Nottingham Post

Giant Crossword

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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)

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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.)

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) 29 Towards the Orient

32 Nativity (5)

33 Tack (4)

34 Adorn (5)

35 Douglas __, first President of Ireland (4)

Drifts, wanders (6)

Spirit (5)

German composer (7,6) Skins (5)

UK director of Trainspott­ing and Slumdog Millionair­e (5,5) Head nurse (6)

Act of reading (7)

Injured people (10) 38 40 42 44 46

48 51 54 (8) 20 __ Kyle, talk show host (6)

24 Continenta­l (5)

25 Select (3)

26 Stretched across

30 Pouch (3)

31 Extortione­r (7)

34 Mythical queen (4)

36 __ Boy, Only Fools and

Horses character (3)

37 Stuffed with soft

material (6)

__ Dingle, Emmerdale character (3)

Post from abroad (7)

Symbols (7)

Kinds (5)

Stratagems (5) 38

39 40 41 42 (7) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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)

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