Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Crockery item for 9
Down (3,3)
5 Horrid (5)
8 Young female cow (6) 10 Stir-fried noodles (4,4) 14 Liturgical celebration starting four Sundays before Christmas (6)
16 Biblical song (5)
21 US river flowing through
the Grand Canyon (8) 22 Candidate (7)
23 Large ship (7)
25 Deport (9)
26 Area or portion (6)
27 Russian ruler (4)
28 Age (3)
DOWN
2 Curmudgeon (7)
3 Group of singers (5)
4 Spiritual
communications (7)
5 Love (5)
6 Wonderful (9)
7 Lighting device (4)
8 Guess (5)
9 Ovum (3)
11 Shade (3)
12 Mesh (3)
13 Stopping (7)
14 Nimble (5)
15 Contend (3)
17 Shawl (5)
18 Food of the Israelites (5) 19 Deer (4)
20 Mythical flier (6) 29 Despairing or inept (8) 32 Command (5)
33 Edible grains (4)
34 Step (5)
35 __ Fitzgerald, US
singer (4)
38 Mistakes (6)
40 Absurd act (5)
42 Unacceptable (6,3,4) 44 Deduction (5)
46 Hostility (10)
48 Part of the foot (6)
51 Farewell (7)
54 Disease (10)
55 Luxury (8)
59 Variant of a chemical
compound (6) 24 Marilyn Monroe’s birth
name (5)
25 Before (3)
26 Hair-cleaning agent (7) 30 Type of thin wooden
board (3)
31 In days of yore (4,3) 34 Halt (4)
36 Star sign (3)
37 Decimal measurement
system (6)
38 Biblical judge (3)
39 Best (7)
40 One more (7)
41 Greek island (5)
42 Nativity (5)
43 Artist’s support (5)
44 English city (9) 60 Good luck symbol (9) 62 Person in position of
authority (7)
63 Vegetables (5)
64 Hatred (9)
67 Has doubts about (9) 69 Shaping machine (5) 71 Breathing hole (7)
74 Brass musician (9) 77 Spoke (6)
78 Place of business (8) 81 Type of biscuits (6,4) 82 Exchanges of play in
tennis (7)
84 Lunatic (6)
87 Garden tools (10)
90 Tests (5)
45 Hot drink (5)
47 Definite article (3)
49 More unpleasant (7)
50 Expressions (7)
52 Invalidates, reverses (9) 53 Protects (7)
54 Depict (7)
56 School children’s
clothes (7)
57 Intestinal infection (7) 58 Uprising (4)
61 Trick (4)
65 Rower (7)
66 Hankered after (7)
68 Furniture set (5)
70 Furnish (5)
72 Portions (6)
73 Relating to the sides (7) 92 Manifest of travellers (9,4) 95 __ Boyle, UK singer (5)
96 Bereaved wives (6)
98 Hollow, dimple (4)
100 False identity (5)
101 Reject (4)
102 Backbone (5)
104 Force, aggression (8)
107 Tree (3)
109 Bowl (4)
111 Reflexive form of ‘it’ (6) 112 Former name for the
Kingdom of Eswatini (9) 114 Piece of writing (7)
117 Took away (7)
118 Escapes (4,4)
119 Open (5) 75 Dark (5)
76 Pangs (5)
79 Males (3)
80 Ceremonial county official
in the UK (7)
83 Stocking support (9)
85 Type of lettuce (3)
86 Enquires (4)
88 Wonder (3)
89 Wild ass (6)
91 Female relatives (7)
93 Father Christmas (5)
94 __ Hislop, journalist and
presenter (3)
96 Blow through pursed
lips (7)
97 Drunken festivity (7)
98 Australian dog (5) 120 Breakfast item (6) 121 Degree-holder (8) 122 Carpenter (6)
123 __ Goldfinger, James
Bond villain (5)
124 Make possible (6)
99 Teacher (5)
101 Slow speech (5)
103 Fleshy underpart of
animal’s foot (3)
105 Unit of length (4)
106 __ Fudd, cartoon
character (5)
108 Sorcery (5)
109 Stage performance (5) 110 Middle layer of the eye
containing the iris (4) 112 __ Perkins, UK comedian
and presenter (3)
113 __ Lee, Taiwanese film
director (3)
115 Drink measure (3)
116 Self (3)