Giant Crossword ACROSS

1 Ruling (8)

5 Italian inventor and

physicist (7)

9 Steel __, 1989 film starring Julia Roberts and Dolly Parton (9)

14 Type of rice (5)

16 Leader articles (10)

23 Settings (6)

24 Half-moons (9)

25 Salad plant (7)

26 Greek letter (3)

27 Soldiers’ shout (6-3)

28 Delicate (4)

29 Timepiece (5,5)

30 Directed (7)

31 Prophet (4) 32 Destiny (6)

33 Neat (4)

34 Pilot (7)

37 Declare (5)

38 Kingdom (5)

39 Unit of weight (5)

40 Decisive serve in a tennis

match (5,5)

42 Constellation (5)

43 Someone illegally married

to more than one person (8) 48 Threesome (4)

49 Mexican salamander (7)

50 Facial features (8)

51 Playing card (3)

52 Infuriate (10)

53 Revolutionaries (6) 58 Nightwear (8)

61 Study of plants (6)

62 First course (7)

63 Root fabled to scream

when dug up (8)

65 Disincentives (10)

70 Revealing (10)

72 Assess wrongly (8)

73 Striped (7)

74 Something unlikely to

happen again (3-3)

75 Gemstone (8)

82 Noiseless (6)

83 Dead end (5,5)

85 Metal (3)

86 Individual

characteristics (8) 87 Jane __, NZ writer-director of The Piano and Top of the Lake (7)

88 Biblical character (4)

94 Supporter or follower (8) 95 Poison (5)

96 Deadlocks (10)

97 Devil (5)

98 Big cats (5)

99 Strainer (5)

103 Aimless person (7)

105 Attic (4)

106 Gambler (6)

108 Lead pellets (4)

109 Vegetable broth (3,4)

110 Serving of an alcoholic

spirit (5,5) 113 Notion (4)

114 Outdoor garments (9) 115 __ Boy, Only Fools and

Horses character (3) 116 Direct telephone link (7) 118 Position of control (5,4) 119 Fight (6)

120 Brawl (4-3-3)

121 Having a pleasant

flavour (5)

122 Beach seat (9)

123 Incident (7)

124 Accented (8)