Giant Crossword

ACROSS

11 One of the oldest English cheeses (8) 12 Circular plate (4) 13 Quick look (6)

14 Skits, parodies (4‑3) 18 Sets firmly (into) (6) 19 Ancient Scandinavian (5) 20 Shock, startle (5) 21 Small weight (5) 22 ‘Doing’ word (4) 23 Channels (5) 24 Woody ___, US actor and director (5) 25 Acquiring (9) 27 Perceived, felt (6) 32 Woodwind instruments (8) 34 Found fault with constantly (6)

35 ___ Wanamaker, British actress (3) 36 Positioning (a car) (7) 39 Large dog (7) 42 Promotional ballyhoo (4) 43 Crawling (2,3,5)

45 Light horse‑drawn carriage (4)

47 Change to suit the circumstances (5) 48 Artificial (5) 49 High‑spirited (4) 50 Verve (5)

51 Forces, compels (5) 56 Legitimate object for attack (4,4)

58 Large public rooms (7) 60 Intense blaze (7) 61 Drains, weakens (4) 63 Similar (4) 65 Diplomatic mission (7) 68 Country bordering Hungary (7) 70 Bird‑watcher, familiarly (8)

72 Classic Epsom horse race (5) 74 Encourage (3,2) 75 Percolate (4)

76 Authority to act for another (5) 77 Child’s name for mother (5) 82 Gathering to watch over a dead person (4) 83 Toughens (10) 84 Young lady (4)

85 As it should be (7) 87 Greatest (7) 89 Drinking vessel or trophy (3)

90 More religious (6) 93 Pacified (8)

96 Items of value (6) 98 Expands on (9) 99 Cake’s sugar coating (5) 100 Pertaining to the kidneys (5)

105 Frozen princess (4) 107 Champagne glass (5) 108 Basic Italian food (5) 109 Foolish (5) 110 Strait‑laced (6) 111 Agrees, says yes (7) 112 Regarded (6) 113 Scandinavian god of thunder (4)

114 Still a minor (5‑3)

DOWN

1 Reminders (8)

2 The objects over there (5) 3 Tiny pellets (8) 4 Frogman (5)

5 Climb or move with difficulty (8)

6 Large lizards (7)

7 Show audacity (4)

8 Get something for nothing (8)

9 Alcove or adjournment (6) 10 Mast or boom on a ship (4) 11 Welsh name for Wales (5)

15 The ___ Code, Dan Brown bestseller (2,5) 16 Jacinda ___, former New Zealand PM (6)

17 Pub, hotel (3)

26 Spout of a hose (6)

28 Cut lines into (7)

29 ___ Collette, Knives

Out actress (4) 30 Country famous for its Pyramids (5)

31 Talk in a rage (8) 33 Intended, targeted (5) 37 Sudden demand by purchasers (4) 38 Weave wool on needles (4) 40 Wonderful (5)

41 Come away in slivers (5) 42 Hordes (5)

44 Bungle (your lines in a play) (5)

45 Serving receptacles (5) 46 Brave, valiant (6) 52 Cooks bread (5)

53 Tactics (5)

54 UK government bonds (5) 55 ___ Hood, Sherwood outlaw (5) 57 Short‑winged coastal bird (3) 59 Preserves, cures (6) 62 Pastry‑based dish (3) 64 Blue‑blooded (5) 66 Traditional Scottish instrument (8) 67 Bogus (5)

69 ___ showers, spring rains (5) 70 Noxious (5) 71 Grounds (5)

73 Goes by (7)

75 Look for (4)

78 Length measurement (5) 79 Motivate (4)

80 Set in motion (6) 81 Unbending, stiff (5) 86 Travelling salesmen (4) 88 Aristocracy (7)

89 Vied (8)

91 Hams it up! (8) 92 Narrate, declaim (6) 93 Tiresome and irritating (8) 94 Native of the United States (8)

95 Car flank away from the kerb (3,4) 97 Refuge, protection (6) 101 Walkway between pews (5) 102 Groove (3)

103 Item of cutlery (5) 104 Enemy agents (5)

106 Go the distance (4)

108 Gas compressor (4)