Black Country Bugle

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Cutting blades (8) 5 Unwanted item (4-3) 9 Stimulus (9) 14 Characteri­stic spirit (5) 16 Those who cross streets

recklessly (10) 23 Rigorous (6) 24 Connect, link (9) 25 Match (7) 26 __ Lee, Taiwanese film

director (3) 27 Tall and robust (9) 28 Jealousy (4) 29 Put down (10) 30 Takes small bites (7) 31 Crucifix (4)

DOWN

2 Large church (9) 3 Builder’s device (6,5) 4 Protest (6) 6 Soon (4) 7 2005 Stephenie Meyer

novel (8) 8 Scrounger (10) 9 Instil (6) 10 Sara __, UK DJ and TV

presenter (3) 11 Unstable and anxious (8) 12 Latin word, shorthand for ‘the same (as previously mentioned)’ (4) 32 Complete failure (6) 33 Paradise (4) 34 Siblings (7) 37 Quaintly amusing (5) 38 Gowns (5) 39 Muscular 80s cartoon

character (2-3) 40 Penalty (10) 42 Furious (5) 43 Autumn month (8) 48 Eastern European (4) 49 Hot chilli pepper

variety (7) 50 Big cats (8) 51 __ Stubbs, UK actress (3) 52 Declare sacred (10) 13 Tester (8) 14 Brims (5) 15 Accounts of the past (9) 17 Of mountains (6) 18 Vintner’s store (4,4) 19 Compulsion to steal (11) 20 Former British car

manufactur­er (5) 21 Congregate­d (9) 22 Expressing praise (9) 31 Tempestuou­s water (5,3) 35 Apart (7) 36 Northern European

river (5) 53 Instrument­al

compositio­n (6) 58 Boring (8) 61 Snub (6) 62 Branch of mathematic­s (7) 63 Connotatio­ns (8) 65 Sudden inspiratio­ns (10) 70 Whisks (10) 72 Doorway (8) 73 Extinct woolly elephant (7) 74 Representa­tive to bring

good luck (6) 75 Mechanical devices (8) 82 Showed sympathy (6) 83 Put out (10) 85 Cow sound (3) 41 Prickly (6) 44 Intense (7) 45 Berry-bearing palm (4) 46 Sloping typeface (7) 47 Strict (5) 54 Rotate (4) 55 Ecclesiast­ical

instrument (5) 56 Obstructiv­e

bureaucrac­y (3,4) 57 __ Ora, UK singer (4) 59 Jazz style (7) 60 Kernels (4) 64 Deep wound (4) 86 Ready (8) 87 Fortified wine (7) 88 Flow of water (4) 94 Migraine (8) 95 Old object (5) 96 The Lords, e.g. (5,5) 97 Sharp weapon (5) 98 Depart (5) 99 Explosion (5) 103 Reproducti­on (7) 105 __ Djalili, UK comedian (4) 106 Witty, sharp reply (6) 108 Epidermis (4) 109 Deserved (7) 110 Walker (10) 113 Stare at (4) 66 Agent (5) 67 Capital of the Bahamas (6) 68 Confine (8) 69 Remarkable (7) 71 Culs-de-sac (5,6) 76 Clothed (4) 77 Unbearable (11) 78 E.g. clock or watch (9) 79 __ Stewart, UK newsreader and presenter (5) 80 Houses, e.g. (10) 81 Excessive indulgence (9) 84 Not sure (9) 114 European body of

water (6,3) 115 Illness (3) 116 Corrective lenses (7) 118 Under hypnosis (2,1,6) 119 Nuns’ vestments (6) 120 Current (7-3) 121 Characters of an ancient

alphabet (5) 122 Keen-sighted (5-4) 123 Remaining (7) 124 Jewellery item (8) 89 90 91 92 93 100 101 102 104 107 111 112 117

Demolish (9) Bird (8) Hole (8) Furniture item (8) Insistentl­y (8) Moon of Uranus (6) Entertaine­d (6) Breathing disorder (6) Keen (5) Quarrels (5) Excitedly curious (4) Farm building (4) Secret agent (3)

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