Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Thomas __, US inventor (6) 5 Implements (5)
8 Split (6)
10 Dodoma is this country’s capital (8)
14 Attack from hiding (6) 16 Chose (5)
21 Part of an instrument (8) 22 Cotton fabric (7) 23 River on the US-Canadian border (7) 25 Decorative objects (9) 26 Perspires (6) 27 Man-eating giant (4)
28 Dog (3) 29 Towards the Orient (8) 32 Nativity (5)
33 Tack (4)
34 Adorn (5)
35 Douglas __, first President of Ireland (4)
38 Drifts, wanders (6)
40 Spirit (5)
42 German composer (7,6) 44 Skins (5)
46 UK director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire (5,5) 48 Head nurse (6)
51 Act of reading (7) 54 Injured people (10) 55 Time-wasters (8) 59 Incendiary liquid (6) 60 Traditional heir (6,3) 62 Withdraws, diminishes (7) 63 Propeller (5) 64 Royalties paid to TV and film actors (9) 67 Viking vessels (9) 69 Passageway (5) 71 Formal discourse (7) 74 Selling (9)
77 Walk unsteadily (6) 78 Outlines (8)
81 Wire service (4,6) 82 Refuse, waste (7) 84 Sycophants (3-3) 87 Keyboard instrument adjuster (5,5) 90 Finger (5) 92 Increase the membership (5,3,5) 95 Verse (5)
96 Species of finch (6) 98 Big __, 2014 film starring Amy Adams (4) 100 Poverty-stricken (5)
101 Live in a tent (4) 102 Belonging to them (5) 104 Editor (8)
107 __ Roy, Scottish folk hero (3)
109 Dried up (4) 111 Laurence __, Anglo-Irish novelist (6) 112 Show-off (9) 114 Developing (7) 117 Digits (7)
118 Actor (8)
119 Lee __, UK stand-up comedian (5) 120 Eamonn __, UK TV presenter (6)
121 Pacts (8)
122 Hurries (6)
123 Tiny particles (5) 124 Scanty (6)
DOWN
2 Lack of water (7) 3 Subsequently (5) 4 Snacks (7) 5 Poisonous (5) 6 Possession (9) 7 Performed (4) 8 Greek island (5) 9 Vehicle (3) 11 Otherwise called (init.) (3) 12 Bristle (3) 13 Search (7) 14 Make void (5) 15 Coach (3) 17 Piece of material (5) 18 Jermaine __, former England striker (5) 19 Post (4) 20 __ Kyle, talk show host (6) 24 Continental (5) 25 Select (3) 26 Stretched across (7) 30 Pouch (3) 31 Extortioner (7) 34 Mythical queen (4) 36 __ Boy, Only Fools and Horses character (3) 37 Stuffed with soft material (6)
38 __ Dingle, Emmerdale character (3)
39 Post from abroad (7) 40 Symbols (7) 41 Kinds (5) 42 Stratagems (5) 43 Stair part (5) 44 Decorator (9) 45 Steep (5) 47 Lubricate (3) 49 Non-professional (7) 50 Minimal (7) 52 Hyperopia (4,5) 53 Group of university departments (7) 54 Clothing (7) 56 Affluent (7) 57 Rotate (7) 58 Italian wine (4) 61 Platform (4) 65 Wild flower (3,4) 66 Cruel people (7) 68 Place (5) 70 Sea eagles (5) 72 Bovine mammals (6) 73 African country (7) 75 Cylinders (5)
76 More frosty (5) 79 Enthusiast (3) 80 Genuine (7) 83 Magician’s exclamation (3,6) 85 Convent member (3) 86 Ancient city (4) 88 Crawling plant (3) 89 Pavarotti and Carreras, e.g. (6)
91 Gum resin (7) 93 Stretching (5)
94 Mesh (3) 96 Arachnids (7) 97 Incursions (7)
98 Avoid (5)
99 The Devil (5) 101 Quotes (5)
103 Strike (3) 105 Discharge (4)
106 Slopes (5)
108 Tubs (5)
109 Shade of brown (5) 110 __ Duckworth, Coronation Street character (4) 112 Tree (3)
113 Newt (3)
115 Single (3) 116 Wildebeest (3)