GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Scrublands (6) 5 Unattractive (4) 8 Conflict (6) 10 Distinctive (8) 14 Struggle (6) 16 The __ Woman, film starring Cameron Diaz (5) 22 Small pieces of coloured paper (8) 23 Watchers (7) 24 Rail (7) 26 Taciturn (9) 27 Started (5) 29 Seeds (4) 30 __ of Steel, film directed by Zack Snyder (3) 31 Monetary unit (5) 33 The ego (4) 34 Chief rebel (10) 35 Large amounts of paper (5)
36 And Then There Were __, Agatha Christie novel (4) 39 Church seat (3) 40 Extinguish (5,3) 42 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s nationality (6) 43 Without pigment (6) 44 Call on (5) 46 Be popular (2,4,4) 49 Evident (6) 51 Imitate (5) 54 Astronauts’ uniforms (10) 56 Displaced (8) 61 Piece of pork (5,3) 63 Final profit (3,4) 64 Written errors (5) 65 Theme (5) 66 Couple (3) 68 Johnny __, Ring of Fire singer (4)
70 People (4) 71 Yank (3) 72 Constellation (5) 74 Beautiful girl (5) 75 Eternal (7) 78 Inability to sleep (8) 83 Jewish sect member (8) 85 Preacher (10) 87 North African capital city (5) 89 Metallic element (6) 91 Attractive in snapshots (10) 94 Proportion (5) 96 US business magazine known for its “rich list” (6) 98 Gorgon (6) 100 Mouldings (8) 102 Playing card (3) 104 __ Redding, former US soul singer (4)
106 Roadside Inn (5) 107 Constancy (10) 109 Positive (4) 111 Requires (5) 114 Biblical priest (3) 115 Large bag (4) 116 John __, explorer (5) 117 Supplementary wheel (5,4) 118 Repasts (7) 121 Three-pronged spear (7) 122 Musical piece (8) 123 Substantial (5) 124 Lassos (6) 125 Royal murder (8) 126 Representatives (6) 127 Ripped (4) 128 Lives (6)
DOWN
2 Arousing strong feelings (7) 3 Petty quarrels (5) 4 Begins (4,3) 6 Emitting (6,3) 7 Relinquish (5) 8 Unsoiled (5) 9 Muhammad __, late boxer and civil rights activist (3) 11 Travel over snow (3) 12 Unit of capacity (5) 13 Rantings (7) 14 Persistent person (5) 15 Ship’s cheapest accommodation (8) 17 Guide (5) 18 John Arne __, former Liverpool left-back (5) 19 Heavens (9) 20 Egg-shaped (4) 21 Playground ride (6) 25 Caribbean republic (5)
26 Italian equivalent of ‘Mrs’ (7) 28 Manacles (9) 32 __ Howard, award-winning US filmmaker (3) 33 Meeting (7) 37 Zero (3) 38 __ Estefan, Cuban-American singer (6) 39 Letter P in the NATO phonetic alphabet (4) 41 More domesticated (5) 42 Object (5) 44 Mental attitude (9) 45 Symbolic object (5) 47 Court (3) 48 Heaviness (6) 50 Blinding vapour (4-3) 52 Spanish gentleman (9) 53 Diminish (7) 54 Genuine (7) 55 __ and downs (3) 57 Sketched again (7) 58 Premature (5) 59 Needle case (4) 60 Swamp (5) 62 Set of two (4) 67 Work premises (6) 69 Romantic symbols (4,5) 73 Tomorrow __ Dies, James Bond film (5) 74 Prohibit (3) 76 Discerns (6) 77 Retailers (7) 79 Ayrton __, late former F1 Champion (5) 80 __ and Lyrics, starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore (5) 81 Starting (9) 82 Blackthorn fruit (4) 84 Decay (3)
86 Operative (2,5) 88 One who rectifies (9) 90 Eye specialists (8) 92 Headgear (3) 93 Frolic (6) 95 Female big cat (7) 97 Assessed (5) 99 Water boiler (3) 101 Otalgia (7) 103 Palm fruit (7) 104 Fertile plain in a desert (5) 105 African language (5) 107 Streets (5) 108 Section, level (5) 110 Fibs (4) 112 Checks (5) 113 Bed linen item (5) 115 Middle Eastern nationality (5) 119 Sign of agreement (3) 120 Droop (3)