South Wales Echo

Giant Crossword

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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 Amorous appointmen­t (5) 33 Johnny __, influentia­l 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 Variety of cabbage (8) 85 Prophet (10) 87 Edge along (5) 89 Card game (6) 91 Actress who played The Bill’s PC Sally Armstrong from 2007-2009 (3,7) 94 Ancient Greek story teller (5) 96 Loves intensely (6) 98 Disregard (6) 100 Appreciati­ve (8) 102 Flightless bird (3) 104 __-Goran Eriksson, former England football manager 106 Legal possessor (5) 107 Wicked (4-6) 109 Female sheep (4) 111 Marsupial (5) 114 Durable type of wood (3) 115 Price (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 (4,4) 126 Ornamental chain (6) 127 Additional (4) 128 Girls (6)

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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 that features in Tolkein’s 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 Mixes (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 2010 comedy starring Robert Downey Jr and Michelle Monaghan (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 Baby animal (3) 86 Pined (7) 88 Easily (2,1,6) 90 Fearless, daring (8) 92 __ Tyler, star of The Incredible Hulk (3) 93 Cake (6) 95 Slide unsteadily (7) 97 Upright (2,3) 99 Type of tree (3) 101 Rude (7) 103 German white wine (7) 104 Cutting stroke (5) 105 Rafael __, Australian Open 2017 runner up (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 the UK and Ireland (3)

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