Giant Crossword

ACROSS

1 Beset with suffering (8) 5 Weapon (7) 9 Grease, facilitate easy movement (9) 14 Large feline (5) 16 Inwardly (10) 23 __ Redford, American actor (6)

24 Space explorer (9) 25 Ice-cream flavour (7) 26 Foot of an animal (3) 27 Chief supporters (9) 28 Regretted (4) 29 Temporariness (10) 30 Beaver-like rodent (7) 31 Weak (4) 32 Capital of the Bahamas (6) 33 Mineral (4)

34 Pot warmer (3,4)

37 W.H. __, US-UK poet (5) 38 Residence (5) 39 Disease (5) 40 Stationery fasteners (10) 42 Parasitic arachnids (5) 43 Bad times (4,4) 48 Northern Irish political party co-founded by John Hume (init.) (4) 49 Someone who has stopped work (7) 50 Irritating (8)

51 Burst (3) 52 Impartial (4-6) 53 Mend shoes (6) 58 __ House, London royal residence (8) 61 Settings (6)

62 Scale of temperature (7) 63 Game bird (8) 65 Unofficially (10) 70 Children’s beach creation (10) 72 Obelisk (8)

73 Planet (7) 74 Struggle (6) 75 Housing loan (8) 82 Tray under a fire’s grate (3,3) 83 Thrifty (10)

85 Grow older (3)

86 Go more quickly (4,2,2) 87 Arm bone (7)

88 Try out (4) 94 Unbalanced (8) 95 Brawl (5) 96 Unlikely (10) 97 Scout group (5) 98 Register (5) 99 Ancient British tribe (5) 103 Paddle boat (7) 105 Sword (4) 106 Drawing (6) 108 ”Beware the __ of March” (4) 109 Enclose (7) 110 Criticised (5,5)

113 Body of Zulu warriors (4) 114 Saccharine genre (9) 115 __ Broadbent, UK actor (3) 116 Intoxicating liquid (7) 118 Away (3,2,4) 119 Educational establishment (6) 120 Oppose (10) 121 Muscular (5) 122 Stationery item (9) 123 Lengthen (7)

124 Young Spanish woman (8)

DOWN

2 Visit, inspect (4,5) 3 Variety of vegetable (5,6) 4 Tasty piece (6) 6 Sculls (4)

7 Card game (3,5) 8 Aquatic pastime (10) 9 Lack of seriousness (6) 10 Trash can (3) 11 Someone from an archipelago, e.g. (8) 12 Middle East native (4) 13 Forceful, insistent (8) 14 Urban areas (5) 15 Jeweller (9) 17 Perceive (6)

18 African national (8) 19 Magic word (11)

20 Type of vegetables (5) 21 Mental disorder (9) 22 Removing a disguise (9) 31 Composer of sacred songs (8)

35 Implore (7)

36 Novel by Evelyn Waugh (5) 41 Sailor (6) 44 Christmas item (4,3) 45 M. Eastern country (4) 46 Facets (7) 47 Blood vessels (5)

54 ”Do __ others...”, common phrasing of the Golden Rule (4)

55 Offspring of horses bred with donkeys (5) 56 Treatment (7)

57 Fuss (2-2)

59 Lures (5,2)

60 Money (4)

64 Bird home (4)

66 __ Roberts, UK archaeologist and TV presenter (5) 67 Soluble base in chemistry (6)

68 Runs hurriedly and furtively (8) 69 Mistreated (3-4) 71 State of being without (11) 76 Ruddy (4) 77 Uninvited guest (11) 78 Mechanics (9) 79 Shining brilliantly (5) 80 Etchings (10) 81 Inherited family objects (9) 84 Not having a will (9) 89 Select (6,3) 90 Exclamation of approval (4,4) 91 Example or sample (8) 92 Hindrance (8) 93 Modern (2,2,4) 100 Courageous (6) 101 Basement (6) 102 Thomas __, US inventor (6) 104 Speed (in music) (5) 107 Relish (5)

111 Sharp to the taste (4) 112 Fashionable (4) 117 Haunch (3)