Colossal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Artiste… (11)

7 … and their show for the public (11) 12 Feather pen (5) 13 Common ailment (4) 15 Proprietor (5) 16 Frequently (5) 17 Continent (4)

19 Gold medal position (5)

20 Blastoff (6)

21 Garden hut (4) 23 Rhythm (4)

25 Pretext (6)

28 Portable sunshade (7)

29 Linked by family (7) 32 Warn of danger (5) 33 Helicopter part (5)

34 Insect’s ‘feeler’ (7) 37 West African country (7) 39 Completely daft (7) 41 Large wasp (6) 42 Rider’s boot spike (4) 44 Per individual (4) 46 Transpire, occur (6)

49 Belly (7)

50 Cigarette debris (3)

51 Pixie (3)

53 Layer of feathers (7)

55 List of contents (5)

56 Lift higher (5) 57 Visually explicit (7)

58 Unit of work energy (3)

60 Dried grass (3)

61 Soft toffee (7) 62 Physician (6)

64 Land cut off by water (4)

66 Depend (on) (4) 67 Quick peep (6) 70 Coarse seaside grit (7)

71 Indulge in too much food (7) 73 Nasser Hussain’s sport (7)

75 Synthetic fibre (5)

77 House made of snow (5)

79 Stylish (7)

81 Haggle (7)

84 Mutter (6)

85 Snug (4)

87 Aerial pollution (4) 89 Vinegary (6)

91 Gain points (5) 92 Pulped potatoes (4)

93 Angry (5)

95 Grossly fat (5) 97 Pavement edge (4)

98 Slumber (5)

99 Time for 1A to bask in the audience’s applause… (7, 4)

100 … and the takings indicating the financial success of a 7A (6, 5)

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1 Outdo (5) 2 Tournament prize (6)

3 Hostelry (3)

4 Weird, spooky (5) 5 Loyal, obedient (7)

6 Sore skin bubble (7) 8 Gradually wear away (5) 9 Apt, suitable (3) 10 Track athlete (6) 11 Rub out (5)

14 Living room (6) 18 Spray with a plastic bottle (6) 21 Part, portion (5) 22 Give up hope (7) 23 Poise, equilibrium (7) 24 Film’s title music (5)

26 See, view (5) 27 Platform (5) 30 Acting skill (5) 31 Worried look (5) 35 Sorceress (5)

36 The Sword in the —, animated Disney film about a young King Arthur (5) 38 Haughtiness (9) 40 Chewing gum flavour (9)

43 Canoe oars (7) 45 Chief city (7)

47 Young bird (5) 48 Particle of dust (5) 49 Droop (3)

50 Chopping tool (3) 52 Stephen —, celebrated former host of QI (3)

54 Adult elver (3) 59 Particle of rice (5) 60 Door fixture (5) 62 Male bee (5)

63 Upper atmosphere gas (5)

65 — English, accent somewhere between RP and Cockney (7) 66 Archives (7) 68 Classical language (5)

69 Arm joint (5) 72 Ancient remainder (5) 74 Hold on tightly (5)

76 Acid test paper (6)

78 Sheen (6)

80 Slow flow (7) 81 Obstacle (7) 82 Astrology twins (6) 83 Inventor’s copyright (6) 84 Imitate (5)

86 Odour (5)

88 New Zealand native (5)

90 Sugar lumps (5) 94 Joan of —, French heroine (3)

96 Large European deer (3)