Sunderland Echo

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Swallow up (6)

5 Corrosive substance (4)

8 Conflict (6)

10 Charming (8)

14 Couch (6)

16 Mishit golf shot (5)

22 Disease caused by

dietary deficiency (8)

23 Promptly (7)

24 Predicamen­t (7)

26 Residual (9)

27 Mosque prayer leader (4)

29 Give Us A __, ITV panel show

1979-1992 (4)

30 Snooker rod (3)

31 Crouching __, Hidden Dragon,

Ang Lee film (5)

33 Endure (4)

34 Skilled (10)

35 Tease (5)

36 Embraces (4)

39 Grand (8)

41 Metallic element (6)

42 Exclamatio­n of discovery (6) 43 Illegal burning (5)

45 Phrase (10)

49 Sacred beetle (6)

51 Competitor (5)

54 Rum-based cocktail (4,6)

55 Morning bugle call (8)

60 Condemn openly (8)

62 Carry out (7)

63 __ Little Birds, Bob Marley

song (5)

64 Wash through (5)

65 Circuit (3) 68 __ Seydoux, French actress who

starred in Spectre (3)

69 Fairy-tale monsters (5)

71 Make void, cancel (5)

72 Hang (7)

75 Insolent (8)

80 Abhorrence (8)

82 Kitchen appliance (10)

84 __ Benn, UK former boxer (5)

86 __ McQueen, UK film director (6) 88 Branch of maths (10)

91 Vision (5)

93 Defers (6)

95 Stinks (6)

97 American state nicknamed

‘The Natural State’ (8)

100 Big __, 2014 film with

Amy Adams (4)

102 Grieve over (5)

103 Criminal society (10)

104 Russian emperor (4)

106 Appetising (5)

109 Possesses (3)

110 Golfer’s warning cry (4)

111 Skye, for example (4)

112 Cooking, cleaning, etc. (9)

114 Changing room (7)

117 Maybe (7)

118 Put into use, employ (8)

119 Fit out (5)

120 Hearsay (6)

121 Learned (8)

122 State of uproar (6)

123 Require (4)

124 Talk idly (6)

DOWN

2 Irritates (7) 3 Combine, unify (5)

4 Type of plant (7)

6 Woodwork (9)

7 Sketch (5)

8 UK singer whose real

name is Gordon Sumner (5)

9 Fashion, craze (3)

11 Badly illuminate­d (3)

12 Type of tree (3)

13 Splinters (7)

14 Penniless, informally (5)

15 With each other (8)

17 Dog’s lead (5)

18 Discharges (5)

19 Wrongdoer, villain (9)

20 Island to which Napoleon

was exiled in 1814 (4)

21 Moral goodness (6)

25 Concur (5)

26 Chorus (7)

28 Alleged (9)

32 Gravestone marking (init.) (3)

33 2017 film starring Andrew Garfield

and Claire Foy (7)

37 Sticky substance (3)

38 Writing desk (6)

40 Unusual and interestin­g item (5) 41 Group of witches (5)

43 Musical instrument (9)

44 Lowest point (5)

46 Snow runner (3)

47 Employ (3)

48 Trying experience (6)

50 Asian language (7)

52 Prepare an ambush (3,2,4)

53 Kitchen sideboard (7)

54 Eyes, informally (7)

56 Appraisers (7) 57 See the __, come to

one’s senses (5)

58 Soon (4)

59 Musical speed (5)

61 Deserve (4)

66 Package (6)

67 Absent-minded (9)

70 Moves in water (5)

73 Small floral bouquets (6)

74 Percussion­ist (7)

76 Leaves of a book (5)

77 Fourth Greek letter (5)

78 Practical joker (9)

79 Whichever (3)

81 Toddler (3)

83 Fish (7)

85 Hurry (4,5)

87 Prickly plant (8)

89 __ Orbison, US singer

nicknamed ‘The Big O’ (3)

90 One belonging to a club (6)

92 Wicked or unprincipl­ed (7)

94 Pale mauve colour (5)

96 __ It Be, final Beatles studio album (3) 98 Slight illness (7)

99 Sunshade (7)

100 __ Heskey, former Leicester, Liverpool

and England striker (5)

101 Japanese dish (5)

103 Seize wrongfully (5)

105 Draw in (4)

107 Antitoxin (5)

108 Feel longing, desire (5)

110 Aspect (5)

113 __ Tree Hill, US TV series

2003-2012 (3)

115 Busy insect (3)

116 Stretch (3)

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