Giant Crossword ACROSS
4 Endures (5)
6 Drunken festivity (7)
10 Second-placed
contestant (6-2)
14 Figure of speech (8)
16 Maple tree (4)
17 Plaster wall covering (6) 18 Aromatic resin (12)
19 Realm (7)
20 Wayward behaviour (8) 23 (Someone’s) interest,
benefit (6)
24 Postpone (5)
26 Card game (4)
28 First coat of plaster (6) 29 Infers (8)
DOWN
1 Whim (7)
2 Smallest unit of a
chemical element (4)
3 Features (6)
5 Instrumental
composition (6)
6 Candle cords (5)
7 Locality (4)
8 Sound of mirth (8)
9 Vex (3)
11 Emphasize (9)
12 Digits (7)
13 Gag (4)
15 Disappointing period (3-3) 17 African expedition to see
animals (6) 32 Genial (7)
34 Animal doctor (3)
35 Scorch (4)
37 Tooth decay (6)
39 Strip of land (7)
43 Evergreen climbing
plant (3)
45 Smouldering piece of
fuel (5)
46 Street (4)
49 Confederation (5)
50 Electrical current
measuring devices (8) 52 Biro (3)
54 As well as (4)
55 Protector (8) 21 Type of lettuce (3)
22 Thrifty (6)
24 Fold in fabric to give
clothes shape (4)
25 Company (4)
27 Loves (6)
30 Ran engine slowly, out of
gear (5)
31 Stage and film musical (5) 33 Jane Austen novel (4)
34 Austrian capital (6)
36 European capital (4)
38 Carrying a weapon (5)
40 Star (3)
41 Perceive aurally (4)
42 A broad strip or area (6) 60 Missing (6)
62 A pretence (10)
66 Evade (5)
67 Distress call (init.) (3) 69 Play wildly (4)
71 Belonging to us (4) 72 __ Hewson, Irish actress in The Luminaries (3)
73 Servants (5)
74 Menaced (10)
77 Edible mollusc (6) 80 Avoided (8)
83 Bucket (4)
84 Make a supply last
longer (3) 44 Stretch of water east of
the UK (5,3)
47 Excessively prim people (6) 48 Concur (5)
51 Frog young (8)
53 Greyish-yellow (4)
56 Short sleep (3)
57 Unrecoverable (4)
58 Dishonest person (4)
59 Reserve of money (4)
61 Newspaper boss (6)
62 Glove (4)
63 Transgression (3)
64 Continent (4)
65 __ Blyton, children’s
author (4) 85 Relating to monks or
nuns (8)
89 Discourage (5)
90 Element with symbol
Pb (4)
92 Child’s sweet on a
stick (5)
93 Brazilian city (3)
94 Come in again (2-5)
98 Second-in-command (6) 101 Egg-shaped (4)
102 Long fish (3)
103 __ Ferrara, US actress in
Ugly Betty (7)
105 Pertaining to business
and finance (8) 67 Meat pin (6)
68 Supercilious (5)
70 Face-covering (4)
71 Mineral (3)
75 Lift (5)
76 Involve (6)
78 Scheme (4)
79 Aided (6)
81 Impassive person (5)
82 Spartan queen of myth (5) 83 Cut off the outer edges (4) 84 Vision organ (3)
86 Oversee (9)
87 Return (to custody) (6)
88 Entreaty (4)
91 Display cabinets (8) 107 Reputation (6)
108 Paradise (4)
110 Reside (5)
112 Destiny (6)
114 Husband of your child (32-3)
116 Belief (7)
118 Cardiac disorder (5,7) 119 Pencil rubber (6)
120 Islamic ruler (4)
121 Miscellaneous items (8) 122 People plying their
wares (8)
123 Meeting (7)
124 Backless shoes (5) 95 Absence of difficulty (4) 96 Lofty (4)
97 Chair set on curved
supports (6)
98 Those owing money (7) 99 Brings about (6)
100 Obscure (7)
104 Expose (6)
105 __ Hemingway, US
author (6)
106 Possess (3)
109 Intolerable (3,2)
111 Small bird (4)
113 Therefore (4)
115 Moan (4)
117 Not old (3)