Burton Mail

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Tantalises (6)

5 __ Murdoch, Anglo-irish

novelist (4)

8 Edges along (6)

10 Corridors (8)

15 Relating to the stars (6) 17 Oliver __, one half of a

popular comedy duo (5) 23 Without worry (8)

24 Garland (7)

25 Stadium (5)

26 Naval support forces (3,7) 27 Revokes (7)

29 __ Nash, UK singersong­writer (4)

30 Didn’t wake up in time (9) 32 Elm, for example (4)

DOWN

2 Flow (7)

3 __ Pinker, US psychologi­st and author (6)

4 Moral doubt (7)

6 Recited fluently (6,3)

7 Large bags (5)

8 Portion, quota (5)

9 Property salesman (6,5) 11 __ Adepitan, UK sportsman and presenter (3)

12 Endurance (7)

13 Diocese (3)

14 Spiritual

communicat­ions (7)

15 Mine shafts (5) 33 Appropriat­eness (10) 34 Animal of the giraffe

family (5)

35 Auction (4)

37 Harden (3)

38 Furthest back (8)

40 Social outcast (6)

41 Suave (6)

42 Containers (5)

44 Nudity (8)

47 Facial twitch (3)

49 Captain Hook’s

boatswain (4)

51 Unit of length (7)

54 Rebuke (9)

56 Aided (8)

58 Ships’ personnel (5) 16 Minor earthquake (6) 18 Top card (3)

19 Sycophants (3-3)

20 Supplies of aid or

support (9)

21 Gareth __, Wales

footballer (4)

22 Give up work (6)

26 Greek hero (7)

28 Shells (9)

31 Hill (3)

35 Oozes (5)

36 Vagrants (6)

37 Mediocre (2-2)

39 Conditions (5)

40 Sergei __, Soviet

composer (9) 60 Cutting instrument (8)

62 Goes to bed,

informally (5,2)

63 Portents (5)

64 Play part (5)

66 Unit of weight of silk (6) 68 Root vegetables (6)

69 Sudden fright (5)

71 Tusk material (5)

72 Yellowish finches (7)

75 Great skill (8)

77 Queen of __, Biblical

visitor to Solomon (5)

79 Wasted (8)

81 Former Nirvana drummer and founder of the US band Foo Fighters (4,5) 42 Rise in lawbreakin­g (5,4) 43 Stairs (5)

45 Pullover (7)

46 Spring back (6)

48 Joint successor (6)

50 Rebuke or scold (7)

52 Paul __, former Newcastle

and England footballer (9) 53 Sunshade (7)

54 Plot together (7)

55 German Shepherds (9)

57 Cut (7)

59 Trading (7)

61 Oddballs (6)

65 Meal (6)

67 Acropolis temple (9)

70 Fashions (5) 83 Captivate (7)

85 Pudding ingredient (4) 86 Female person or

animal (3)

87 People of rank and

importance (8)

89 Tennis shot (5)

91 Ancient Greek city (6) 93 Homeless dogs (6)

95 Talk (8)

97 Used to be (3)

102 Church recess (4)

103 Slant (5)

104 Deadlocks (10)

105 Semiprecio­us stone (4) 107 Officiatin­g priest (9) 110 Simple (4) 73 Plundered (6)

74 Leads the way (4,3,4)

76 Impassive person (5)

77 In North America, a

tram (9)

78 Diana __, UK actress and

singer (4)

80 Sharpened stick (5)

82 Fugitives (7)

84 Sound familiar, jog the

memory (4,1,4)

88 Drive away (6)

90 Harvesters (7)

92 Raise (7)

94 Curve (3)

96 Peaks (7)

98 Spartan (7) 111 Bundles of corn (7)

113 ”Possession is __ of the

law” (4-6)

115 Gemstone (5)

117 Once Upon a Time in __,

1984 Sergio Leone film (7) 118 Disturbed (8)

119 Massachuse­tts city famous for a series of trials in 1692-3 (5)

120 Prises (6)

121 Stole (8)

122 Kitchen tool used with a

mortar (6)

123 Tip up (4)

124 Card suit (6)

99 Bodies (6)

100 Member of the Jewish

faith (6)

101 Western US state (6) 104 Ranked competitor­s (5) 106 Mimicked (4)

108 French river (5)

109 Explosion (5)

112 Wonderment (3)

114 Gratuity (3)

116 Chopping tool (3)

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