Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Leisurely walker (6) 5 Fastens cloth with long stitches (5) 8 Use (6) 10 Flowering plant also known as the Scottish bluebell (8) 14 In great numbers (6) 16 Timepiece (5) 21 ___ Survey, UK national mapping agency (8) 22 Sensitivity to a substance (7) 23 Equip (7) 25 Fruit (9) 26 Terrifies (6) 27 Sharpen (4) 28 Biblical vessel (3) 29 Variable resistor (8) 32 Male relative (5) 33 Green fruit (4) 34 Expanse (5) 35 Blue-green colour (4) 38 Dorothy’s metal friend (3,3) 40 Lumps, points of connection (5) 42 Hidden message (6,7) 44 Bet (5) 46 Criticised, defamed (10) 48 Sounds (6) 51 Vegetable broth (3,4) 54 Current (7-3) 55 Lank strand of hair (4,4) 59 Star sign (6) 60 Females in the line of succession (9) 62 Is in harmony (7) 63 Intolerable (3,2) 64 Incomparable (9) 67 Self-employed (9) 69 Grey (5) 71 Exclude (4,3) 74 Transitory (9) 77 Runs away to get married (6) 78 Partial, unbalanced (3-5) 81 Strong attacks (10) 82 Stem (7) 84 Spiritual beings (6) 87 On the whole (2,3,5) 90 Declare (5) 92 Starboard (5-4,4) 95 Become arid (3,2) 96 European river (6) 98 Propel oneself through water (4) 100 Similar (5) 101 Parasite (4) 102 Unfasten (5) 104 Sub-tropical fruit tree (4,4) 107 Fix, manipulate (3) 109 Pip (4) 111 Punched (6) 112 Stamp-collecting (9) 114 Avoiding the issue (7) 117 Stays (7) 118 Remedy (8) 119 Sailing boat (5) 120 Go extremely hungry (6) 121 Settle abroad (8) 122 Interference (6) 123 Small farm (5) 124 Sibling (6)
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2 Italian engineer and inventor (7) 3 Sudden forward motion (5) 4 Former name of Yangon (7) 5 Greek letter (5) 6 Started laughing (7,2) 7 Fine fabric (4) 8 Mistake (5) 9 Mouldy, overripe (3) 11 Mahershala __, US actor in Green Book (3) 12 Resin (3) 13 Running after (7) 14 Handbook (5) 15 Falsehood (3) 17 Turn aside (5) 18 Shrub (5) 19 Major or minor constellation (4) 20 Disorderly, unkempt (6) 24 Indian language (5) 25 Zero (3) 26 Hand tool (7) 30 Flightless bird (3) 31 Dried fruit (7) 34 Flow of water (4) 36 Dined (3) 37 Finance executive (6) 38 Metal (3) 39 Type of dog (7) 40 Arctic whale with a prominent tusk (7) 41 __ MacGowan, UK-Irish singer-songwriter (5) 42 Lets go of (5) 43 Mix of blue and yellow (5) 44 Fighters (9) 45 Kingdom (5) 47 Fitting (3) 49 Attack and defeat (7) 50 Clergyman’s allowance (7) 52 As fast as possible (4-5) 53 Accounts (7) 54 Guns (7) 56 ___ May, former UK Prime Minister (7) 57 Quill pot (7) 58 Celebrity (4) 61 Charged atoms (4) 65 Delays (5,2) 66 Alcoholic drink (4,3) 68 Gains (5) 70 Lowest point (5) 72 Extent (6) 73 Beth __, retired UK gymnast (7) 75 Lift with effort (5) 76 Extracted from the earth (5) 79 __ Tzu, Chinese general and author of The Art of War (3) 80 Crane (7) 83 Magician’s exclamation (3,6) 85 Perceive (3) 86 Something trending on the internet (4) 88 Deviate to one side (3) 89 Division (6) 91 Lure (7) 93 Semblance (5) 94 Mountain on Crete (3) 96 Indicates (7) 97 Respire (7) 98 Impertinent (5) 99 Tool for starting a fire (5) 101 American cereal grain (5) 103 No vote (3) 105 Opposite of an alkali (4) 106 Imitate (5) 108 Transplanted tissue (5) 109 Flanks (5) 110 Compact __, music storage format (4) 112 Equal level (3) 113 Stretch (3) 115 At the rear (3) 116 Eastern Standard Time (init.) (3)