GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Spain and Portugal (6)
5 Jules __, French novelist (5)
8 On fire (6)
10 Non-believers (8)
14 __ Hemingway, American author (6) 16 Recoiled (5)
21 More shiny (8)
22 Bristly growth (7)
23 Bird (7)
25 Spying (9)
26 Items of stationary (6)
27 Proud (4)
28 On My __, Les Misérables song (3) 29 Legible (8)
32 Moves briskly (5)
33 Young male horse (4)
34 Irritating (5)
35 __ Suvari, American actress (4)
38 Buries (6)
40 Milk drink (5)
42 Begin to improve or recover (4,3,6) 44 Nick (5)
46 Airily (10)
48 More beneficent (6)
51 Terse (7)
54 Timepiece (10)
55 Pillages (8)
59 Destiny (6)
60 Area in the Mediterranean (6,3)
62 Late part of the day (7)
63 Opens wide (5)
64 Marine creature (3,6)
67 Winter festival (9)
69 Ascend (5)
71 Facial feature (7) 74 Held out to take (9)
77 Head (informally) (6)
78 Continues (8)
81 Pads for sleeping on (10)
82 Gave up work (7)
84 Playground ride (6)
87 Cul-de-sac (5,5)
90 Abstains from eating (5)
92 Fellow soldier (7-2-4)
95 Type of dog (5)
96 Barrage (6)
98 Cease (4)
100 Articles (5)
101 Not false (4)
102 Agent (5)
104 Sealed (8)
107 Fossil fuel (3)
109 City in northeast England (4)
111 The Rolling __, British band (6) 112 Submissively (9)
114 Saying (7)
117 __ Reid, British journalist and TV
presenter (7)
118 Becomes horizontal (4,4)
119 Dairy product (5)
120 Thrifty (6)
121 Colour (3-5)
122 Do a favour for (6)
123 Each (5)
124 Adjourns (6)
DOWN
2 Good deal (7)
3 Shakespeare character (5)
4 Naive (7)
5 Star sign (5)
6 Bitter (9) 7 Large flightless birds (4)
8 __ Heard, American actress (5)
9 Stun, destroy (3)
11 As well (3)
12 Tree resin (3)
13 Person keeping watch (7)
14 Precise (5)
15 __ Bevan, former Labour politician (3) 17 Group of female attendants (5)
18 Stage performance (5)
19 Roald __, British author (4)
20 Competitor (6)
24 Sacred book of Islam (5)
25 Consume (3)
26 Fruit of a rosaceous plant (4-3)
30 Scottish town and river (3)
31 Spanning (7)
34 Jetty (4)
36 Zero (3)
37 Small tree (6)
38 Type (3)
39 Present within an area (7)
40 Cats (slang) (7)
41 John __, Hong Kong born fashion
designer (5)
42 Armoured vehicles (5)
43 Regretting (5)
44 Stationery item (9)
45 Chops roughly (5)
47 Assist (3)
49 Copy (7)
50 Gives back (7)
52 Instruments (9)
53 Unit of electrical conductance (7)
54 Gambled (7)
56 Releases (7)
57 Reproduction (7) 58 Jimmy __, British comedian (4)
61 Moniker (4)
65 Soviet military force (3,4)
66 Ignore (7)
68 Neckwear item (5)
70 Elementary (5)
72 Inspire affection (6)
73 Type of fastener (4,3)
75 Promises (5)
76 Forward (5)
79 Transgression (3)
80 Retailers (7)
83 Allot (9)
85 Large frying pan (3)
86 Affirmative voters (4)
88 River in France (3)
89 Places in line (6)
91 Pupil (7)
93 Confused situation (3-2)
94 Gear (3)
96 Stadium in Liverpool (7)
97 Persian cumin (7)
98 Impassive person (5)
99 Type of flatbread (5)
101 Sum (5)
103 __ Mears, English survival expert (3) 105 Frozen (4)
106 Sense (5)
108 __ Rooney, author of Normal People (5) 109 Sing in traditional style of Swiss
Alps (5)
110 A single time (4)
112 Type of dog (3)
113 Gratuity (3)
115 Poem (3)
116 __ the Builder, cartoon character (3)