GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Example of 38 Down that includes the lyric ‘And heaven and nature sing’ (3,2,3,5) 8 School tests (5) 11 Toys (5) 14 Cutting edge (5) 15 Easily sickened or nauseated (9) 16 Perfect example (9) 17 Ancestry (7) 18 ––– Springfield, singer whose hits included I Only Want To Be With You (5) 19 Handy (6) 20 Composer who wrote the Christmas Oratorio for the Christmas season of 1734 (4) 21 Mid-morning snack (9) 24 Responded (7) 26 Apart from (7) 28 Communion (4) 29 Heavenly messengers (6) 31 Example of 38 Down, which was an instrumantal hit for Mike Oldfield in 1975 (2,5,6) 34 Gemstone (7) 36 Of the stomach (7) 39 Intentionally (2,7) 41 Magic formula (5) 42 Thin strip of material (6) 43 – – – Wenger, Arsenal manager 1996-2018 (6) 45 Stand-in doctor (5) 48 Mostly or usually (2,7) 50 Seasonal character who first appeared in a 1939 booklet by Robert L. May (7) 51 Lumps of gold (7) 52 See Picture A (9,4) 55 See Picture B (6) 56 See Picture C (4) 58 Return of ill health (7) 60 Stirred emotionally (7) 61 Show someone up (9) 64 Curved structure (4) 65 One of Santa Claus’s reindeer (6) 66 Young human (5) 68 Exterior (7) 71 Instinctive knowledge (9) 72 Having a strong desire for success (9) 73 Mexican snack (5) 74 Structures made by birds (5) 75 – – – MacArthur, sailor who broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2005 (5) 76 See Picture D (9,4)
DOWN
1 Special anniversary (7) 2 Pine for (5) 3 Performs surgery on (8) 4 A woman acting as host (7) 5 Injury to tissue (5) 6 Restores confidence (9) 7 Worship (5) 8 Very tired (9) 9 Completed (2,2,3) 10 Capitulate (7) 11 Song such as Baby It’s Cold Outside or Peace On Earth/ Little Drummer Boy (4) 12 Fast-growing coniferous tree (9) 13 Medical instrument (11) 22 Chocolate treat associated with a spring festival (6,3) 23 ‘– – – – – – ring, are you listening?’, opening line from Winter Wonderland (6,5) 25 Collection of beehives (6) 27 Fielding position in cricket (6,3) 28 Encounters (5) 30 Lowest point (5) 32 Small amount of money in coins (5,6) 33 Little devil (3) 35 Totally (informal) (3,4,2) 37 Track or scent of an animal (5) 38 Christmas hymn (5) 40 Group of musicians (9) 44 ––– Wise, comedian best known for his partnership with Eric Morecambe (5) 46 One who hoards wealth, such as 63 Down (5) 47 Period beginning four Sundays before Christmas (6) 48 A living being embodying a deity (11) 49 Male sheep (3) 53 Moves (9) 54 Determine (9) 55 In The Bleak ––– , example of 38 Down based on a poem by Christina Rossetti (9) 57 Makes believe (8) 59 Difficult to pin down (7) 60 Chemical compound that is the main active ingredient in alcoholic drinks (7) 62 Come into flower (7) 63 Charles Dickens character who has been played on screen by Patrick Stewart, Michael Caine and Jim Carrey (7) 66 Three-dimensional (5) 67 Lets fall (5) 69 Come to pass (5) 70 Drinks delicately (4)