Manchester Evening News

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1 Courageous (6) 5 __ LaBeouf, American actor (4) 8 Expects (6)

10 Dried peeled vegetable, similar to a lentil (5-3) 14 Fighting implement (6) 16 Ensnare (5)

22 Shrub (8)

23 Viral disease (7) 24 Soft Italian cheese (7) 26 Rule out (9)

27 Wine making valley in California (4) 29 Celebrity (4) 30 Consume (3)

31 Guest house (5) 33 Michael __, former England footballer (4)

34 Guarding task (6,4)

35 Bury (5)

36 Loan (4)

39 State capital of Hawaii (8) 41 Secure storage box (6) 42 Order or decree (6)

43 Dally (5)

45 Abused (3-7) 49 Maintenanc­e (6) 51 Devastatio­n (5) 54 Stationery scraps (5,5) 55 One who writes the words (8) 60 Eavesdrop (8) 62 Recurrence (7) 63 __ Iglesias, Spanish singersong­writer (5)

64 Cram (5)

65 Newt (3)

68 Watch (3)

69 Indian currency (5) 71 Diagnostic aids in medicine (1-4) 72 Longed for (7) 75 Insignific­ant people (8) 80 Microscopi­c organisms (8) 82 Classical musicians (10) 84 __ and Ivory, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder song (5) 86 Alcoholic drink (6) 88 Great painters (3,7) 91 Impetuous (5) 93 Fervent (6)

95 Place to keep a horse (6) 97 Without alteration (2,6) 100 __-Goran Eriksson, Swedish football manager (4)

102 A male bee (5)

103 Cooperatio­n (4,6)

104 __ Djalili, UK comedian (4) 106 Pub game (5)

109 Before (3)

110 Original member of The Jackson 5 (4) 111 Blackthorn fruit (4) 112 Deliberate­ly (2,7)

114 Veil (7) 117 __ Falls, US-Canadian waterfall (7) 118 Austrian composer (8) 119 Inebriated (5)

120 __ of Glory, 2007 comedy film about ice skating (6) 121 Verge of exhaustion (4,4) 122 Scheme (6)

123 Toy (2-2)

124 Slice (of bacon) (6)

DOWN

2 Stretchy (7)

3 Command (5)

4 S. American monetary unit (7) 6 Unpleasant fact about oneself (4,5) 7 Inundated (5) 8 Distribute (5)

9 Hill (3)

11 Mine (3)

12 __ Smith, UK novelist (3) 13 Incentives (7) 14 Fatigued (5) 15 Appetizer (8) 17 Horrify (5)

18 Biblical king (5) 19 Write down observatio­ns (4,5) 20 Exam taken by 16 year olds (init.) (4)

21 Sleeper who breathes noisily (6)

25 __ Orange, chemical weapon (5)

26 Areas of property (7)

28 Type of painting (5,4) 32 Resin (3)

33 Alfresco (4-3)

37 Born (3)

38 Accident (6)

40 Escort (5)

41 Embankment (5) 43 Self-employed (9)

44 Lock (5)

46 First three letters of the

alphabet (3) 47 Top __, 1986 Tom Cruise film (3)

48 Stinging weed (6) 50 Saying (7) 52 Definitely (9)

53 Joins (7)

54 Piqued (7)

56 Vote in again (2-5) 57 Adhere (5) 58 Offspring of a horse and a donkey (4)

59 Capital of Vietnam (5)

61 Use an e-cigarette (4) 66 Types of flowers (6) 67 Hastened (7,2)

70 __ Nesbit, English children’s author (5)

73 Empty (6) 74 Relegated (7)

76 Skint (5)

77 Senior group member (5) 78 Uncomforta­ble (3-2-4) 79 Egyptian hat (3)

81 Red __, famous racehorse (3) 83 Beach (7)

85 Office worker (9)

87 Space object (8)

89 __ Tyler, American

actress (3)

90 Moves furtively (6)

92 Word puzzle (7)

94 __ Ridley, Star Wars: The

Force Awakens actress (5) 96 Plant shoot (3)

98 Gautam __, Indian

profession­al cricketer (7) 99 Woody __, US folk musician (7) 100 Substantia­l (5) 101 Christophe­r __, English-American film director (5) 103 Spanish food style (5) 105 Lead role in La bohème (4) 107 Domain (5)

108 Dim (5)

110 Brass instrument­s (5) 113 Nocturnal bird (3)

115 Droop (3)

116 Piano part (3)

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