GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Glacial mass (6)
5 Slightly drunk (5)
8 Fidel __, Cuban revolutionary (6) 10 Round (8)
14 Narrow bays (6)
16 Hospital rooms (5)
21 Comic verse (8)
22 Very bad (7)
23 Sport (7)
25 Delicate matter, informally (3,6) 26 Struggle (6)
27 Scots dialect word for cup (4)
28 Harden (3)
29 Covenant (8)
32 Mediterranean island (5)
33 African country whose capital is
Bamako (4)
34 Improvise (2-3)
35 Appear (4)
38 Find (6)
40 Short in duration (5)
42 Able to be spoken (13)
44 Intense beam of light (5)
46 Amphibious vehicle (10)
48 Flinches (6)
51 Protected (7)
54 In the end (10)
55 Spanish city (8)
59 Easily bent (6)
60 Savagely fierce (9)
62 East African country (7)
63 Grandmothers, informally (5)
64 Initial advantage (4,5)
67 Innumerable (9)
69 Short poem (5) 71 Substitute (7)
74 Stand for (9)
77 Middle Eastern country (6)
78 Recommend publicly (8)
81 Poorly formed ligature (10)
82 Spectre (7)
84 1978 musical film (6)
87 Nominees (10)
90 Anaesthetic (5)
92 Exaggeration (13)
95 Foot-operated lever (5)
96 Couch (6)
98 Mull, for example (4)
100 Proportion (5)
101 Weapons (4)
102 Seat (5)
104 Film-maker (8)
107 Farm animal (3)
109 __ Sandler, US comedy actor (4)
111 Spiritualists’ meeting (6)
112 Become withered (7,2)
114 Maid, for example (7)
117 Miscreant (7)
118 Word for word (8)
119 Comment directed to the audience (5) 120 __ Bannatyne, former Dragon’s Den
entrepreneur (6)
121 Member of the French
military police (8)
122 Suitable for both men and women (6) 123 Prison rooms (5)
124 Chatter (6)
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2 American city (7)
3 Board game (5)
4 Personal (7) 5 Accepts (5)
6 Toy (9)
7 Type of toy (2-2)
8 Child’s magazine (5)
9 Legendary bird (3)
11 Type (3)
12 Groove (3)
13 Catchphrases (7)
14 M Eastern national (5)
15 Lavatory, informally (3)
17 Car parts (5)
18 Tempest (5)
19 Metallic element (4)
20 Line on a weather map (6)
24 Pulsate (5)
25 Spicy (3)
26 City in 77 Across (3,4)
30 Humanitarian organisation (init.) (3) 31 Disorderly, unruly (7)
34 Dull pain (4)
36 Pixie (3)
37 __ Washington, US actor (6)
38 Statute (3)
39 Ancient (7)
40 Advantage or sake (7)
41 Former French monetary unit (5)
42 __ Almodóvar, Spanish film director 43 __ John, UK musician (5)
44 Boiled sweet (5,4)
45 __ Lauren, designer (5)
47 __ Howard, US film-maker (3)
49 Badly brought up (3-4)
50 Type of fruit (7)
52 Warship (9)
53 Flaw or mistake (7)
54 Oblivious (7)
56 Tendency or inclination (7) 57 Malady (7)
58 Freeview channel specialising in
comedy (4)
61 Ridge of coral (4)
65 School bag (7)
66 Torture (7)
68 Small loose stones (5)
70 Part of a poem (5)
72 Commend (6)
73 Intense (7)
75 Set in the ground to grow (5)
76 Consume entirely (3,2)
79 Strange (3)
80 Allow (7)
83 Having therapeutic properties (9)
85 Stretch (3)
86 Capital of Norway (4)
88 Donkey (3)
89 Bold or adventurous (6)
91 Nevertheless (7)
93 Revises (5)
94 Time zone in New York (init.) (3)
96 Spice (7)
97 Inspect carefully (7)
98 Asian country (5)
99 Correct (5)
101 Noble title (5)
103 Jump on one foot (3)
105 Muslim prayer leader (4)
106 Unwind (5)
108 Breakers (5)
109 In pieces (5)
110 Body powder (4)
112 Pouch (3)
113 Keep a record of (3)
115 Spirit distilled from sugar cane (3)
116 Number of biblical commandments (3)