Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Incendiary liquid (6)
5 Jane Austen novel (4)
8 Russian lake, the largest in
the world (6)
10 One unsure about belief in
God (8)
14 __ Palmer, late US golfing
legend (6)
16 More frosty (5)
22 Playhouses (8)
23 Male felines (3-4)
24 Irked (7)
26 Financial organiser (9)
27 Capital of Morocco (5)
29 Discharge (4)
30 Biblical priest (3)
31 Scout group (5)
33 Lend (4)
34 Unordained cleric (3,7)
35 __ Park, home of
Blackburn Rovers (5)
36 __ Mitchell, long-standing EastEnders character (4)
39 Poem (3)
40 Rescuing vessel (8)
42 Fish hawk (6)
43 Girl’s name (6)
44 Shade of brown (5)
46 Determines (10)
49 Lizard (6)
51 Dairy product (5)
54 Quadrupedal (4-6)
56 Conclusive (8)
61 Football position (4,4)
63 Some (7)
64 Steering device (5)
65 European city known for
art and fashion (5)
66 ZZ __, Texan rock band (3)
68 British singer who sung White Flag and Life for Rent (4)
70 US drama series set on a
mysterious island (4)
71 Triumphed (3)
72 Canal boat (5)
74 Meat sauce (5)
75 Calendrical celebration (3,4)
78 From a certain
perspective (2,3,3)
83 Water feature (8)
85 Retailer (10)
87 Clothing (3-2)
89 Caress (6)
91 Type of footwear (5,5)
94 Plant fibre (5)
96 Relieving (6)
98 Moisten (6)
100 Once more (3,5)
102 Employ (3)
104 M. Eastern country (4)
106 Sheriff (5)
107 Discouraging weapons (10)
109 Percussion instrument (4)
111 City in Oklahoma (5)
114 __ Seydoux, French actress who starred in Spectre (3)
115 Table game (4)
116 False gods (5)
117 Financial protection (9)
118 Ferret (7)
121 Italian brand of vermouth (7)
122 Camping equipment (4-4)
123 Rotate (5)
124 Followed closely (6)
125 Swap (8)
126 Gandhi’s nationality (6)
127 __ Daly, English model and TV presenter (4)
128 Making mistakes (6)
DOWN
2 Embarrassed (7)
3 Improvise (5)
4 Italian inventor (7)
6 Marriage (9)
7 Concede (5)
8 Congratulations! (5)
9 __ Ivanovic, former Serbian
tennis star (3)
11 _ Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot
conspirator (3)
12 Statement of belief (5)
13 Fruit of a rose plant (4-3)
14 Clothes horse (5)
15 Scandinavian (8)
17 Confine (5)
18 Bolero composer (5)
19 Cinema worker (9)
20 Irish singer whose hits
include Orinoco Flow (4)
21 Tomb __, computer game
featuring Lara Croft (6)
25 Demise (5)
26 Dramatic scene (7)
28 Star of Mission Impossible
and Vanilla Sky (3,6)
32 Burst (3)
33 Father of Odysseus (7)
37 Sir __ Botham, former
English cricketer (3)
38 Mick __, Rolling Stones
frontman (6)
39 Of the ear (4)
41 Understood (5)
42 Greek letter (5)
44 Making more malleable (9)
45 Consumed (3,2)
47 Goal (3)
48 Lacking breadth (6)
50 Balkan country whose
capital is Tirana (7)
52 Strike a bargain (4,1,4)
53 One who searches for
water (7)
54 Hazelnut (7)
55 Petroleum (3)
57 Tasty pieces of food (7)
58 Bind (5)
59 Region (4)
60 Instrument (5)
62 Member of the nobility (4)
67 Gripping tool (6)
69 Deserted (9)
73 Spirit (5)
74 Opening (3)
76 Old vehicles (6)
77 Take back (7)
79 Denise van __, English
actress and presenter (5)
80 Vacant (5)
81 Military officers (9)
82 Wooded valley (4)
84 And not (3)
86 Go before (7)
88 Complete waste (5,4)
90 Better or greater than
usual (8)
92 Paddle (3)
93 Walk leisurely (6)
95 Release (3,4)
97 Exercise for the
stomach (3-2)
99 Deep hole (3)
101 Extreme (7)
103 Alcoholic drink (4,3)
104 Useless (5)
105 Swellings (5)
107 Administered medicine (5)
108 Clean (5)
110 Stack of hay (4)
112 Fabric (5)
113 Divided (5)
115 Billie __, Secret Diary of a
Call Girl star (5)
119 Journal (3)
120 Weight unit (3)