GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Genus of spiny trees or

shrubs (6)

4 Arachnids (7)

7 Application of the

“blue pencil” (10)

10 Sport of Wimbledon (6)

11 Non-professional (7)

12 Precipice (5)

13 Bobcat (4)

14 Overage (6)

17 Not conventional (10)

19 Verve (4)

20 Fierce animals (6)

21 Video game company (4)

22 Lowest point (5)

24 Precious stones (8)

27 Grid (6)

28 Shemozzle (6)

31 Shatter (5)

34 A season of the year (6)

35 Chill out (5)

36 Jostle (5)

39 Wait, endure (4)

41 Mythical aquatic

creature (7)

42 Soft mud (4)

43 Chap (5)

44 Australian native bird (5)

46 Crackpot (6)

47 Stinks (5)

49 Help (6)

51 Jump (6)

52 Video game company (9)

54 Brilliance (5)

57 Sport with water or field variants (4)

58 Universe (6) 60 Robin Hood’s friar (4)

62 Chopper (10)

63 Site of a famous

rebellion (6)

65 Parasite (4)

66 Hair pin (5)

67 Directories (7)

68 Dealer in clothing (6)

69 Summer fruit (10)

70 Tchotchke (7)

71 Conduit (6)

DOWN

2 Sever (6)

3 Festive paper (8)

4 Male deer (5)

5 Hated intensely (8)

6 Evergreen tree (6)

7 Saguaro (6)

8 Golden product of the crocus (7)

9 Dark image against a lighter background (10)

15 Apply (5)

16 Zigzag (6)

18 Game console (4)

23 Japanese emperor,

1989–2019 (7)

25 Carnivore (4-5)

26 Paris’s cathedral (5,4)

29 Lean (5)

30 Streep and Redford

movie, — Africa (3,2) 31 Crib (5)

32 Cartoon (9)

33 Sadness (9)

37 Music genre (5)

38 Roald Dahl’s chocolate maker (5)

39 Sham (5)

40 A salt lake bordered by Jordan, Israel and Palestine (4,3)

45 Destroy (10)

48 Australian sheepdog (6)

50 Of the sun (5)

51 Outback (4) 53 Volcanic glass (8)

55 Clouded eye lens (8)

56 Make better (7)

58 Coloured drawing implement (6)

59 Hagioscope (6)

61 Fromage (6)

64 Overturn (5)