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 U.S. 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, 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,
informal (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 Shrubbery partitions (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 __, 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 Ac. (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)