‘American’ crossword

Across 1. Corrosive liquid (4)

5. Small woods (5)

9. Corn (5)

13. Amorphous mass (4)

17. Salad plant (6)

18. Irritated (7) 19. Microscopic marine organism (6) 20. Brews (4)

21. Young owl (5) 22. Underside of feet (5)

23. Pink Floyd album: The __ (4) 24. Chess piece (6)

26. Theft (7) 28. Three-legged stand (6) 30. Compass direction (4) 32. Staggers (5)

33. Campus bigwig (4) 34. Dampness (8)

37. Legolas, e.g. (3)

38. Housing loan (8)

41. Fishing net (5)

43. Game played on a green (5) 44. Touched (4)

47. A long time (5)

49. Wit to convey scorn (5)

50. Fizzy drink (4)

52. Looser (5)

54. Little rascal (5)

56. Cold (3)

57. Bed linen (5)

58. Reddish brown (6)

60. From the Emerald Isle (5) 62. Puddinglike dessert (6) 63. Brawl (4)

64. Seaweed (5)

65. In printing, a type family (4) 66. Measuring time (6)

68. Capital of Japan (5) 70. Sharp-tasting (6)

73. Tops of houses (5)

74. Pair (3)

75. Asp, e.g. (5)

78. Copy (5)

79. ‘The one and ___’ (4) 80. Annuls (5)

81. Swipes (5) 83. Terminates (4)

84. Grassy areas (5) 86. Substance derived from ethane (5) 88. Mythological Greek hero (8) 91. Dandy (3)

93. Full, loud and deep (8) 96. Waterless (4)

97. Plait (5)

99. Painful (4)

100. Divided up (6)

102. Of slight build (7)

104. Alloy of tin and lead (6) 107. Animal den (4)

108. Bone in the ear (5) 109. Adhesives (5)

110. Wander (4)

111. Nearly (6)

112. Records (7)

113. Pictures (6)

114. Exam (4)

115. Hooligan (5)

116. Crows’ homes (5)

117. Breathe hard (4)

Down

1. Resident of Iran, Iraq or Kuwait (4) 2. Coarse, bright cotton fabric (6) 3. Caesar’s unlucky day (4) 4. Saucers (6)

5. Chinese dish (4,4)

6. Lose beauty (4)

7. Creep (5)

8. First dish of a meal (6)

9. Me, ____ and I (6) 10. Immeasurably long time (5) 11. Lazily (4)

12. Lying to the opposite of west (8) 13. Lowering the head (6) 14. Jump (4) 15. Rectangular (6)

16. Hairless (4)

25. Horse food (4)

27. Prison room (4)

29. Rodents (4)

31. Attempts (5)

33. Soft (5)

34. Botches (5)

35. Person who does no work (5) 36. Perform as if in a play (5) 38. Scrounge (5)

39. Plants of the lily family (5) 40. Uplift (5)

42. Period in history (3)

43. Lively (5)

45. Wearing away (7)

46. Scare (7)

48. Smug look (5) 50. Badminton missile (7)

51. Drop (7)

53. Rules (5)

55. Hopes for (5)

57. Cartoon hedgehog (5)

59. Piece of firewood (3) 61. Computer symbols (5) 62. Disorderly crowd of people (3) 64. Forest (5)

66. A mutual promise to marry (5) 67. Grinding tooth (5)

68. Babies born at the same time (5) 69. Three-handed card game (5) 71. Lone Ranger’s helper (5) 72. Takes a break (5)

74. Dragged behind (5)

76. Wonder (3)

77. Principles (5)

80. Legitimacy (8)

82. Summary of the main points (8) 84. Bait (4)

85. Whinge (4)

87. Knowledge gained through tradition (4)

89. Breathe out (6)

90. Orange vegetable (6)

91. Wall painting (6)

92. Artificial language (6)

94. Cover again (6)

95. Odd (6)

97. Promotional statement (5)

98. Dig (5) 100. Bed board (4) 101. Goals (4) 102. Surface of a healing wound (4) 103. Regrets (4) 105. Ancient Greek clothing (4) 106. Relax (4)