Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Perceptive (6) 5 Plant fibre used for making rope (5) 8 Spread out (6) 10 Frailty (8) 14 Waiter (6) 16 Long, sleeveless shirt-like garment (5) 21 Hindrance (8) 22 Mound (7) 23 Rotating rod (7) 25 Find fault with (9) 26 Christmas theatre spectacles (abbr.) (6) 27 Major or minor constellation (4) 28 Type of tree (3) 29 Middle of the day (8) 32 Not married (5) 33 Drag (4) 34 Play guitar (5) 35 Minute (4) 38 Biblical character with great strength (6) 40 Behave troublesomely (3,2) 42 Cheated (5,3,1,4) 44 Fuzzy fruit (5) 46 Revelation (10) 48 Swaggers (6) 51 Mine (4,3) 54 1953 film noir starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame (3,3,4)
55 Tear roughly causing deep wounds (8)
59 Preserve (6)
60 Spontaneous (9)
62 Least tight (7)
63 Sailing boat (5)
64 Powerful families (9) 67 Five-pointed star (9) 69 Rambler (5)
71 Narrow boat (7)
74 Allowed (9)
77 Country (6)
78 Ambassador (8)
81 Hearsay (4,6)
82 Apparent (7)
84 Frozen spike (6)
87 Principal dish (4,6) 90 Was incorrect (5) 92 Reverse the roles in a situation (4,3,6) 95 Articles (5) 96 Views (6) 98 US state (4) 100 Dally (5) 101 Number of pillars of Islam (4) 102 Range (5) 104 Garden plant (5,3) 107 Arid (3) 109 Large deer (4) 111 Native American nation of the southern US (6) 112 First male offspring (6,3) 114 Primarily (7) 117 Asian language (7) 118 Vespers (8) 119 Praise (5) 120 Sweet made from sugar and butter (6) 121 Life-size lifelike figures (8) 122 Envelop (6) 123 Loitered (5) 124 Motto (6)
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2 Russian region (7) 3 Extreme (5) 4 Shackle (7) 5 Setting (5) 6 Diagrammatic (9) 7 Song by the Kinks (4) 8 Derision (5) 9 __ Anderson, US film director (3) 11 Finish (3) 12 Travel over snow (3) 13 Character from Arabian fairytale (3,4) 14 Overturn (5) 15 Regret (3) 17 WWII German submarines (1-4) 18 Taxi driver, informally (5) 19 Outer layer (of fruit, for example) (4) 20 Covering on a tooth (6) 24 Listlessness (5) 25 Snooker stick (3) 26 Sun umbrella (7) 30 Type of tree (3) 31 Twining stem (7) 34 Fizzy pop (4) 36 And not (3) 37 Trivial, easy (6) 38 Distress call (init.) (3) 39 Snobbish (5-2) 40 Most common variety of coffee bean (7) 41 Greek philosopher (5) 42 Refill to the brim (3,2) 43 Foe (5) 44 Doctrine (9) 45 Listened to (5) 47 Knight’s title (3) 49 Libyan port (7) 50 Breastbone (7) 52 Main thoroughfare for heavy vehicles (5,4) 53 Temporary substitute (7) 54 Images inked onto the skin (7) 56 Type of wine (7) 57 Metal food wrap (7) 58 Insect (4) 61 S. American country (4) 65 Sorrow (7) 66 Session (7) 68 Small biting insect (5) 70 Retake a test (5) 72 Nakedness (6) 73 Mean (7) 75 Leather straps to control a horse (5) 76 Ancient British tribe (5) 79 __ Goodman, former Strictly judge (3) 80 Pâté-like dish (7) 83 Running machine (9) 85 Ernie __, South African golfer (3) 86 Departed (4) 88 Craft (3) 89 Work premises (6) 91 Amended (7) 93 Old object (5) 94 Variety of domestic rabbit (3)
96 Trembles (7)
97 Fooled (5,2)
98 Unjust (5)
99 African animal (abbr.) (5) 101 Sweet made with sugar and butter (5)
103 Is able (3)
105 Spouse (4)
106 __ Mac, Radio 1 DJ (5) 108 Relinquish (5) 109 Composition (5)
110 Wise men (4)
112 Sprite (3)
113 Stitch (3)
115 Vex (3)
116 Deviate course (3)