Giant Crossword
ACROSS
11 Act as an ally to (8)
12 Iconic small motor
vehicle (4)
13 Imitates (6)
14 Contrived (7)
18 Class of word (6)
19 Kept ready in a cask (2,3)
20 Mouse‑like mammal (5)
21 Aromatic herb (5)
22 Long hair on the neck of
an animal (4)
23 Inward feeling (5)
24 Begin (5)
25 Height (9)
27 Difficult to see through (6)
32 Sumptuous (8)
34 Arachnid (6)
35 UK’s largest employer
(inits)(3)
36 Informal word for
scientists (7)
39 Vehicles using public
roads (7)
42 Seasoning on crisps (4)
43 ___ sergeant major,
army rank (10)
45 Acid, tart (4)
47 Awry (5)
48 ___ Bruckner, composer (5)
49 Legume (4)
50 Sober in temperament (5)
51 Knife’s sharp part (5)
56 Curry variety (8)
58 Dilemma, poser (7)
60 Second most populous Welsh city (7)
___ Rodgers, Chic musician (4)
63 Single thing (4)
65 Shocks (7)
68 Ill‑fated (7)
70 Liquor drinks mixed with soft drinks (8) Person who acts for another (5)
Leg and foot joint (5) Later (4)
___ Andrews,
Mary Poppins star (5) 61 72
74 75 76 77 Football field (5)
82 Mimicked (4)
83 Fight arena (6,4)
84 Small seaside town in County Wicklow (4)
85 Pardoned (7)
87 Enlarged (7)
89 Small stake for securing tent ropes (3)
90 Incorporate or soak up (6)
93 Burst, pierce (8)
96 Most bizarre (6)
98 Caribbean percussion instrument (5,4)
99 Only venomous snake in Britain (5)
100 Step (on) (5)
105 Capital city of Norway (4)
107 Musical play (5)
108 ___ you, words said after a sneeze (5) Flexible (5)
Delay going to bed (4,2) Lifting, elevating (7) Banal phrase (6) Dark blue (4) Timetable, work plan (8) 109 110 111 112 113 114
DOWN
1 Cooling lotion (8)
2 Between Heaven and Hell (5)
3 Discreditable (8)
4 African mammal (5)
5 Become liquid (8)
6 Censure (7)
7 Munch (4)
8 Departments (8)
9 Classic detective game (6)
10 Heathland plant (4)
11 Symbol of office (5)
15 Set of kettledrums (7)
16 Hurricanes, typhoons (6)
17 Exercise room (3)
26 Switch on a radio (4,2)
28 Imprudent (judgement) (7)
29 Piece of foliage (4)
30 Obscurely (5)
31 Refuses alcohol (8) 33 Duty lists (5)
37 Strudel pastry (4)
38 Spiteful (4)
40 Make changes to (5)
41 Second‑longest river in Africa (5)
42 Be nosey (5)
44 Surplus (5)
45 Hairdresser’s place of work (5)
46 Fitness (6)
52 Musical instrument played sideways (5)
53 Ancient Scandinavian language (5)
54 Requested (5)
55 Move rhythmically (5)
57 Charged atomic particle (3)
59 Charted (6)
62 Circuit (3)
64 Imposed a levy on (5) 66 Taking possession of (8)
67 Italian city (5)
69 Home den (5)
70 Animated (5)
71 Water buckets (5)
73 Lay (7)
75 Distinctive flavour (4)
78 Alcoholic drink made from apples (5)
79 ___ Magwitch, Great Expectations character (4)
80 Sturdy shoe (6)
81 Team of Scouts (5)
86 Bamboo stem (4)
88 Burdensome (7)
89 Arousing sympathy (8)
91 Causing skin injury (8)
92 Studio flat, eg (6)
93 Make‑believe, sham (8)
94 Station at the end of a transport route (8) 95 Clung (7)
97 Spiky (6)
101 Less than a right angle (5)
102 Headed (3)
103 Fashion with a knife (5)
104 Woollen cloth (5)
106 Deck beam (4)
108 Baroque composer (4)