Giant Crossword
Across: 1 Hassle, 5 Pals, 8 Stayer, 10 Unsettle, 14 Big gun, 16 Fence, 22 Disagree, 23 Trivial, 24 Grampus, 26 Chameleon, 27 Bakes, 29 More, 30 Eke, 31 Stews, 33 Ties, 34 Beforehand, 35 Sleet, 36 Swat, 39 Sew, 40 Stutters, 42 Surety, 43 Nettle, 44 Lotus, 46 Elementary, 49 Severe, 51 Abash, 54 Copenhagen, 56 Arsonist, 61 Grandeur, 63 Shatter, 64 Shake, 65 Share, 66 Tea, 68 Page, 70 Surf, 71 Ere, 72 Songs, 74 Pasta, 75 Steward, 78 Alphabet, 83 Repartee, 85 Hard done by, 87 Deals, 89 Stride, 91 Bluebottle, 94 Slime, 96 Tosses, 98 Negate, 100 Evidence, 102 Due, 104 Saws, 106 Stare, 107 Adaptation, 109 Tale, 111 Sates, 114 Hag, 115 Slum, 116 Dared, 117 Aborigine, 118 Surpass, 121 Chicago, 122 Eyeliner, 123 Sweet, 124 Egress, 125 Exhausts, 126 Kettle, 127 Spry, 128 Steven.
Down: 2 Adipose, 3 Stale, 4 Earnest, 6 At the helm, 7 Stirs, 8 Spike, 9 Egg, 11 Nip, 12 Elate, 13 Elegant, 14 Breed, 15 Gangster, 17 Ewers, 18 Eclat, 19 Detention, 20 Hate, 21 Cattle, 25 Sheet, 26 Close up, 28 Renegades, 32 Sir, 33 Tethers, 37 Air, 38 Velvet, 39 Sash, 41 Stain, 42 Slake, 44 Lend a hand, 45 Seers, 47 Ton, 48 Decree, 50 Element, 52 Horoscope, 53 Hearsay, 54 Corsair, 55 Ace, 57 Sutures, 58 Stern, 59 Jape, 60 Gauge, 62 Rink, 67 Ashore, 69 Essential, 73 Swaps, 74 Pad, 76 Enamel, 77 Diocese, 79 Plane, 80 Aisle, 81 Beleaguer, 82 Dene, 84 Axe, 86 Entitle, 88 Neighbour, 90 Relegate, 92 Lea, 93 Ousted, 95 Italian, 97 Slots, 99 Ass, 101 Coffers, 103 Ukulele, 104 Sales,
105 Scale, 107 Atoms, 108 Tribe, 110 Alas, 112 Twine, 113 Stars,
115 Suite, 119 Rut, 120 She.
ACROSS
1 Harass, informally (6) 5 Close friends (4) 8 Persistent racehorse (6) 10 Confuse or agitate (8) 14 Important person, informally (3,3)
16 Fight with swords (5) 22 Take issue (8)
23 __ Pursuit, popular board game (7)
24 Type of dolphin (7) 26 Lizard (9)
27 Cooks in an oven (5) 29 Additional (4) 30 Stretch (3) 31 Simmers (5)
33 Drawn matches (4) 34 In advance (10) 35 Precipitation (5) 36 Hit at flies (4) 39 Stitch with thread (3) 40 Stammers (8) 42 Guarantee (6) 43 Stinging plant (6) 44 Water lily (5) 46 Not difficult, simple (10) 49 Strict (6) 51 Make ashamed (5) 54 Danish capital (10) 56 Fire raiser (8) 61 Magnificence (8) 63 Break (7)
64 Vibrate (5) 65 Portion, quota (5)
66 Hot beverage (3)
68 Leaf of a book (4) 70 Ride waves (4) 71 Before (3)
72 __ of Praise, long-running BBC TV programme (5) 74 Spaghetti, e.g. (5) 75 Ship’s waiter (7)
78 Set of letters (8) 83 Witty retort (8) 85 Unfairly treated (4,4,2) 87 Gives out cards (5) 89 Single step (6) 91 Blowfly (10)
94 Runny mud (5)
96 Flings (6)
98 Nullify (6)
100 Proof (8)
102 __ South, 1990s TV series starring Paul Gross (3) 104 Cutting tools (4)
106 Look or gaze fixedly (5) 107 Adjustment (10)
109 A __ of Two Cities, Charles Dickens novel (4) 111 Satisfies fully (5) 114 Witch (3)
115 Squalid dwelling (4) 116 Challenged (5) 117 Native Australian (9)
118 Excel (7)
121 US city in Illinois (7) 122 Cosmetic item (8) 123 __ Caroline, Top Ten hit by Neil Diamond in 1971 (5) 124 Exit (6)
125 Tires out (8)
126 Kitchen appliance (6) 127 Active and brisk (4)
128 __ Avery, man at the centre of the documentary Making a Murderer (6)
DOWN
2 Fatty (7)
3 Not fresh (5) 4 Serious in mind or intention (7)
6 In control (2,3,4) 7 Moves (5)
8 __ Milligan, British-Irish comedian who died in 2002 (5)
9 Ovum (3)
11 Pinch (3)
12 Make happy, exhilarate (5) 13 Refined (7)
14 Bring up (5) 15 Violent criminal (8) 17 Water jugs (5)
18 Showy display (5) 19 School punishment (9) 20 Detest (4)
21 Bovine mammals (6) 25 Item of bedlinen (5) 26 Shut completely (5,2) 28 Turncoats (9) 32 Teacher’s title (3)
33 Ties up (7) 37 Atmosphere (3)
38 Blue __, 1986 film directed by David Lynch (6) 39 Cummerbund (4) 41 Tarnish (5)
42 Satisfy (5)
44 Help (4,1,4)
45 Prophets (5)
47 Unit of weight (3) 48 Edict (6) 50 Component (7) 52 Astrological prediction (9) 53 Gossip (7)
54 Pirate (7)
55 Top card (3) 57 Stitches (7) 58 Harsh or severe (5) 59 Jest or joke (4) 60 Measure, estimate (5) 62 Skating enclosure (4) 67 On dry land (6) 69 Vitally important (9) 73 Exchanges (5)
74 Notebook (3)
76 Tooth covering (6) 77 Bishop’s district (7) 79 Carpenter’s tool (5) 80 Gangway (5)
81 Trouble persistently (9) 82 Narrow wooded valley (4) 84 Hand tool (3)
86 Allow (7)
88 Person living next door (9) 90 Demote (8)
92 __ Seydoux, French actress who played Bond girl Madeleine Swann in Spectre (3) 93 Expelled (6)
95 European language (7) 97 Openings for coins (5) 99 Donkey (3)
101 Store of money (7) 103 Small four-stringed guitar (7) 104 Auctions (5)
105 Climb up (5)
107 Minute particles (5)
108 Clan (5) 110 Unfortunately (4) 112 Strong string (5) 113 Horoscope (5)
115 Set (5)
119 Groove (3)
120 __ Loves You, 1963 Beatles classic (3)