Giant Crossword

ACROSS

1 Cutting implement (8) 5 Flow of vehicles (7) 9 Write down observations (4,5) 14 Flower part (5) 16 Married couple (3,3,4) 23 Paid attention to (6) 24 System of social organisation (9) 25 Revokes (7) 26 Seed (3)

27 City in Alaska (9) 28 Neat (4) 29 Gymnasium item (10) 30 Katherine __, Welsh opera singer (7) 31 Domesticated (4) 32 Absentee (6)

DOWN

2 Closing down sale (9) 3 Type of rock (11) 4 Henchman to Goldfinger in the Bond film (6) 6 Italian capital (4) 7 Engine parts (3,5) 8 Residing temporarily (7,3) 9 Bird (6) 10 Short sleep (3) 11 Close shot (4,4) 12 Throw (4) 13 Better (8) 14 Shade of brown (5) 15 Fruit plants (4,5) 33 Edith __, French singer (4) 34 Waterfowl (7) 37 Lacking sense (5)

38 __ Callas, opera singer (5) 39 Slight hue (5) 40 Bulletin (4,6) 42 Top drawer (5) 43 Robots (8)

48 __ Dunham, American comedian and actress (4) 49 Whole number (7) 50 Pupils (8) 51 Konnie __, TV presenter (3) 52 Discord (10) 53 Exit a secure area of a web page or computer programme (3,3) 17 Floating (6) 18 Quarrel (8) 19 Saturated (11) 20 Sweet (5) 21 Public announcer (4,5) 22 Christian festival (9) 31 Pacts (8) 35 Sporting spear (7) 36 Biological group (5) 41 Groups of three (6) 44 Delineated (7) 45 Floor covering (4) 46 Joking (7) 47 Rubble (5) 58 Menacing glare (4,4) 61 Views (6) 62 Saturated (7) 63 Unnecessary (8) 65 Emphatic (10) 70 Objecting (10) 72 Moving very fast and out of control (8) 73 Sleeping area (7) 74 The Old Man and __ __, Hemingway novel (3,3) 75 Predicts (8) 82 Drifts (6)

83 Wed (3,3,4) 85 Sardonic (3) 86 Symbol of hospitality (4,4) 87 Funny (7) 54 Archaic word for ‘you’ (4) 55 Number (5) 56 Narrate (7) 57 Extinct bird (4) 59 Large ape (7) 60 Pledge (4) 64 Hotpot (4) 66 Mollusc (5) 67 Niche (6) 68 Offer (8) 69 Determination (7) 71 Conveyed (11) 76 Type of grain (4) 77 Type of medicine (11) 88 Go by (4) 94 Singing voice (8) 95 Beth __, American singersongwriter (5)

96 Put out (10) 97 Greek letter (5) 98 The __ UK, TV talent show (5) 99 Exams taken at sixteen (5) 103 Miserly curmudgeon (7) 105 Delicate fabric (4) 106 East Indian sailor (6) 108 Gemstone (4) 109 Apprentices (7) 110 Disorganised or unhappy (3,2,5)

113 Food rations (4) 114 Persevered (9) 78 Flight of steps (9) 79 Old woman (5) 80 Exaggerates (10) 81 Remainders (9) 84 Learned information (9) 89 Farthest back (9) 90 Delicate, heavenly (8) 91 Tied (8) 92 Uncertainty (8) 93 Limpet (8) 100 Parisian palace (6) 101 Type of light switch (6) 102 Scared (6) 104 Egyptian capital (5) 115 Very important person (init.) (3) 116 Childish fit of rage (7) 118 Genuinely (9) 119 South American river (6) 120 Possessing a friendly and helpful attitude (4,6) 121 Steep (5) 122 Animal disease (9) 123 Making a high-pitched sound (7) 124 Contemplate (8) 107 Cut (5)

111 __ Redding, American singer (4) 112 Star __, American sci-fi franchise (4) 117 Tear (3)