Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Harass (6)
5 Close friends (4)
8 Racehorse suited to longer distances (6)
10 Confuse or agitate (8)
14 Important person, informally (3,3)
16 Fight with swords (5)
22 Take issue (8)
23 __ Pursuit, popular board game (7)
24 Alternative name for a dolphin or orca (7)
26 Lizard (9)
27 Cooks in an oven (5)
29 Additional (4)
30 Stretch (3)
31 Simmers (5)
33 Drawn matches (4)
34 In advance (10)
35 Precipitation (5)
36 Hit at flies (4)
39 Stitch with thread (3)
40 Stammers (8)
42 Guarantee (6)
43 Stinging plant (6)
44 Water lily (5)
46 Not difficult, simple (10)
49 Strict (6)
51 Make ashamed (5)
54 Danish capital (10)
56 Fire raiser (8)
61 Magnificence (8)
63 Break (7)
64 Vibrate (5)
65 Portion, quota (5)
66 Hot beverage (3)
68 Leaf of a book (4)
70 Ride waves (4)
71 Before (3)
72 __ of Praise, long-running BBC TV programme (5)
74 Spaghetti, e.g. (5)
75 Ship’s waiter (7)
78 Set of letters (8)
83 Witty retort (8)
85 Unfairly treated (4,4,2)
87 Gives out cards (5)
89 Single step (6)
91 Blowfly (10)
94 Runny mud (5)
96 Flings (6)
98 Nullify (6)
100 Proof (8)
102 __ South, 1990s TV series starring Paul Gross (3)
104 Cutting tools (4)
106 Look or gaze fixedly (5)
107 Adjustment (10)
109 A __ of Two Cities,
Charles Dickens novel (4)
111 Satisfies fully (5)
114 Witch (3)
115 Squalid dwelling (4)
116 Challenged (5)
117 Native Australian (9)
118 Excel (7)
121 US city in Illinois (7)
122 Cosmetic item (8)
123 __ Caroline, 1971 Neil Diamond song (5)
124 Exit (6)
125 Tires out (8)
126 Kitchen appliance (6)
127 Active and brisk (4)
128 __ Berkoff, UK playwright and actor (6)
DOWN
2 Fatty (7)
3 Not fresh (5)
4 Serious in mind or intention (7)
6 In control (2,3,4)
7 Moves (5)
8 __ Milligan, Uk-irish comedian noted for Puckoon and The Goon Show (5)
9 Ovum (3)
11 Pinch (3)
12 Make happy, exhilarate (5)
13 Refined (7)
14 Bring up (5)
15 Violent criminal (8)
17 Water jugs (5)
18 Showy display (5)
19 School punishment (9)
20 Detest (4)
21 Bovine mammals (6)
25 Item of bedlinen (5)
26 Shut completely (5,2)
28 Turncoats (9)
32 Knight’s title (3)
33 Ties up (7)
37 Atmosphere (3)
38 Blue __, 1986 film directed by David Lynch (6)
39 Cummerbund (4)
41 Tarnish (5)
42 Satisfy (5)
44 Help (4,1,4)
45 Prophets (5)
47 Unit of weight (3)
48 Edict (6)
50 Component (7)
52 Astrological prediction (9)
53 Gossip (7)
54 Pirate (7)
55 Playing card (3)
57 Stitches (7)
58 Harsh or severe (5)
59 Jest or joke (4)
60 Measure, estimate (5)
62 Skating enclosure (4)
67 On dry land (6)
69 Vitally important (9)
73 Exchanges (5)
74 Notebook (3)
76 Tooth covering (6)
77 Bishop’s district (7)
79 Carpenter’s tool (5)
80 Gangway (5)
81 Trouble persistently (9)
82 Narrow wooded valley (4)
84 Hand tool (3)
86 Allow (7)
88 Person living next door (9)
90 Demote (8)
92 __ Seydoux, French
actress in Spectre (3)
93 Expelled (6)
95 European language (7)
97 Openings for coins (5)
99 Donkey (3)
101 Store of money (7)
103 Small four-stringed guitar (7)
104 Auctions (5)
105 Climb up (5)
107 Minute particles (5)
108 Clan (5)
110 Unfortunately (4)
112 Strong string (5)
113 Horoscope (5)
115 Set (5)
119 Groove (3)
120 __ Loves You, 1963
Beatles classic (3)