Giant Crossword

ACROSS

1 Harass (6)

5 Close friends (4)

8 Racehorse suited to

longer distances (6)

10 Confuse or agitate (8)

14 Important person,

informally (3,3)

16 Fight with swords (5)

22 Take issue (8)

23 __ Pursuit, popular board

game (7)

24 Alternative name for a

dolphin or orca (7)

26 Lizard (9)

27 Cooks in an oven (5)

29 Additional (4) 30 Stretch (3)

31 Simmers (5)

33 Drawn matches (4)

34 In advance (10)

35 Precipitation (5)

36 Hit at flies (4)

39 Stitch with thread (3)

40 Stammers (8)

42 Guarantee (6)

43 Stinging plant (6)

44 Water lily (5)

46 Not difficult, simple (10) 49 Strict (6)

51 Make ashamed (5)

54 Danish capital (10)

56 Fire raiser (8) 61 Magnificence (8)

63 Break (7)

64 Vibrate (5)

65 Portion, quota (5)

66 Hot beverage (3)

68 Leaf of a book (4)

70 Ride waves (4)

71 Before (3)

72 __ of Praise, long-running

BBC TV programme (5) 74 Spaghetti, e.g. (5)

75 Ship’s waiter (7)

78 Set of letters (8)

83 Witty retort (8)

85 Unfairly treated (4,4,2)

87 Gives out cards (5) 89 Single step (6)

91 Blowfly (10)

94 Runny mud (5)

96 Flings (6)

98 Nullify (6)

100 Proof (8)

102 __ South, 1990s TV series

starring Paul Gross (3)

104 Cutting tools (4)

106 Look or gaze fixedly (5) 107 Adjustment (10)

109 A __ of Two Cities,

Charles Dickens novel (4) 111 Satisfies fully (5)

114 Witch (3)

115 Squalid dwelling (4) 116 117 118 121 122 123

124 125 126 127 128

Challenged (5)

Native Australian (9)

Excel (7)

US city in Illinois (7) Cosmetic item (8) __ Caroline, 1971 Neil Diamond song (5)

Exit (6)

Tires out (8)

Kitchen appliance (6) Active and brisk (4) __ Berkoff, UK playwright and actor (6)