father ( 5) Shaving blade ( 5)

Counterpart of ‘ sir’ ( 5) Jennifer ___, Dreamgirls actress ( 6)

76 Go over ( the facts) again ( 5) 77 Opposite of ‘ subtract’ ( 3) 79 ___ roll, cake ( 5)

81 Ignorant lout ( 3)

84 Gather ( crops) ( 4)

86 ‘ Thermidor’ crustaceans ( 8) 88 Female stars of books or fi lms ( 8)

Liable to laugh when touched ( 8)

92 Contagious, infectious ( 8) 93 ___ Bullock, Gravity star ( 6) 94 Alternative route ( 6) 95 Adjust ( an alarm) ( 5) 97 Highly decorative ( 6) 99 Without eff ort ( 6)

100 In a mess ( 6)

102 Yellow caged bird ( 6) 103 Leona ___, singer ( 5)

105 Brad ___, US fi lm star ( 4) 108 One thing ( 4) 72 75 90