Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Region of Italy (6)
5 Used a stopwatch (5)
8 Perspires (6)
10 US lifeguard TV series (8) 14 Naked dash at a public
event (6)
16 Gemstone (5)
21 Practice attempt (5,3)
22 Perform again (2-5)
23 __ of the Lost Ark, Indiana
Jones film (7)
25 I understand (3,2,4)
26 Crevices (6)
27 William __, 17th-century
pirate (4)
DOWN
2 Soldierly (7)
3 __ Dahl, UK author (5)
4 Spray can (7)
5 Pacific kingdom (5)
6 Bog (9)
7 Weight-loss regime (4)
8 Step (5)
9 Hill (3)
11 Primate (3)
12 Informal greeting (3)
13 In the limelight (7)
14 Excalibur, for example (5) 15 East Sussex town (3)
17 Board (3,2)
18 Discharges (5)
19 Northern European (4)
20 (Someone’s) part,
interest (6) 28 __ Wednesday, first day of
Lent (3)
29 Redressing (8)
32 Indian dish (5)
33 Sleigh (4)
34 Blood vessel (5)
35 Signals agreement (4)
38 Worldwide (6)
40 Vital organ (5)
42 Person or group used to
test ideas (figurative) (8,5) 44 Paul __, Britain’s Got
Talent winning tenor (5)
46 Alcohol taken to calm
nerves (5,5) 24 John Philip __, US
composer (5)
25 Knight’s title (3)
26 Heart-related (7)
30 Wildebeest (3)
31 Monotonous (7)
34 As well as (4)
36 Horse colour (3)
37 Despises (6)
38 Pop concert, informally (3) 39 Language of
Bangladesh (7)
40 Writing system for the
blind (7)
41 Mother-of-pearl (5)
42 Clog (5)
43 Takes off (hat) (5)
44 Actor (9) 48 Titans (6)
51 Unit of sound intensity (7) 54 Unofficially (10)
55 Battle horses (8)
59 Type of French cake (6) 60 English city (9)
62 Remains awake (5,2)
63 Evelyn Waugh novel (5) 64 Exaggerate (9)
67 Affected (9)
69 John __, English
philosopher (5)
71 Wind instrument (7)
74 Lunar rays (9)
77 Glacial mass (3,3)
45 Outburst (5)
47 Oil platform (3)
49 Aromatic substance for
burning (7)
50 Moral doubt (7)
52 With a musical quality (9) 53 Fashionable (1,2,4)
54 Suggested (7)
56 Extreme greed (7)
57 Take back (7)
58 __ Wang, US fashion
designer (4)
61 This month (abbr.) (4)
65 Siblings (7)
66 Emergency aeroplane
feature (7)
68 Witty (5)
70 Heather (5) 78 Camping equipment (4,4) 81 Obsessive, persisent (10) 82 Come in again (2-5)
84 Bury (6)
87 Astronauts’ uniforms (10) 90 Stopping place (3-2)
92 Murder (13)
95 Receptacles that collect
liquids (5)
96 Container (6)
98 Heroic tale (4)
100 Amend (5)
101 Traditional wisdom (4) 102 Divided (5)
104 Reached (8) 72 Finally (2,4)
73 US state (7)
75 Water mass (5)
76 Alan __, UK actor in
Whistle Down the Wind (5) 79 Twitch (3)
80 Moved (7)
83 Recalls (9)
85 Bap (3)
86 Russian ruler (4)
88 Seed (3)
89 Reptiles (6)
91 Part of a ship (7)
93 Stunted vegetation (5)
94 __ Hislop, UK journalist
and comedian (3)
96 Cowers (7)
97 Survive (7) 107 Cleaning implement (3) 109 Pet doctors (abbr.) (4) 111 Protect (6)
112 Battle ceremonies (3,6) 114 Scholarly (7)
117 Freight weight (7)
118 Huge (8)
119 Wooden spike (5)
120 Be imminent (6)
121 __ Minister, UK TV
sitcom (3,5)
National song (6) Nuisances (5)
Looked (6) 122 123 124 98 99 101 103 105 106 108 109 110 112 113 115 116
Spirit, character (5) Scrutinise (5)
Tempted (5)
Ballet step (3)
The __, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan TV comedy (4) Hard-wearing fabric (5) Leaves (5)
Meeting place (5) Coarse file (4)
Little (3)
Weep (3)
Unit of resistance (3) Member of a nomadic tribe led by Attila (3)