Ayrshire Post

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Musical by Rogers and

Hammerstei­n (8)

5 Woods, Sörenstam etc. (7) 9 Motorway or A road (5,4) 14 Throws (5)

16 At close quarters (4-2-4) 23 Attractive (6)

24 Type of dog (9)

25 Rachel __, UK gardener

and TV presenter (2,5)

26 Biro (3)

27 Sorts (9)

28 Unusual (4)

29 People who dislike or

distrust foreign things (10)

DOWN

2 Message for overseas (3,6) 3 For the relief or correction of musculoske­letal complaints (11)

4 Cutting implement (6)

6 Belonging to us (4)

7 Arrow maker (8)

8 Restricted (10)

9 Type of curry (6)

10 Protrude (3)

11 Relieve of anxieties (8)

12 Michael __, former

footballer (4)

13 The __, 2006 Martin

Scorsese film (8) 30 Wind instrument (7)

31 Party-giver (4)

32 __ Break, US TV show (6) 33 Chess piece (4)

34 Orator (7)

37 Book of maps (5)

38 Excellence (5)

39 Ant (5)

40 Leisure clothes (10)

42 Our planet (5)

43 Wield (8)

48 Parched (4)

49 Gap, hole (7)

50 Open (to), inclined (8)

51 Faint (3) 14 Types of photorecep­tor

cells in the eye (5)

15 Oceans of the world (5,4) 17 Accustom (6)

18 Display cabinets (8)

19 Strict (4,3,4)

20 Scandinavi­an (5)

21 Officiatin­g priest (9)

22 Catastroph­es (9)

31 Lacking skill (8)

35 Design cut-out used for

copying (7)

36 & 45D Jamaican sprinter (5,4) 41 Arrive (4,2)

44 Italian Mrs (7) 52 Tables of useful

definition­s (10)

53 Alter (6)

58 Tutor (8)

61 Aviators (6)

62 __ Chastain, US actress (7) 63 Was plentiful (8)

65 Do something (4,6)

70 Freight vehicle (5,5)

72 Assisting (8)

73 Relating to pigs (7)

74 Division (6)

75 Continenta­l (8)

82 Moving higher (6)

83 Certainly (10) 45 See 36 Down

46 Inns (7)

47 US state (5)

54 Sarcophagu­s (4)

55 Shovel (5)

56 Desert (7)

57 South American

country (4)

59 Fell (7)

60 Giant (4)

64 Reflection of sound (4)

66 Simone __, US gymnast (5) 67 Sloping type (6)

68 Was frugal (8)

69 Place for stubs (3,4) 85 Healthy (3)

86 Extinct creature (8)

87 Knifed (7)

88 Song by The Kinks (4)

94 Mathematic­al operation (8) 95 Precious stone (5)

96 Exact duplicate (6,4)

97 UK teen drama TV show (5) 98 Grown-up (5)

99 Articles (5)

103 Exclamatio­n of

annoyance (7)

105 Eyot (4)

106 Take away (6)

108 Discover (4) 71 Area for receiving

visitors (7,4)

76 Impolite (4)

77 Trial (5,6)

78 Glowing beetles (9)

79 Secondary (5)

80 Going awry, failing (10)

81 Plentiful (9)

84 Puts up with (9)

89 Made of bonded sheets (9) 90 Predict (8)

91 Cross (8)

92 Mishap (8)

93 Roughness (8)

100 Nibbled (6) 109 Lived (7)

110 Teenager (10)

113 German masculine

name (4)

114 Spirit of the age, current

trend (9)

115 Knight’s title (3)

116 Resident (7)

118 Starting (9)

119 Inhalation (6)

120 Gymnasium item (10) 121 Biblical character (5) 122 Precise location (5,4) 123 Goose species (7)

124 Predicts (8) 101 Rue (6)

102 Part of a group (6) 104 External (5)

107 Disguises (5)

111 Notion (4)

112 Italian city (4)

117 Type of rabbit (3)

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