Giant Crossword DOWN
ACROSS
1 Explosive charge (8)
5 Of the stomach (7)
9 Vitally important (9)
14 Presents (5)
16 In a roundabout way (10) 23 Sleazy, dishonest (6)
24 Small sausage (9)
25 Six-sided figure (7)
26 Animal doctor (3)
27 Tiny, informally (4-5)
28 Curved structure (4)
29 Sloppily (10)
30 Welsh town (7)
31 Wagers (4)
32 Grab (6)
33 Eyelid inflammation (4) 2 Deep love (9)
3 UK comedian who played the title role in 1981’s Arthur (6,5)
4 Certainly (6)
6 European mountain
range (4)
7 Abide (8)
8 Hand tool (10)
9 Dig up (6)
10 The protagonist’s number
in The Prisoner (3)
11 Pessimistic (8)
12 Taverns (4)
13 Light purple (8)
14 Gain access to (3,2) 34 Venetian boat (7)
37 City in Florida (5)
38 Tropical freshwater fish (5) 39 Abounds (5)
40 Providential (6-4)
42 Swoon (5)
43 Asian three-wheeled
vehicle (8)
48 __ The Woods, Sondheim
and Lapine musical (4)
49 Vocation (7)
50 Egg-based dish (8)
51 Employ (3)
52 One-sided (10)
53 Given to evasions,
artful (6) 15 Very alarming or
distressing (9)
17 Sounds (6)
18 Badges of office (8)
19 Secretive (11)
20 Provincial (5)
21 Stamp collecting (9)
22 Onlooker (9)
31 Short rest (8)
35 Serious in mind or
intention (7)
36 Acute anxiety (5)
41 Leather worker (6)
44 Feeler (7)
45 Type of jazz singing (4) 46 Coarse fabric (7) 58 Household (8)
61 Of the stars (6)
62 Fundamental nature (7) 63 Tries (8)
65 Colour-changing
lizards (10)
70 Discharges,
emissions (10)
72 Tectonic plate of the
northern hemisphere (8) 73 Result (7)
74 Riches (6)
75 Dutch liqueur (8)
82 African republic (6)
83 Military aircraft (4,6)
85 Frozen water (3) 47 Andrew __, late actor who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers (5)
54 Married German woman’s
title (4)
55 Happen (5)
56 Internal organ (7)
57 Among (4)
59 Function (7)
60 __ Banks, late Scottish
author (4)
64 Former Russian
emperor (4)
66 Out of condition (5)
67 Slumbering (6)
68 Really (8) 86 Formal meal (8)
87 Visual (7)
88 __ Wilson, Luther and
Jane Eyre actress (4)
94 Gents’ clothing (8)
95 Greenfly (5)
96 Minor misdeed (10)
97 Soup server (5)
98 Phase (5)
99 Valentino __, Italian multiple MotoGP World Champion (5)
103 Type of fruit (7)
105 Young salmon (4)
106 Protective cover (6)
108 Remain (4) 69 With difficulty (2,1,4) 71 Reconsidering, re
evaluating (11)
76 Unit of electric
potential (4)
77 Animators (11)
78 Frantic (9)
79 Atlantic, e.g. (5)
80 Butterfly (3,7)
81 Aprons (9)
84 Having therapeutic
properties (9)
89 Arturo __, Italian
conductor (9)
90 Fragrant fruit (8)
91 Profitable (8) 109 110 113
114 115 116 118 119
120
121 122 123 124
Order (7)
Level (10)
__ Bopara, former England cricketer (4) Instruction (9)
Total (3)
Predict, anticipate (7) Turncoats (9)
Largest country in the world (6)
Asian country whose capital is Dhaka (10) Spicy Indian dish (5) Cultivated flower (9) Erudite (7)
Murderer (8) 92 __ Pendleton, retired UK
cyclist (8)
93 Animal with antlers (8) 100 Distresses (6)
101 Conceal, cover (6)
102 The __, autonomous
region of Portugal (6) 104 UK rapper and activist, brother of Ms Dynamite (5)
107 Japanese dish (5)
111 Way off (4)
112 Satisfy fully (4)
117 __ generis, Latin phrase
meaning unique (3)