GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The __ Girl, 2015 Eddie Redmayne
film (6)
5 Substance with a ph less than 7 (4) 8 Postpone (3,3)
10 Extensive view (8)
14 Underground passage (6)
16 Group of eight (5)
22 Inclement sailing conditions (5,3)
23 Grassy plain (7)
24 Ordained (7)
26 Reverberation (9)
27 Plant commonly used for fibre
and seed (4)
29 Let it stand (4)
30 Hearing organ (3)
31 Up to now (2,3)
33 Possesses (4)
34 Explains (10)
35 Be on one’s knees (5)
36 Thin wooden strip (4)
39 Welsh town (8)
41 Looseness (6)
42 Battered prawns (6)
43 Portents (5)
45 Unfriendly or threatening (10)
49 Astronomical unit of distance (6)
51 Scuba enthusiast (5)
54 Etchings (10)
55 Ambassador (8)
60 Frame supporting a mattress (8)
62 Pillage (7)
63 __ Stardust, David Bowie
persona (5)
64 Projecting part of a joint (5)
65 Tug (3) 68 H. Rider Haggard novel (3)
69 Emanate (5)
71 Puss in __, traditional panto (5)
72 Overruns (7)
75 Fruit (8)
80 Submarine (8)
82 1998 disaster film with
Ben Affleck (10)
84 Irish town (5)
86 Capital of the UK (6)
88 One of four offspring (10)
91 Nigerian city (5)
93 French dance (6)
95 Plant-like symbiotic growth (6)
97 Michaela __, UK TV presenter (8)
100 __ Bagnold, UK author (4)
102 __ Starr, The Beatles’ drummer (5) 103 Pantomime character (10)
104 Accompanying (4)
106 Allotted (5)
109 Feel unwell (3)
110 Giant (4)
111 __ von Bismarck, Prussian
statesman (4)
112 Likings (9)
114 Offensive (7)
117 Antonio __, Italian composer (7)
118 Stretch of water between the UK and
Norway (5,3)
119 Town in Bedfordshire
with an airport (5)
120 Excessively puritanical people (6)
121 Practise (8)
122 Crystalline silica (6)
123 Beers (4)
124 __ 5, US band (6)
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2 Disciple (7)
3 Metal bar (5)
4 Cry of praise (7)
6 Intellectual property (9)
7 Stage performance (5)
8 Jaunty (5)
9 Provided food for (3)
11 Wonder (3)
12 Donkey (3)
13 Genuine (7)
14 Dispatches (5)
15 Sever (5,3)
17 Desert animal (5)
18 Molar (5)
19 Listen secretly (9)
20 Holy image (4)
21 Variety of capsicum (6)
25 Hard-wearing fabric (5) 26 Stinking (7)
28 Humiliating (9)
32 Levy (3)
33 Rock formation (7)
37 Number (3)
38 Agreement (6)
40 Intersections (5)
41 Embankment (5)
43 Fizzy drink (9)
44 Vision (5)
46 Couple (3)
47 Applicable, relevant (3)
48 Property (6)
50 Coins (7)
52 Wirelesses (5,4)
53 Gathering (7)
54 Continental landmass (7) 56 Unsuspected difficulty (7) 57 Lily __, UK singer-songwriter (5)
58 Insect (4)
59 __ Paul, US Breaking Bad actor (5)
61 Needle case (4)
66 Carriages (6)
67 Selling (9)
70 Register (5)
73 Pierre de __, French mathematician (6) 74 Servile (7)
76 Altercation (3-2)
77 Outgoings (5)
78 Crispy pig skin (9)
79 Writing fluid (3)
81 Finish (3)
83 The __, 2008 Keira Knightley film (7)
85 Adaptable (9)
87 Sharpened with an abrasive
material (8)
89 Vase for ashes (3)
90 Displace (6)
92 Lightweight cotton cloth (7)
94 Man-made fabric (5)
96 Type of meat (3)
98 Word puzzle (7)
99 Weapon (7)
100 Surpass (5)
101 As above (5)
103 Geometric solids (5)
105 __ Sikorsky, Us-russian aviation
engineer (4)
107 Carlos __, Argentine footballer (5)
108 Marshy area around a river’s mouth (5) 110 Alternative (5)
113 And not (3)
115 Of the item (3)
116 Flightless bird (3)