Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
Natural conditions in which we all live… ( 11) … and the related study of long- term weather patterns ( 11) Sturdy metal fastening ( 5)
13 Brave ( 4)
15 Sweet sticky substance ( 5) 16 Membership emblem ( 5) 17 Boyfriend ( 4)
19 Traffic light colour ( 5)
20 Walk like a duck ( 6)
21 Cow’s mate ( 4)
23 Stiff paper ( 4)
25 Become invisible ( 6)
28 Festive wreath ( 7)
29 Gradual wear ( 7)
32 Ethical ( 5)
33 Amusement ( 5)
34 Point of view ( 7)
37 Announce ( 7)
39 Overshadowing
of the sun ( 7)
41 Fashionable ( 6)
42 Norse god of thunder ( 4) 44 Rubbish tip ( 4)
46 Deft ( 6)
49 Newspaper piece ( 7)
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12 50 Actor’s prompt ( 3)
51 Affirmative! ( 3)
53 Confused ( 7)
55 Ballroom dance ( 5)
56 Dishonest fellow ( 5)
57 Reuse
waste materials ( 7)
58 Space, opening ( 3)
60 Dried grass ( 3)
61 Italian rice dish ( 7)
62 Spending plan ( 6)
64 Concept ( 4)
66 Mend using
interweaving stitches ( 4) 67 Mighty, potent ( 6)
70 Unsurpassed, peerless ( 7) 71 Feast ( 7)
73 Salad leaf ( 7)
75 Hindu social class ( 5)
77 Demerara, eg ( 5)
79 Crumbly snack dunked in a cup of tea? ( 7) Ceremonial robes of royalty ( 7)
84 Hair across
the forehead ( 6)
85 Burden ( 4)
87 Mark as correct? ( 4)
89 Standard, average ( 6)
91 Bottomless chasm ( 5)
81 92 Major urban
settlement ( 4)
93 Stringed
instrument ( 5)
95 Rent, hire ( 5)
97 Mesh together snugly ( 4) 98 Judge’s hammer ( 5)
99 Power from
daylight… ( 5, 6)
100 … and less ecofriendly
resources ( 6, 5)
DOWN
Joint of the arm ( 5) Shellfish containing a pearl? ( 6)
Spoil, ruin ( 3)
Himalayan republic ( 5) Very tough gemstone ( 7) Income ( 7)
Star sign represented by the Scales ( 5)
9 Soft wet earth ( 3)
10 One dozen ( 6)
11 Childhood ( 5)
14 Book of accounts ( 6)
18 Magazine boss ( 6)
21 Cerebral organ ( 5)
22 Novice ( 7)
23 Packed, cramped ( 7)
24 Drily amusing ( 5) 1 2
3 4 5 6 8 26 Dapper ( 5)
27 Inundate ( 5)
30 Alter a law ( 5)
31 Play unfairly ( 5)
35 Tongue of fire ( 5)
36 Aerosol ( 5)
38 Poisonous agricultural
chemical ( 9)
40 Fouling of the 1 Across 43 Inhabited by ghosts ( 7)
45 Spanish showman paid to fight a 21 Across ( 7)
47 Gauge ( 5)
48 — board, nail file ( 5)
49 Ventilate ( 3)
50 Gearwheel ( 3)
52 Dome of
the heavens? ( 3)
54 Twosome ( 3)
59 Young pooch ( 5)
60 Hive product ( 5)
62 Shore ( 5)
63 Smouldering fragment ( 5) 65 Amaze ( 7)
66 Thrill, enchant ( 7)
68 Long lock of hair ( 5)
69 Angry look ( 5)
72 Feather pen ( 5)
74 Dense ( 5)
( 9) 76 Authoritarian, stern ( 6) 78 European language ( 6) 80 Harbour vessel ( 7)
81 Cockerel ( 7)
82 Save ( 6)
83 Illusory ( 6)
84 Concentrate ( 5)
86 Together ( with) ( 5)
88 Hut made of snow ( 5)
90 Flower after which a yoga
position is named ( 5)
94 Falsehood ( 3)
96 Donkey ( 3)
Solutions in Monday’s Irish Mirror