Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Ancient empire ruled by Darius and Xerxes (6) 5 Sleeps in a tent (5) 8 Erode (6) 10 Forceful (8) 14 Aspiring (6) 16 Clips (5) 21 Irish province (8) 22 Tacking with metal fasteners (7) 23 Junior Girl Guide (7) 25 Fool (9) 26 Vic __, UK comedian (6) 27 Store (4) 28 Deactivated (3) 29 Unusual (8) 32 Manner (5) 33 Back (4) 34 Out-of-date (5) 35 Female pigs (4) 38 Boats (6) 40 Plant fibre (5) 42 Coup de grâce (8,5) 44 Copying (5) 46 Round-trip tariff (6,4) 48 Gets down on one’s knees (6) 51 French city (7) 54 Relating separately to each person (10) 55 Rosebay (8) 59 Neater (6) 60 Public announcer (4,5) 62 Hankered after (7) 63 Makes final changes to (5) 64 Tea that isn’t prebagged (5-4) 67 Fruit-bearing plant (9) 69 Belief (5) 71 German water spirit (7) 74 Plentiful (9) 77 Airstrip (6) 78 Without breeze (8) 81 Sleeping pads (10) 82 Topic (7) 84 Heaviness (6) 87 Motorised vessels (10) 90 English river (5) 92 Unexpectedly and satisfyingly brief (5,3,5) 95 Relieved (5) 96 Stubborn (6) 98 __ Ford, former UK newsreader (4) 100 Lariat (5) 101 Epidermis (4) 102 Scalpel (5) 104 Table of dates (8) 107 At the rear (3) 109 Manage (4) 111 Matter (6) 112 Racket sport (9) 114 Sprinting (7) 117 Skirt level (7) 118 Five-sided shape (8) 119 Thick rope (5) 120 Wound cloth headwear (6) 121 Breakfast food (8) 122 Flag (6) 123 Water lily (5) 124 Poser (6) DOWN 2 Greek mythical figure (7) 3 Tendon (5) 4 Naive (7) 5 Goods being transported (5) 6 Policy declaration (9) 7 Boat (4) 8 Farewell (5) 9 Pat lightly (3) 11 Males (3) 12 Swindle (3) 13 From Tel Aviv, e.g. (7) 14 Greek epic poet (5) 15 Ballet step (3) 17 Requires (5) 18 Kinds (5) 19 Central London area (4) 20 Thin slice of wood (6) 24 Devoured (5) 25 Unwell (3) 26 Italian rice dish (7) 30 Dove’s call (3) 31 Move aside (4,3) 34 Cat’s noise (4) 36 Conflict (3) 37 Choice (6) 38 Long-haired Himalayan bovid (3) 39 Listening to (7) 40 Ceremonial staff (7) 41 Light purple (5) 42 Military colour (5) 43 Hurry (5) 44 US citizens (9) 45 Small hammer (5) 47 Aquatic animals’ stabilising appendage (3) 49 Kenyan capital (7) 50 Outer covering (7) 52 Most odd (9) 53 Horse stalls (7) 54 Perforated (7) 56 Facial feature (7) 57 Grave inscription (7) 58 Asian desert (4) 61 Moan (4) 65 Betrothed (7) 66 Sport (7) 68 Precise (5) 70 Duties (5) 72 Perches (6) 73 Stalemate (7) 75 Planet’s path (5) 76 Relative (5) 79 Playing cube (3) 80 More scattered (7) 83 Will (9) 85 A little bit (3) 86 European capital (4) 88 Biro (3) 89 Slow song (6) 91 Improved by instruction (7) 93 Proposals (5) 94 Finish (3) 96 Perceives (7) 97 Blow up (7) 98 Savoury jelly (5) 99 Horrid (5) 101 Type of car design (5) 103 Convent member (3) 105 Continent (4) 106 Ancient Italian (5) 108 Records (5) 109 Rhythmic speech (5) 110 Tablet (4) 112 Hair style (3) 113 Apex (3) 115 Constantly harass (3) 116 Alcoholic spirit (3)