Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Roll of parchment (6)
5 Nails (5)
8 Long angry
denunciation (6)
10 Conclusive (8)
14 Actually (2,4)
16 Seize (5)
21 Small pieces of coloured
paper (8)
22 In name only (7)
23 Saying (7)
25 Annoy (9)
26 Whirled (6)
27 Low dam (4)
28 Hearing organ (3)
29 Scowling (8)
DOWN
2 Intestinal infection (7)
3 Tender (5)
4 Potentiality (7)
5 Stomach lining (5)
6 Singing voice (9)
7 Identical (4)
8 Relating to the pitch or
quality of sound (5)
9 Slight decline (3)
11 Peggy __, US jazz
singer (3)
12 Sprite (3)
13 Sun umbrella (7)
14 Picture (5)
15 Enemy (3)
17 Steep (5)
18 Twosomes (5) 32 Sacred book of Islam (5) 33 Small piece of land
surrounded by water (4)
34 Looks furtively (5)
35 Oil-extracting platforms (4) 38 Easily remembered (6)
40 Stock-clearance events (5) 42 Nocturnal guard (13)
44 An individual sea anemone
or coral (5)
46 Greenhouse (10)
48 Mythological gorgon (6)
51 Best (7)
54 Attractiveness (10)
55 Structure on the
tongue (5,3) 19 Max __, German
physicist (4)
20 Strains (6)
24 Sweeping tool (5)
25 __ Gershwin, US lyricist (3) 26 Recreate a past event (2-5) 30 Hairpiece (3)
31 Turn back (7)
34 Pins (4)
36 Fossil fuel (3)
37 Rare (6)
38 River in the Fens (3)
39 Routes (7)
40 Topic (7)
41 Exercise for the
stomach (3-2)
42 Wanderer (5) 59 Collection of crockery (3,3) 60 Romps (9)
62 The __, Shakespeare
work (7)
63 Boulders (5)
64 Cartoon filmmakers (9)
67 Now and then (9)
69 Characters of an ancient
alphabet (5)
71 Giaochino __, Italian
composer (7)
74 Run badly (9)
77 Cultivator (6)
78 Tutor (8)
81 Software creators (10)
82 Innocently (7) 43 Not once (5)
44 Law enforcers (9)
45 Italian foodstuff (5)
47 Single (3)
49 Expelled (7)
50 Try (7)
52 Tell an untruth (9)
53 Comments (7)
54 Framework (7)
56 Scrounger (7)
57 Murky (7)
58 Capital of Peru (4)
61 Hair-styling utensil (4)
65 Eternal (7)
66 Alcoholic drink (4,3)
68 Ledge (5)
70 Gertrude __, US author (5) 84 Concern (6)
87 Withdrawal (10)
90 Assembly (5)
92 Great courage (6,2,5)
95 Fires (5)
96 Reputation (6)
98 Of the ear (4)
100 Banish (5)
101 Drama (4)
102 Retake a test (5)
104 Joan __, UK TV and radio
presenter (8)
107 Label (3)
109 Placed (4)
111 Ranking (6)
112 Personal audio devices (9) 72 Eight-legged insect (6) 73 Stalemate (7)
75 Talent (5)
76 Regions (5)
79 Dog (3)
80 Barrier (7)
83 Sailor (9)
85 Lair (3)
86 Stake (4)
88 Consume (3)
89 Commendation (6)
91 Attains (7)
93 Horse controls (5)
94 Vision organ (3)
96 Less smooth (7)
97 Blow through pursed
lips (7) 114 The __, Cliff Richard’s
band (7)
117 Breastbone (7)
118 Non-believers (8)
119 Gowns (5)
120 Made to look guilty (6) 121 Removing submerged
material (8)
122 Medals, e.g. (6)
123 Squeeze between finger
and thumb (5)
124 Smelled awful (6) 98 Alternative (5)
99 Frasier __, US TV
character (5)
101 Peeled (5)
103 Greek goddess of the
dawn (3)
105 Soon (4)
106 Yorkshire city (5)
108 Chart (5)
109 French river (5)
110 Card game (4)
112 Type of tree (3)
113 Sign of agreement (3) 115 Girl’s name (3)
116 Hand tool (3)