Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 Frozen water spike ( 6) 13 Go aboard ship ( 6) 14 Cartoon Jerry’s doorway ( 5- 4) 16 Water- droplet from the eye ( 4) 18 Road or rail bridges over valleys ( 8) 19 Nervous strain ( 7) 20 Poorly ( 3) 21 Unbelieving, sceptical ( 7) 22 Huge sea mammal ( 5) 23 Going at a fast pace ( 8) 25 Economic system based on the collective
ownership of property ( 9)
27 Firm meat spread ( 4)
29 Sea creature with eight tentacles ( 7) 31 Football team nicknamed ‘ the Gunners’ ( 7) 33 Andrew ___ Webber, composer ( 5) 35 Far away ( 7) 39 ___ scratchings, pub snack ( 4) 41 Drink of the gods ( 6) 44 Rolls enjoyably ( 7) 45 Merited ( 8) 48 Make up for ( losses) ( 6) 49 Adult tadpole ( 4) 50 Relaxant injected to make people give all
the facts ( 5,4) 52 Inhabited by ghosts ( 7) 56 Fluster, rattle ( 7) 58 Poor light or sadness ( 5) 59 Longed ( for) ( 7) 60 Sudden scare ( 6) 62 Moulded, shaped ( 6) 64 ___ Kaplinsky, TV presenter ( 7) 67 ___ Sandé, My Kind of Love singer ( 5) 69 Kettle’s heating coil ( 7) 71 Ghost, spectre ( 7) 73 Bought quickly and eagerly ( 7,2) 74 Red or white alcoholic drink ( 4) 75 Quick witty answer ( 6) 78 Set back in a wall or surface ( 8) 80 Normal, ordinary ( 7) 82 Kept happy ( 6) 83 Swiss mountain range ( 4) 85 Not the same ( 7) 87 Border around a photograph ( 5) 89 Under ( 7) 91 Climb down ( 7) 96 Old- fashioned word for ‘ you’ ( 4) 98 Pasta strings ( 9) 100 Quarrelled ( about) ( 8) 101 Force ( open) ( 5) 104 Hugh ___, Wolverine in X- Men ( 7) 106 Great wonder ( 3) 107 Placed bets ( 7)
109 Gestured to come nearer ( 8) 110 Throbbing pain ( 4)
111 Bloodsuckers or hangers- on ( 9) 112 Small pebbles ( 6)
113 Frightened or sorry ( 6)
DOWN
1 End ( 6)
2 Very hot Indian curry ( 8) 3 Colour of jet ( 5)
4 Copycat ( 8)
5 Pale brown ( 4)
6 Gliding over snow ( 6)
7 Naked lifestyle ( 6)
8 Envy ( 8)
9 Avid, eager ( 4)
10 Casserole dish ( 8)
11 Small folding case for money ( 6) 14 Dennis the ___, comic character ( 6) 15 Exotic fl ower ( 6) 17 Magazine edition ( 5) 24 Thought generated in the mind ( 4) 26 Corn on the cob ( 5)
28 Round white root vegetable ( 6) 30 Picked ( 5) 32 Rearranged letters puzzle ( 7)
34 Near the ground ( 3)
36 Give a gentle push ( 5)
37 Flashy, gaudy ( 6)
38 Benicio ___ Toro, Sicario star ( 3)
40 Well ___, famous ( 5)
42 Stimulant in some hot drinks ( 8) 43 Together ( with) ( 5)
46 Leonardo da ___, artist ( 5)
47 Spoil completely ( 4)
51 One who distributes playing- cards ( 6) 53 Jude Law remake of a 1960s classic ( 5) 54 Scandalmonger ( 6)
55 Lazy behaviour ( 8)
56 Extraterrestrial craft ( inits)( 3) 57 Instrument receiving sound programmes ( 5)
61 Punch ( 3)
63 Frenzied or over- excited ( 5) 65 Armoured vehicle ( 4)
66 Wide street ( 6)
67 Train or instruct intellectually ( 7)
68 Set phrase or expression ( 5) 70 Additional, surplus ( 5) 72 Long- legged wading bird ( 5) 75 Steering device on a boat ( 6) 76 Become ready to pick ( 5) 77 Vessel for storing beer ( 3) 79 Melanie ___, TV presenter ( 5) 81 Rough- leaved tall tree ( 3) 84 Army canteen ( 4) 86 Introduced ( a new product) ( 8)
88 Prepare for a play ( 8) 90 Wheels clumsily ( 8) 92 Soldier’s rank below sergeant ( 8)
93 Wide fl ag ( 6)
94 Overeating spells ( 6)
95 Just about manage ( 3,2) 97 Take over ( a plane) in
mid- air ( 6)
99 Agreement ending war etc ( 6) 100 Physical harm ( 6)
102 Firmly fi xed, balanced ( 6) 103 Wear mark ( on a shoe) ( 5) 105 Sulk around ( 4)
108 Block of bread ( 4)