Ayrshire Post

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Extortiona­te money lender (6) 29 5 Fracas (5)

8 Utters words (6) 32 10 Finds refuge (8) 33 14 Breakwater (6) 34 16 Salvers (5) 35 21 Household (8) 38 22 Japanese island, host to a 40

large US Army base (7) 42 23 Dummy pill (7) 44 25 Translate (9) 46 26 Sour-tasting fruit (6) 48 27 Therefore (4) 51 28 __ Morgan, former 54 Leicester City and Jamaica 55 footballer (3)

Having a pleasant or sweet smell (8)

__ DeVito, US actor (5) Notion (4)

Cookers (5)

Unable to hear (4) Skilful (6)

Tower over (5) Lodging (13)

Of the nose (5)

Loud confused noise (10) Set alight (6) Spectre (7)

Type of pasta (10)

The __, 2006 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio (8) 59 Army chaplains (6)

60 Type of warship (9)

62 Walk tiredly or

reluctantl­y (7)

63 Leaven (5)

64 Puzzle (9)

67 Scold, informally (5,4) 69 Swiss currency (5)

71 Furniture item (7)

74 State (9)

77 Hamper (6)

78 Short joke (3-5)

81 Usually (10)

82 Distinct part (7)

84 Fashions (6)

87 Musical instrument (10) 90 __ Redmayne, Best Actor Oscar winner for The Theory of Everything in 2014 (5)

92 Black, hornless cattle

breed (8,5)

95 Thespian (5)

96 Very small (6)

98 Gail __, GB Olympic silver

medallist in badminton (4) 100 Scope or extent (5)

101 Police spy, informally (4) 102 Prose compositio­n (5)

104 Buttoned garment (8)

107 Carly __ Jepson, Canadian

singer (3) 109 Vend (4)

111 Group of seven (6)

112 Uncivilise­d (9)

114 Be watchful (4,3)

117 Enthusiast (7)

118 Spell of hot weather (4,4) 119 Harvests (5)

120 Capital of Saudi Arabia (6) 121 Stocky in build (8)

122 Descend by rope (6)

123 Civic leader (5)

124 Reach a destinatio­n (6)

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