Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 Urge or admonish
earnestly (6)
13 Squalid political
goings‑on (6)
14 Place side by side (9)
16 In those times (4)
18 Wages (8)
19 Caustic ridicule (7)
20 Small acrobatic songbird (3)
21 City in Illinois (7)
22 Comfortable (5)
23 Most cheerless (8)
25 Varnished (9)
27 Famous Spanish artist (4)
29 Of sight (7)
31 Building that is
unpleasant to view (7)
33 North American elk (5)
35 Beforehand (7)
39 Tea‑making vessels (4)
41 Form of industrial action in which work is delayed on purpose (2‑4)
44 Brown plant washed up
on the beach (7)
45 Regard as a role model (4,2,2)
48 Bond, unite (6)
49 Soft white French cheese (4)
50 Phrase used to
request justice (5,4)
52 Struck with the flat
of the hand (7)
56 Daughter of Prince Harry
and Meghan Markle (7)
58 The ___ Escape, Steve
McQueen POW film (5)
59 Fashioning (7)
60 JR Ewing’s city (6)
62 Mend shoes, or rounded
paving stone (6)
64 Raises the price after
accepting an offer (7)
67 Bulbous root (5)
69 Remunerate too highly (7)
71 Totally different (1,3,3)
73 Thickening agent
used in cooking (9) 74 Highlander, eg (4)
75 Supervise, run (6)
78 Underground
burial place (8)
80 Breathe life into (7)
82 Proclamations (6)
83 Engine noise (4)
85 Branch of
mathematics (7)
87 Highland Games pole (5)
89 Being given good meals
regularly (4,3)
91 Compactness (7)
96 Pudding material
obtained from palms (4)
98 Spooky (9)
100Promoted and sold (8)
101 Christmas shrub (5)
104Predictor (7)
106Speak ___ of, criticise (3)
107 Roaming loose (2,5)
109Amusing (8)
110 Change of direction (4)
111 Guardroom (9)
112 Downgrade (6)
113 Develop into (6)
DOWN
1 ‘Seen this before’
feeling (4,2)
2 China’s chief industrial
and commercial city (8)
3 Fetch (5)
4 List of technical words (8)
5 Famous 1960s rock
musical (4)
6 Pour into another
container (6)
7 Mysteriously foreign (6)
8 Displays of petulance (8)
9 Abominable Snowman (4)
10 Choke (8)
11 Serious criminal offence (6)
14 Unwanted household
goods (6)
15 Academy Awards (6)
17 Hymn (5) 24 ___ Grinstead,
Sussex town (4)
26 Long‑running Doctor
Who adversary (5)
28 Instructed (6)
30 Food reduced to a mash (5)
32 Perform (an event)
again (2‑5)
34 All Bar ___, pub chain (3)
36 Humming sound (5)
37 Rotates (6)
38 Infant’s bed (3)
40 Magical incantation (5)
42 Deliberate damage to
cause disruption (8)
43 Due (5)
46 Of punishment (5)
47 Stereo equipment (2‑2)
51 Food served alight (6)
53 Vicar in the army (5) 54 Official language of
Austria (6)
55 Religious sceptic (8)
56 Powder room (3)
57 Aural (2,3)
61 Never mind which (3)
63 Soft flat hat (5)
65 Adjustable telephoto lens (4)
66 Very serious (6)
67 Fund‑holder (7)
68 Competed at speed (5)
70 Feeling of anxiety or fear (5)
72 Relating to the most
important part (5)
75 Gather together (a group) (6)
76 Emaciated (5)
77 Devilish sprite (3)
79 Greek tourist island (5)
81 Word indicating a
maiden name (3) 84 Disparaging remark (4)
86 Maturing (8)
88 Closely sealed (8)
90 At the ___ hour,
in the nick of time (8)
92 Car display area (8)
93 Lament (6)
94 Spin fast (6)
95 Asian city containing
the Red Fort (5)
97 Keenness, zeal (6)
99 Inert gas used in
balloons (6)
100Tune, song (6)
102 Ralph ___,
US fashion designer (6)
103 ___ Riley, US actress
and singer (5)
105___ area, danger zone (2‑2)
108Frolic (4)