Nottingham Post

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Spain and Portugal (6)

5 Jules __, French

novelist (5)

8 On fire (6)

10 Non-believers (8)

14 __ Hemingway, American

author (6)

16 Recoiled (5)

21 More shiny (8)

22 Bristly growth (7)

23 Bird (7)

25 Spying (9)

26 Items of stationary (6)

27 Proud (4)

28 On My __, Les Misérables

song (3)

29 Legible (8)

32 Moves briskly (5)

33 Young male horse (4)

34 Irritating (5)

35 __ Suvari, American

actress (4)

38 Buries (6)

40 Milk drink (5)

42 Begin to improve or

recover (4,3,6)

44 Nick (5)

46 Airily (10)

48 More beneficent (6)

51 Terse (7)

54 Timepiece (10)

55 Pillages (8)

59 Destiny (6)

60 Area in the

Mediterran­ean (6,3)

62 Late part of the day (7)

63 Opens wide (5)

64 Marine creature (3,6)

67 Winter festival (9)

69 Ascend (5)

71 Facial feature (7)

74 Held out to take (9)

77 Head (informally) (6)

78 Continues (8)

81 Pads for sleeping on (10)

82 Gave up work (7)

84 Playground ride (6)

87 Cul-de-sac (5,5)

90 Abstains from eating (5)

92 Fellow soldier (7-2-4)

95 Type of dog (5)

96 Barrage (6)

98 Cease (4)

100 Articles (5)

101 Not false (4)

102 Agent (5)

104 Sealed (8)

107 Fossil fuel (3)

109 City in northeast

England (4)

111 The Rolling __, British

band (6)

112 Submissive­ly (9)

114 Saying (7)

117 __ Reid, British journalist

and TV presenter (7)

118 Becomes horizontal (4,4)

119 Dairy product (5)

120 Thrifty (6)

121 Colour (3-5)

122 Do a favour for (6)

123 Each (5)

124 Adjourns (6)

DOWN

2 Good deal (7)

3 Shakespear­e character (5)

4 Naive (7)

5 Star sign (5)

6 Bitter (9)

7 Large flightless birds (4)

8 __ Heard, American

actress (5)

9 Stun, destroy (3)

11 As well (3)

12 Tree resin (3)

13 Person keeping watch (7)

14 Precise (5)

15 __ Bevan, former Labour

politician (3)

17 Group of female

attendants (5)

18 Stage performanc­e (5)

19 Roald __, British author (4)

20 Competitor (6)

24 Sacred book of Islam (5)

25 Consume (3)

26 Fruit of a rosaceous

plant (4-3)

30 Scottish town and river (3)

31 Spanning (7)

34 Jetty (4)

36 Zero (3)

37 Small tree (6)

38 Type (3)

39 Present within an area (7)

40 Cats (slang) (7)

41 John __, Hong Kong born

fashion designer (5)

42 Armoured vehicles (5)

43 Regretting (5)

44 Stationery item (9)

45 Chops roughly (5)

47 Assist (3)

49 Copy (7)

50 Gives back (7)

52 Instrument­s (9)

53 Unit of electrical

conductanc­e (7)

54 Gambled (7)

56 Releases (7)

57 Reproducti­on (7)

58 Jimmy __, British

comedian (4)

61 Moniker (4)

65 Soviet military force (3,4)

66 Ignore (7)

68 Neckwear item (5)

70 Elementary (5)

72 Inspire affection (6)

73 Type of fastener (4,3)

75 Promises (5)

76 Forward (5)

79 Transgress­ion (3)

80 Retailers (7)

83 Allot (9)

85 Large frying pan (3)

86 Affirmativ­e voters (4)

88 River in France (3)

89 Places in line (6)

91 Pupil (7)

93 Confused situation (3-2)

94 Gear (3)

96 Stadium in Liverpool (7)

97 Persian cumin (7)

98 Impassive person (5)

99 Type of flatbread (5)

101 Sum (5)

103 __ Mears, English survival

expert (3)

105 Frozen (4)

106 Sense (5)

108 __ Rooney, author of

Normal People (5)

109 Sing in traditiona­l style of

Swiss Alps (5)

110 A single time (4)

112 Type of dog (3)

113 Gratuity (3)

115 Poem (3)

116 __ the Builder, cartoon

character (3)

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