GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Telephone (someone) (4,2)
5 Of the ear (4)
8 Strand (6)
10 Real estate (8)
14 Accompany (6)
16 Greek epic (5)
22 Leadwort (8)
23 Ruled (7)
24 Display for admiration (4,3) 26 Spiky marine creature (3,6) 27 Central part of a church (4) 29 Inflamed nodule (4)
30 Former French coin (3)
31 Small __, UK ‘60s
rock band (5)
33 Strong desire (4)
34 Stationery fasteners (10)
35 Greek letter (5)
36 Eat (4)
39 Risky (of a loan) (8)
41 Beliefs (6)
42 Helen __, UK actress (6)
43 Due (5)
45 Wrong way up (6-4)
49 Shelters made of ice (6)
51 Taken __, startled (5)
54 Offset (10)
55 Ultimate (8)
60 State of the USA (8)
62 Man whose wife has died (7) 63 __ Boothroyd,
UK politician (5)
64 Discussion group (5)
65 Gear (3)
68 European mountain (3)
69 Impetuous (5)
71 __ Smith, cookery presenter
and writer (5)
72 Road-surfacing material (7)
75 Bird (8)
80 Relating to the scientific
gathering of evidence (8)
82 Post-Victorians (10)
84 Search thoroughly (5)
86 Herbaceous plant (6)
88 Type of rodent, often
kept as a pet (10)
91 Milky coffee (5)
93 Expels (6)
95 Slender (6)
97 Robert __, UK actor (8)
100 Pleased with oneself (4)
102 Loft (5)
103 Resistance (10)
104 Circuits (4)
106 __ Siddiq, UK politician (5)
109 Chris __, UK singer-songwriter (3) 110 French fry (4)
111 Mail (4)
112 Belated arrival (9)
114 Range of hearing (7)
117 Snobbish (5-2)
118 Product (8)
119 Standards (5)
120 Followed orders (6)
121 Away from marked routes (3-5) 122 Attacks (6)
123 Communists (4)
124 Channel (6)
DOWN
2 Assuaged (7)
3 Boundary (5)
4 High flat area (7)
6 Gemstone (9)
7 Leader (5)
8 Garment (5)
9 Commercials (abbr.) (3)
11 2011 animated film about a parrot (3) 12 Old word for ‘Yes’ (3)
13 Final points (7)
14 Spirit (5)
15 Interpret (8)
17 Extremely angry (5)
18 Tennis score (5)
19 Boisterous activity (9)
20 Snoop __, US rapper (4)
21 Moving forward (6)
25 Talent (5)
26 Breastbone (7)
28 Beach collectibles (9)
32 __ Andreas, 2015 disaster film (3)
33 Until the present (2,2,3)
37 Fresh (3)
38 Osier (6)
40 Greek muse (5)
41 Headdress (5)
43 Nuances (9)
44 Clothing (3-2)
46 Spot (3)
47 Large (3)
48 Instrumental composition (6)
50 Angels (7)
52 Information (9)
53 Abducts (7)
54 Abridge (7) 56 Incensed (7)
57 Girls __, former pop group (5)
58 __ Kendrick, US actress and singer (4) 59 1996 Coen brothers film (5)
61 Algerian port (4)
66 Indira __, former Indian PM (6)
67 Confectionery (9)
70 Singing effect (5)
73 Small (6)
74 Prospers (7)
76 Waterfowl (5)
77 Pulsate (5)
78 Stamina (9)
79 Type of dog (abbr.) (3)
81 Age (3)
83 Helper (7)
85 Invertebrate animal (9)
87 Dishonest (8)
89 Type of meat (3)
90 Fitness (6)
92 Relating to current affairs (7)
94 Wear away (5)
96 Auction item (3)
98 Cat __, UK singer aka Yusuf Islam (7) 99 Libyan port (7)
100 Derision (5)
101 Darkness (5)
103 Chose (5)
105 Dull pain (4)
107 Boors (5)
108 Card game (5)
110 Provide (5)
113 Chairman __, former Chinese leader (3) 115 Type of rodent (3)
116 __ McInnerny, British actor (3)