Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Six feet of water (6)
5 Be clothed in (4)
8 Cigarettes, informally (6) 10 Learned (8)
14 Mythical creature (6)
16 Paved area (5)
22 1970s comedy series
starring Ronnie Barker (8) 23 Theme (7)
24 Ship wreckage (7)
26 Vicious person (9)
27 Jewelled headdress (5)
29 __ Glen, Games of Thrones’
Jorah Mormont (4)
30 Charged particle (3)
31 Snow house (5)
33 Grain store (4) 34 Booker-winning 1990
novel by A.S. Byatt (10)
35 Operators (5)
36 Food shop (abbr.) (4)
39 And not (3)
40 Sanctioned by an
authority (8)
42 Provoke (6)
43 Credence (6)
44 Street urchin (5)
46 Nonsense, informally (10) 49 Small cave (6)
51 Tear into small pieces (3,2) 54 Intentional (10)
56 Waver (8)
61 V for __, 2005 action
thriller (8) 63 Cafeteria (7)
64 Distinguished (5)
65 Enclose, confine (3,2)
66 After deductions (3)
68 Narrow wooded valley (4) 70 Manipulates
fraudulently (4)
71 Egg cells (3)
72 Single entities (5)
74 Carries (5)
75 Indicator (7)
78 Put into use, employ (8) 83 Fire raiser (8)
85 Analgesic drug (10)
87 Steals, informally (5)
89 Mr __, Justin Fletcher’s
children’s TV character (6)
91 Basis (10)
94 __ Underground, 1980 No.1 for The Jam (5) 96 Disguised (6) 98 Pertaining to words (6) 100 On the quiet (8) 102 Golf peg (3) 104 Nervous (4) 106 Statement of beliefs (5) 107 US state nicknamed ‘The Golden State’ (10) 109 Military force (4) 111 Desires or expectations (5) 114 __ Ferdinand, former Man United and England defender (3) 115 Simmer (4) 116 Slope (5)
117 Wrongdoer, villain (9) 118 Fruit (7)
121 Type of pasta (7)
122 Having perpetual life (8) 123 Taut or rigid (5)
124 Robinson Crusoe’s
companion (6)
125 Springs back (8)
126 Kidnap (6)
127 Very small, minute (4) 128 Formal discussion (6)
DOWN
2 Pear-shaped fruit (7)
3 Wading bird (5)
4 Torso (7)
6 Vitally important (9)
7 Synagogue minister (5) 8 Explosive projectile (5)
9 Pixie (3)
11 __ O’connor, UK
comedian and singer (3) 12 Pub game (5)
13 Radioactive element (7) 14 Condescend (5)
15 Proclaim (8)
17 Pungent, sharp (5)
18 African mammal (5)
19 Having therapeutic
properties (9) 20 __ Fielding, UK comedian
and Bake Off co-host (4) 21 Picture puzzle (6)
25 Native New Zealander (5) 26 Diffident (7)
28 Help out (4,1,4)
32 Mythical monster that features in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings (3)
33 Diabolic (7)
37 Star sign (3)
38 Soft (6)
39 Scolds constantly (4)
41 Sensational (5)
42 Enter (e.g. data) (5)
44 An intermediary (2-7)
45 Groove (5) 47 Permit (3)
48 Hi-fi (6)
50 Art of paper folding (7) 52 Toy (9)
53 Berry-bearing shrub (7) 54 Indicates (7)
55 To free (3)
57 Sleeveless vest (7)
58 Pacific island nation (5) 59 Little devils (4)
60 Discourage (5)
62 Revise (4)
67 Emotional shock (6)
69 Abridged (9)
73 Colloquial language (5) 74 Shade of brown (3)
76 Pictures (6) 77 Hold-up (7)
79 Surpass (5)
80 Is priced at (5)
81 Roman name for
Scotland (9)
82 Yield, give up (4)
84 Possess (3)
86 Young hare (7)
88 Musical instrument (9)
90 Knowledgeable (8)
92 Aged (3)
93 Upward path (6)
95 Badly brought up (3-4)
97 Mediterranean island (5) 99 Expression of contempt (3) 101 Wildly, informally (4,3)
103 Refined (7) 104 Expel or turn out (5) 105 High-pitched barks (5) 107 Easy or comfortable,
informally (5)
108 Talent (5)
110 Granite, for example (4) 112 Fulcrum (5)
113 Emerging plant (5)
115 Clean thoroughly (5) 119 __ Dragon, 2002 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins (3)
120 Computer key (3)