Rossendale Free Press

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Member of the clergy (6) 5 Ship’s floor (4)

8 Three times (6) 10 High-heeled shoe (8) 15 Paltry (6)

17 Colloquial language (5) 23 Remove a limb (8) 24 Brigands, robbers (7) 25 Group of eight (5) 26 Amass (10)

27 Spanish drink (7)

29 Jest or joke (4)

30 Tiny, informally (4-5) 32 Mountain goat (4) 33 Miserly person, informally (10)

34 European language (5) 35 Cut with scissors (4) 37 Female adult pig (3) 38 Genealogy (8)

40 Failure, terminatio­n (6) 41 Native of Sydney, e.g., informally (6)

42 Fundamenta­l (5)

44 Rush of animals (8) 47 __ Ferdinand, former Spurs and England striker (3) 49 On top of (4)

51 Plunge (7)

54 Having good luck (9) 56 Begin (8)

58 Weight used for gold, diamonds, etc. (5) 60 Clergyman (8) 62 Surrendere­d (7)

63 __ Pascal, star of the TV series Narcos (5)

64 Naming words (5) 66 Colombian capital (6) 68 Break free (6)

69 Farewell (5)

71 Very fat (5)

72 Questionab­le (7) 75 Widespread disease (8) 77 Slack (5)

79 The Good __, 2006 film directed by Robert De Niro (8)

81 Astrologic­al prediction (9) 83 Sly laugh (7)

85 Alcoholic drink (4) 86 Regret (3)

87 Climbs down (8) 89 Entertainm­ent with sketches and songs (5) 91 Capricious (6) 93 Accusation (6) 95 Examines carefully (8) 97 Recede (3)

102 Afflicts (4)

103 Chesspiece­s (5)

104 Advantageo­us (10)

105 Unable to hear (4)

107 Counterpan­e, coverlet (9) 110 Small amphibian (4)

111 Mends (7)

113 Prophet (10)

115 Small ducks (5) 117 Foolish (7)

118 Assess too highly (8) 119 Stumbles (5)

120 Bird (6)

121 Spring flower (8) 122 Large wine bottle (6) 123 Takes a seat (4)

124 Cut a tooth (6)

DOWN

2 Lower back pain (7) 3 Wakens (6)

4 Travesty (7)

6 Listen secretly (9)

7 Greek dish (5)

8 Belief (5)

9 Birth name of boxing

legend Muhammad Ali (7,4) 11 Sound of disapprova­l (3) 12 Gate or door fastenings (7) 13 Mythical monster (3) 14 Humbles or debases (7) 15 Riotous fight (5)

16 Ancient Mexican civilisati­on (6)

18 Drag with effort (3) 19 Grips firmly (6)

20 Lacking some essential (9) 21 Unspecifie­d amount (4)

22 Six feet of water (6) 26 Unprofessi­onal (7)

28 Whit Sunday (9)

31 Sweet potato (3) 35 Mediterran­ean island (5) 36 Steered (6)

37 Cosy (4)

39 Fit out (5)

40 Conduct (9)

42 Unlimited (9)

43 Not dirty (5)

45 Extract (7) 46 Unsophisti­cated, slang (6) 48 Persian greyhound (6) 50 Fix up (7)

52 US state whose capital is

Nashville (9)

53 Foot lever (7)

54 Decrease gradually (4,3) 55 Indigenous Australian (9) 57 Head towards (4,3) 59 Made calm (7)

61 Young cow (6)

65 Threaded fasteners (6) 67 Without effort, easily (5,4) 70 Escort (5)

73 Perplex (6)

74 Country that hosted the

2010 FIFA World Cup (5,6) 76 Bird of prey (5)

77 Boiled sweet (5,4) 78 Rosemary, for example (4) 80 Jobs (5)

82 Major, for example (7) 84 Stand for (9)

88 Sell overseas (6)

90 Deer meat (7)

92 Rattling noise (7) 94 __ Brydon, Welsh actor and comedian (3)

96 Serious in mind or intention (7)

98 Enchant (7)

99 Macaw, say (6)

100 On dry land (6) 101 False (6)

104 Truncheon (5)

106 Simple (4)

108 Fact (5)

109 Steps (5)

112 Venomous snake (3)

114 An informal word for yes (3) 116 Advertisem­ents (abbr) (3)

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