Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 Urge or admonish Highlander, eg (4) earnestly (6) Supervise, run (6)
Squalid political Underground goings‑on (6) burial place (8)
14 Place side by side (9) 80 Breathe life into (7)
16 In those times (4) 82 Proclamations (6)
18 Wages (8) 83 Engine noise (4)
19 Caustic ridicule (7) 85 Branch of
20 Small acrobatic songbird (3) mathematics (7)
21 City in Illinois (7) 87 Highland Games pole (5) 22 Comfortable (5) 89 Being given good meals
regularly (4,3)
23 Most cheerless (8)
91 Compactness (7)
25 Varnished (9)
96 Pudding material
27 Famous Spanish artist (4) obtained from palms (4) 29 Of sight (7) 98 Spooky (9)
31 Building that is 100Promoted and sold (8) unpleasant to view (7)
101 Christmas shrub (5)
33 North American elk (5)
104Predictor (7)
35 Beforehand (7)
106Speak ___ of, criticise (3)
39 Tea‑making vessels (4)
107 Roaming loose (2,5)
41 Form of industrial action in which work is delayed 109Amusing (8) on purpose (2‑4) 110 Change of direction (4)
44 Brown plant washed up 111 Guardroom (9)
on the beach (7) 112 Downgrade (6)
45 Regard as a role model (4,2,2) 113 Develop into (6)
48 Bond, unite (6)
DOWN
49 Soft white French cheese (4)
1 ‘Seen this before’
50 Phrase used to feeling (4,2) request justice (5,4)
China’s chief industrial Struck with the flat and commercial city (8) of the hand (7)
3 Fetch (5)
56 Daughter of Prince Harry
and Meghan Markle (7) 4 List of technical words (8) 58 Steve 5 Famous 1960s rock
McQueen POW film (5) musical (4)
59 Fashioning (7) 6 Pour into another
container (6)
60 JR Ewing’s city (6)
7 Mysteriously foreign (6)
62 Mend shoes, or rounded
paving stone (6) 8 Displays of petulance (8) 64 Raises the price after 9 Abominable Snowman (4)
accepting an offer (7) 10 Choke (8)
67 Bulbous root (5) 11 Serious criminal offence (6) 69 Remunerate too highly (7) 14 Unwanted household
71 Totally different (1,3,3) goods (6)
73 Thickening agent Academy Awards (6)
used in cooking (9) Hymn (5) 13 52 74 75 78 2 15 17 24 ___ Grinstead,
Sussex town (4)
26 Long‑running
adversary (5)
28 Instructed (6)
30 Food reduced to a mash (5)
32 Perform (an event)
again (2‑5)
34 All Bar ___, pub chain (3)
36 Humming sound (5)
37 Rotates (6)
38 Infant’s bed (3)
40 Magical incantation (5)
42 Deliberate damage to
cause disruption (8)
43 Due (5)
46 Of punishment (5)
47 Stereo equipment (2‑2)
51 Food served alight (6)
53 Vicar in the army (5) 54 Official language of 84 Disparaging remark (4)
Austria (6) 86 Maturing (8)
55 Religious sceptic (8) 88 Closely sealed (8)
56 Powder room (3) 90 At the ___ hour,
57 Aural (2,3) in the nick of time (8)
61 Never mind which (3) 92 Car display area (8)
63 Soft flat hat (5) 93 Lament (6)
65 Adjustable telephoto lens (4) 94 Spin fast (6)
66 Very serious (6) 95 Asian city containing
67 Fund‑holder (7) the Red Fort (5)
68 Competed at speed (5) 97 Keenness, zeal (6)
70 Feeling of anxiety or fear (5) 99 Inert gas used in
balloons (6)
72 Relating to the most important part (5) 100Tune, song (6)
Gather together (a group) (6) 102 Ralph ___,
US fashion designer (6) Emaciated (5)
103 ___ Riley, US actress Devilish sprite (3) and singer (5)
Greek tourist island (5) 105___ area, danger zone (2‑2) Word indicating a 108Frolic (4) maiden name (3) 75 76 77 79 81