Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Judging groups (6) 5 At a great distance (4) 8 Acid-alkali indicator (6) 10 Defender (8) 14 Lecturer (6) 16 Influence (5)
22 US state (8) 23 World’s highest mountain (7) 24 Timidity (7) 26 Unlimited (9) 27 Rock musical based on La bohème (4) 29 Insect (4)
30 Tool for cutting (3) 31 __ Hampshire, UK actress (5)
33 Taverns (4) 34 Temporality, impermanence (10) 35 Scope (5) 36 Sprint (4) 39 Pay a bill (6,2) 41 Easily remembered (6) 42 Sierra __, Spanish mountain range (6) 43 Merged (5) 45 Spoken accompaniment (10) 49 Circus tent (3,3) 51 Clothing (3-2) 54 Personalised (6-4) 55 Cadge, wheedle (8)
60 Convict (8) 62 Towed vehicle (7) 63 Mother (5) 64 Incident (5) 65 Peculiar (3)
68 Call for help (init.) (3) 69 Mythical Queen of Sparta (5) 71 __ Republic, European country (5) 72 Sloping typeface (7) 75 Guarantors (8) 80 Nitpicker, perfectionist (8) 82 Perfectly (10) 84 Edward __, English composer (5) 86 Land (6)
88 Full contingent or amount (10) 91 Nobody (2-3) 93 Large fleet (6) 95 Hang freely (6) 97 Tagged (8) 100 Body part (4) 102 Apparent (5) 103 During (10)
104 In a frenzy (4) 106 Having no money, informally (5) 109 Drink measure (3) 110 Encounter (4) 111 Fork prong (4) 112 Leading, captaining (2,7)
114 Sauce served with fish (7) 117 Restriction (7) 118 Degree from the equator (8) 119 Swiss singing effect (5) 120 Partitions made of shrubbery (6) 121 Cloth worn around the neck (8) 122 Eatable (6) 123 Yorkshire river (4) 124 Slander (6)
DOWN
2 Expression of regret (7) 3 __ Powell, UK antiimmigration politician (5) 4 Land along the coast (7) 6 Coast on a bike (9) 7 Coral ridges (5) 8 Yorkshire city (5) 9 __ and downs (3) 11 Numbered cube for games (3) 12 Flightless bird (3) 13 News (7) 14 Christopher __, late US Superman actor (5) 15 Conceptual (8) 17 Type of paper with evenly spaced horizontal markings (5)
18 Molars, e.g. (5) 19 The __, Agatha Christie play (9) 20 Song of praise (4) 21 European country (6) 25 Middle Eastern republic (5) 26 Indic language of Bangladesh and surrounding area (7) 28 Hatred (9) 32 Mesh (3)
33 Live in (7) 37 Knight’s title (3) 38 Writing instrument (6) 40 Leaves of paper (5) 41 Interrupt (3,2) 43 Public-facing (5-4) 44 Evade (5)
46 Greek letter (3) 47 Flow back (3) 48 Walking poles (6) 50 Umbrella (7) 52 Employ steady effort (9) 53 Make 102 Across (7) 54 Taint (7)
56 __ for, hoping for the success of (7) 57 Biological group (5) 58 Person who inherits something (4) 59 Boundary (5) 61 Depend (4) 66 Minister (6) 67 Hired (9) 70 Man-made fabric (5) 73 Schedule (6)
74 Check, reversal (7) 76 Effect a smooth transition (5) 77 Relating to the countryside (5) 78 Stamp-collecting (9) 79 Much __ About Nothing, Shakespeare play (3) 81 Hat (3)
83 Cut (7) 85 Desiring success (9) 87 Rousing (8) 89 Single (3) 90 Avoid (6) 92 Rower (7) 94 Shed hair (5) 96 Fossil fuel (3) 98 Voted in (7)
99 Liberty (7)
100 __ Styles, UK pop star (5) 101 Propel (5) 103 Nails (5) 105 Honey wine (4) 107 Instil (5) 108 Trunk (5) 110 Theme (5) 113 Biblical vessel (3) 115 Grass (3) 116 Finish (3)