GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fired clay block (5)
4 Irrelevant (6,3,5)
11 Alleyway between seats (5)
14 Vegetable (5)
15 Tame (11)
16 Of sailors, ships (8)
19 Cheat of money, possessions (7) 20 Decorative (5) 21 Medieval scientist (9) 24 Stringlike pasta (9) 26 Parody (4-2)
27 Set oneself against (6) 31 Climb (5)
32 Make restless (8) 34 Audacity, nerve (10)
39 Accompany (6)
40 Biased (6) 42 Spectacles (7) 45 Remiss (10)
50 Carve (7)
54 Paddles (4)
55 Cure-all (6)
56 Writing instrument (6) 57 Italian composer (7) 60 Masked gathering (10) 61 Without making a sound (8) 62 Volunteer (5) 65 Ecclesiastics (6) 66 Begrimed (6)
67 Flawed (9)
72 Muck about unproductively (5,4)
73 Bed cover (5)
74 Let down (7) 79 Popeye’s girlfriend (5,3) 80 Besottedness (11) 81 Muzzle (5)
82 Weary (5)
DOWN
2 Fame (6)
3 Comic (5)
5 Famous English school (4) 6 Not precise (7) 7 Tempt (6)
8 German wine (4) 9 Peevishly irritable (8) 10 Shock (6) 11 Disinfectant (10) 12 Unwell (4) 13 Broaden (7) 17 Wooden shoes (5) 18 Pensive (10)
22 Denim trousers (5) 23 Weather prediction (8) 25 Split up (anag) (7) 26 Habitual doubter (7) 28 Doodle (6)
29 Amble (6)
30 Book, play evaluation (6) 33 Come afterwards (5)
! 36 Remedy (4)
37 Bight (4)
42 Murk (5) 43 Apprehended (8) 44 Remuneration (6) 45 Neighbouring (4,4,2) 46 Apparel (4)
47 Open (7)
48 Knot (6)
49 Workers’ organisation (5) 51 Inheritor (4)
52 Street movement (7) 53 Account book (6) 58 Rush forward as a crowd (5,5)
59 Icy rain (5) 63 Spanish dance (8) 64 Frequently (5) 65 Console (7)
68 Home guard (7) 69 Tenacious type (6) 70 Residential district (6) 71 Hit (6)
75 Meal (5)
76 Wharf (4)
77 Unclad (4) 85 Try very hard to think of something (4,4,6) 92 Agitate (5)
95 Speed at sea (5) 96 Laundry clips (7-4) 97 Court writ (8) 100 Deprived of food (7)
101 Tot (5)
102 Extra (9)
105 Of greatest importance (9) 107 Pet bird (6)
108 Meal outdoors (6) 112 Colour up (5) 115 Beat about the bush (10) 119 Surrounded by (7) 120 High regard (6) 121 Slender, frail-looking (6) 122 Horse breeding farm (4) 123 Debar (7)
126 Below (10)
131 Passed on (7)
135 Hook (4) 136 Suppurate (6) 137 Smother (6) 138 Curving outline (7) 141 Place visited by Alice (10) 142 Non-inclusion (8) 143 Footwear (5)
146 Bawdy (6) 147 Consented (6) 148 Laboratory worker (9) 153 Packaging material (9) 154 Gold coin (5)
155 Red colour (7) 160 Pictured (8) 161 Mathematical exercise (11) 162 Clan (5) 163 Consumed (5) 164 Vacillate in one’s opinions, loyalties (4,3,3,4)
165 Soft hat (5) 78 Ripped (4)
83 Light (6)
84 Go in (5)
86 Wheel shaft (4) 87 Cookhouse (7) 88 Sewing instrument (6) 89 Drinks cautiously (4) 90 Murder of a king (8) 91 Flatten (6) 92 Overseer (10) 93 Region (4)
94 Flexible (7) 98 Initiated (5)
99 Give up (10) 103 Implements (5)
104 Foot soldiers (8) 106 English football club (7) 107 Roading material (7) 109 Peak (6)
110 Plot (6)
111 Further up (6)
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116 Over (5)
117 Second-hand (4)
118 Continent (4)
123 Nudge (5)
124 Encrusts (anag) (8)
125 Uniformly (6)
126 Planning mischief (2,2,2,4)
127 Highlander’s dagger (4)
128 Answer (7)
129 Cure-all (6)
130 Parables (5)
132 God of love (4)
133 Deeds (7)
134 Fairness (6)
139 Ordinance (10)
140 Perforated (5)
144 Rebuke, censure (8)
145 Fixed gaze (5)
146 Matter of course (7)
149 Tumultuous (7) %&'# *
151 Irish city (6)
152 Twofold (6)
156 Combine (5)
157 Desire (4)
158 North Briton (4)
159 Black fuel (4)