Giant Crossword
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1 Floor covering (6)
5 Employed (4)
8 Menace (6)
10 Spectator (8)
14 Poem (6)
16 Biblical king (5)
22 Not firm (8)
23 Branch of mathematics (7) 24 Greek mythical figure (7) 26 Spanish gentleman (9)
27 Italian wine (4)
29 Enquires (4)
30 __ Rose, US rock
musician (3)
31 Eighth letter of the Greek
alphabet (5) 2 Memory defect (7)
3 Trails (5)
4 Dramatic scene (7)
6 Celestial illumination (9) 7 Finger (5)
8 Furniture item (5)
9 Type of primate (3)
11 Wager (3)
12 __ Brydon, Welsh
comedian (3)
13 Lively music style (7) 14 Steep (5)
15 Middle of the day (8)
17 Type of flower (5)
18 Frock (5)
19 Menders (9) 33 Encounter (4)
34 NASA space shuttle (10) 35 English river (5)
36 Tears (4)
39 Complete, total (8)
41 Anxious (6)
42 Capital of the Bahamas (6) 43 Band (5)
45 Explosion (10)
49 Fast river currents (6)
51 Measuring device (5)
54 Act without delay (4,2,4) 55 Rural (8)
60 Extensive view (8)
62 Stray off subject (7)
63 Once every 24 hours (5) 20 Venerable __, saint (4)
21 Hurry (6)
25 Cricket competition between England and Australia (5)
26 Hues (7)
28 Many-legged creature (9) 32 Shinzo __, long-serving Japanese Prime Minister (3)
33 Condiment (7)
37 In favour of (3)
38 Bovine mammals (6)
40 Speed (5)
41 Extreme (5)
43 Respectability (9) 64 Watched secretly (5)
65 __ Lovelace, English
mathematician (3)
68 Rotating machinery part (3) 69 Mythical king who commissioned the labyrinth (5)
71 Arc (5)
72 Pot warmer (3,4)
75 Example (8)
80 Parades (8)
82 Space scientist (10)
84 Sing with rapid changes in
pitch (5)
86 Rula __, English actress (6) 88 Deviation from the norm (10) 44 Type of flat shoes (5) 46 Chinese concept of the natural course of the universe (3)
47 Mineral (3)
48 Open-air meal (6)
50 The Greatest __, 2017
Hugh Jackman film (7) 52 Put into new order (9) 53 Sirius (3,4)
54 Suddenly attack (4,3) 56 Surgeon’s knife (7)
57 Circular reef (5)
58 Metallic element (4)
59 Cuban dance (5)
61 Italian river (4) 91 Temporary drop in
standards (5)
93 Rue (6)
95 One forced to leave their
native country (6)
97 Strategic (8)
100 Of the ear (4)
102 Pacific kingdom (5)
103 Excellent (5-5)
104 Large bag (4)
106 Military officer ranked
above Captain (5)
109 Chart (3)
110 Feature on a ship for
extending the sail (4) 111 Required standard (4) 66 Sickly (6)
67 Oversights (9)
70 Plant fibre (5)
73 Negative terminals of
batteries (6)
74 Turkish veil (7)
76 Move stealthily (5)
77 Distribute (5)
78 Sappho or Horace, e.g. (5,4) 79 Zig and __, TV puppets (3) 81 Hearing organ (3)
83 Ethically (7)
85 Leading, steering (2,7)
87 Imperil (8)
89 Flying mammal (3)
90 Breathing disorder (6) 112 Study of the earth (9) 114 Avoid a need or
difficulty (7)
117 Famous waterfalls (7) 118 Sven-göran __, Swedish
football manager (8)
119 Guides (5)
120 Soul (6)
121 Fossil creature (8)
122 Wading birds (6)
123 Lather (4)
124 Metallic element (6) 92 Depict (7)
94 Enthusiasm (5)
96 Jewel (3)
98 Public sale (7)
99 Couple (7)
100 Liver, kidneys, etc. (5) 101 __ Atlas, David Mitchell
book and 2012 film (5) 103 Frozen dew (5)
105 Absent (4)
107 Type of trousers (5) 108 Streets (5)
110 Elementary (5)
113 Vegetable (3)
115 Animal doctor (3)
116 Day before (3)