Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Unnecessary (8)
5 Israeli city (3,4)
9 Mouth organ (9)
14 Light motorcycle (5)
16 Crisp sweet biscuit (6,4)
23 Heavy solid food (6)
24 Fairground ride (3,6)
25 Bishop’s district (7)
26 Fool, informally (3)
27 Stamp collecting (9)
28 Short letter (4)
29 Beside the point (10)
30 Device (7)
31 Bard (4)
32 Be present at (6)
33 Muslim ruler (4)
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2 Amuse (9)
3 Late UK comedian who starred in 1981’s Arthur (6,5)
4 City in Devon (6)
6 Whirlpool (4)
7 Set of letters (8)
8 Type of pasta (10)
9 Concealed (6)
10 __ Ferdinand, former
England defender (3)
11 Egg-based dish (8)
12 Mountain goat (4)
13 German shepherd (8)
14 Type of tree (5) 34 Strip of tape that can be clipped by the ball in tennis (3,4)
37 __ Hayek, US-Mexican
actress (5)
38 Squander (5)
39 Go in (5)
40 Standing still (10)
42 Deserves (5)
43 Crucial (8)
48 __ the Wild, 2007 starring
Emile Hirsch (4)
49 Disorderly, unruly (7)
50 Observer (8)
51 In the past (3)
52 Not difficult, simple (10) 15 Fanciful hope or plan (4,5)
17 Go back (6)
18 Not any more (2,6)
19 Child’s beach
structures (11)
20 Garden flower (5)
21 US state (9)
22 Get rid of (9)
31 Card game (8)
35 Renders a bomb
harmless (7)
36 Deep ravine (5)
41 Screamed (6)
44 Wine merchant (7)
45 Therefore (4) 53 __ Garros, French Open
tennis tournament (6)
58 Rescue craft (8)
61 Oozed (6)
62 Emerges from an egg (7)
63 Rather (8)
65 Providential (6-4)
70 Origin (10)
72 Tube (8)
73 African country (7)
74 Pilots (6)
75 River-cleaning vessels (8)
82 City in Texas (6)
83 Advantageous (10)
85 Wildebeest (3)
86 Death notice (8) 46 Finds (7)
47 Narrow inlet or bay (5)
54 Active and brisk (4)
55 Touches (5)
56 Biblical giant (7)
57 State positively (4)
59 Place apart (7)
60 Opposed to (4)
64 Very keen, enthusiastic (4)
66 Turret (5)
67 Turkish capital (6)
68 Word for word (8)
69 Liberty (7)
71 N Irish radio
presenter (5,6) 87 Enchant (7)
88 Creeping plant (4)
94 Bride’s pre-wedding
party (3,5)
95 Glib talk, informally (5)
96 Cut short (10)
97 Slightly damp (5)
98 Address the public (5)
99 Jessica __-Hill, 2012 Olympic Heptathlon champion (5)
103 Camille __, 20th-Century
French sculptor (7)
105 Monster (4)
106 Of the teeth (6)
108 Article (4) 76 Resound (4)
77 Welsh rugby player, a Grand Slam winner in 2005 and 2008 (5,6)
78 Frantic (9)
79 Bury (5)
80 Salad dressing (10)
81 Renounced (9)
84 Roman name for
Scotland (9)
89 Pests (9)
90 Former coin (8)
91 Acquired (8)
92 Lacking energy (8)
93 Airy (8) 109 Irritated (7)
110 2004 film starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx (10)
113 Box, in training (4)
114 Instruction (9)
115 Mad __, US TV series (3)
116 Invents (7)
118 Translate (9)
119 Cut in half (6)
120 Disc used in shooting (4,6)
121 Antelope (5)
122 Wearing smart clothes (7,2) European language (7) Achilles heel (8) 123 124 100 Decide to do without (6)
101 Settles a debt (4,2)
102 __ Streisand, iconic US
singer (6)
104 A flap on clothing (5)
107 Called (5)
111 Throwing line in darts (4)
112 Chooses (4)
117 __ Heath, former UK
prime minister (3)