Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Feline mammal (6)
5 Resound (4)
8 Nullify (6)
10 Strife (8)
14 Calm, quiet (6)
16 Ointment (5)
22 Brawny (8)
23 Return of ill health (7)
24 Capital of Venezuela (7)
26 School punishment (9)
27 Michael __, Canadian
singer (5)
29 Wound seriously (4)
30 Hot beverage (3)
31 Appointment to meet (5)
33 Johnny __, US country
singer (4)
34 Arsonist (10)
35 Operators (5)
36 Bottom, foundation (4)
39 Farmyard bird (3)
40 Pipe for excess water (8)
42 Use (6)
43 Stops briefly (6)
44 Draws close to (5)
46 Ruminate, ponder (4,3,3)
49 Spectral colour (6)
51 Hand digit (5)
54 Contemptible, mean (10)
56 Lacking energy (8)
61 Dilapidated (8)
63 Disclose (7)
64 __ Movie, horror spoof (5)
65 Search thoroughly (5)
66 __ Scheider, star of 1975’s
Jaws (3)
68 Married German
woman (4)
70 Muslim ruler (4)
71 Pastry dish (3)
72 Crowd actor (5)
74 Thin strip of leather (5)
75 Function (7)
78 Spice (8)
83 Vegetable (8)
85 Prophet (10)
87 Edge along (5)
89 Card game (6)
91 US family noted for their reality TV appearances (10)
94 Ancient Greek story
teller (5)
96 Loves intensely (6)
98 Disregard (6)
100 Appreciative (8)
102 Flightless bird (3)
104 __-Göran Eriksson, former England football manager (4)
106 Legal possessor (5)
107 Wicked (4-6)
109 Female sheep (4)
111 Marsupial (5)
114 Durable type of wood (3)
115 Barrel (4)
116 Motto, proverb (5)
117 Bought (9)
118 Plan, chart (7)
121 Flatfish (7)
122 Morning bugle call (8)
123 Greets enthusiastically (5)
124 Light shoe (6)
125 Emery board (8)
126 Ornamental chain (6)
127 Additional (4)
128 Girls (6)
DOWN
2 Bravery (7)
3 Stand-in doctor (5)
4 Israeli city (3,4)
6 Abridged (9)
7 Young bird of prey (5)
8 Quick, informally (5)
9 Facial twitch (3)
11 Mythical monster in Lord
of the Rings (3)
12 Tropical freshwater fish (5)
13 North African country (7)
14 Winter sportsman (5)
15 Condemn openly (8)
17 Improvise (2-3)
18 Elicit (5)
19 Brotherly (9)
20 Cupid (4)
21 Type of apple (6)
25 Moves (5)
26 Frocks (7)
28 Bracelets, rings, etc. (9)
32 __ Gun, 1986 action film
starring Tom Cruise (3)
33 Traversed (7)
37 Former French coin (3)
38 Rapscallion (6)
39 Bee structure (4)
41 Adam’s ale (5)
42 Fit out (5)
44 Pests (9)
45 Auctions (5)
47 Slippery fish (3)
48 Blunder, informally (4-2)
50 Underwater missile (7)
52 Informal drinking
toast (7,2)
53 One rescuing another (7)
54 When a birth is
expected (3,4)
55 __ Poehler, US actress,
comedian and director (3)
57 Jagged (7)
58 Capital of Bulgaria (5)
59 Han __, Star Wars character played by Harrison Ford (4)
60 Germaine __, Australianborn writer and feminist (5)
62 Dines (4)
67 Sycophant (3,3)
69 Lacking something
essential (9)
73 Sweet smell, fragrance (5)
74 Toddler (3)
76 Engraves (6)
77 Provokes to fury (7)
79 Push gently (5)
80 Vigilantly attentive (5)
81 To hurry up (4,5)
82 Bill of fare (4)
84 Rogue (3)
86 Pined (7)
88 Pale variety of gypsum
used for ornaments (9)
90 Fearless, daring (8)
92 Measure of alcohol
content (init.) (3)
93 Cake (6)
95 Slide unsteadily (7)
97 Upright (2,3)
99 Type of tree (3)
101 Rude (7)
103 French river (7)
104 Cutting stroke (5)
105 Rafael __, Spanish tennis
player (5)
107 __ Flynn, late actor (5)
108 Worker in stone (5)
110 Twist out of shape (4)
112 Give out (5)
113 Photograph book (5)
115 Cots (5)
119 Everything (3)
120 Isle of __, between GB
and Ireland (3)