Giant Crossword
ACROSS
11 Kept as sacred (8)
12 Grain husks (4)
13 Calm (6)
14 ___ in the Middle, sitcom starring Frankie Muniz (7)
18 Curtained (6)
19 Hangman’s loop (5)
20 Wax lyrical about (5)
21 ___ Leach, 2023
Strictly contestant (5)
22 Part of a book (4)
23 ___ Allan Poe, 19th‑century American poet (5)
24 Coniferous tree (5)
25 Continues (7,2)
27 Cow before she has had her first calf (6)
32 Act of police surveillance (5‑3)
34 Distant (6)
35 Dark (3)
36 Yearly calendar (7)
39 Middlemost (7)
42 Adherent of an Indian monotheistic religion (4)
43 Very (10)
45 Catholic leader (4)
47 Devotional hymn or song (5)
48 Counterfeit (5)
49 Network (4)
50 Move in time to music (5)
51 Noisy, disorderly (5)
56 Frank quality (8)
58 First glimpse (7)
60 Famous Tuscan wine region (7)
61 Academic test (4)
63 Cleverly and with skill (4)
65 Religious nonconformist (7)
68 Ballast sack (7)
70 Lads who assist on Wimbledon courts (8)
72 Beast’s nose (5)
74 Hard black wood (5)
75 Middle Eastern canal (4)
76 Quiet and shy (5) 77 Indian dish (5)
82 Antlered male animal (4) 83 Dominant trend (10)
84 Bestow (4)
85 Start of a rocket flight (4‑3)
87 Cruised (7)
89 Cooker top (3)
90 Large glass‑roofed entrance hall (6)
93 Stiff hairs (8)
96 Academy Awards (6)
98 Baby bird (9)
99 Forcibly remove (5)
100 Purvey food (5)
105How soon? (4)
107 Accumulate (5)
108Control, influence (5)
109House’s covered
entrance (5)
110 Porous (6)
111 Field for horses (7)
112 Person responsible for the contents of a publication (6)
113 Jesus’ mother (4)
114 Unfastens by twisting (8)
DOWN
1 Sweet dense oat cake (8)
2 Sulky at times (5)
3 Use (profits) as capital (8)
4 Instruct thoroughly (5)
5 Have an effect on one another (8)
6 One who gets above themselves (7)
7 Bridge bid (4)
8 Animate object (4,4)
9 ___ Southgate, England manager (6)
10 Cadge (4)
11 Notorious biblical king (5)
15 Explanation that goes with a picture (7)
16 Fleece of the Angora goat (6)
17 1980s US alien puppet sitcom (3)
26 Inspire affection (6)
28 Avoided (7)
29 Dutch colonist in
South Africa (4)
30 Fumes from a chimney (5)
31 London arts complex (8)
33 Sews together as a temporary measure (5)
37 Salad dressing, informally (4)
38 Little Women sister (4)
40 Synthetic fibre (5)
41 Appears imminent (5)
42 Drink greedily (5)
44 Military cloth (5)
45 Susceptible (5)
46 Brilliant brain (6)
52 Asian city containing the Red Fort (5)
53 British small change (5)
54 Diving gear (5)
55 Balls of fluff on fabric (5)
57 Alehouse (3)
59 Person who comes first in a race (6)
62 No matter which (3)
64 Of tender years, not yet adult (5)
66 Constructs again (8)
67 Armoured fighting vehicles (5)
69 Fairy‑tale dwarf (5)
70 Herb or a boy’s name (5)
71 ___ Mars, singer (5)
73 Local inhabitants (7)
75 Shoe gaiter (4)
78 Accurate firearm (5)
79 Filthy air (4)
80 Suborned (6)
81 Go to see (a person
or place) (5)
86 Thin sheet of metal for wrapping food (4)
88 Longed (7)
89 Slope (8)
91 Childish fits of temper (8)
92 Commissioned army officers (6)
93 Style of table‑tennis shot (8)
94 Cloth for drying (3,5)
95 Plant’s blooms (7)
97 Gathering convened to communicate with spirits (6)
101 Sidles (5)
102 Jazz band instrument, familiarly (3)
103 Performance set to
music (5)
104 Pet charity (inits)(5)
106Joking deception (4)
108Positions (4)