Giant Crossword
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)