Colossal Crossword

ACROSS

Pictures, snapshots… (11) … and a lens for non-digital close-ups (7, 4) Sore, abscess (5)

Speak (4)

Roadside accommodation (5)

16 Small oar (5)

17 Inert gas (4)

19 Little (5)

20 Honolulu’s state (6)

21 Cast off, lose hair, eg (4)

23 Ancient Scot (4)

25 Eat greedily (6)

28 — Castle,

royal residence (7)

29 Japanese

battered dish (7)

32 — Rooney, footballer (5)

33 The —, Dutch

seat of government (5)

34 Contain, incorporate (7)

37 Sourness (7)

39 Moscow native (7)

41 Like a —, Madonna hit (6)

42 Rabbit’s tail (4)

44 Level of a ship (4)

46 Gentle breeze (6)

49 Hermit (7)

50 — off, interrupt (3) 1 7

12 13 15

Powerful harbour vessel (3)

53 Made from clay (7)

55 A Passage to —, book (5)

56 Tropical palm (5)

57 Ground, landscape (7)

58 — ton, Chinese

dumpling (3)

60 Shake one’s finger, eg (3)

61 Income (7)

62 Ocean’s —, movie (6)

64 — Drake,

2005 drama (4)

66 — Me, Blondie no 1 (4)

67 Screenplay (6)

70 Supply, deposit (7)

71 Tree flowers (7)

73 Mask, conceal (7)

75 Building site machine (5)

77 Cloud of insects (5)

79 Spare player (7)

81 Wreck, ruin (7)

84 British drama series

starring Idris Elba (6)

85 Next —, neighbouring (4)

87 — Lake, ballet (4)

89 Knight’s protection (6)

91 Aristotle’s tutor (5)

92 Francisco —,

painter (4)

93 Moving parade display (5) 51 95 Paris underground (5)

97 Salve (4)

98 Booth (5)

99 Musical

arrangement (11)

100 Blown-up image (11)

DOWN

Sports field (5)

The —, Banjul’s country (6) Sister —,

1992 comedy (3)

Divide equally in two (5) Faint sign of hope? (7) Meditate (on) (7) Outdated, old-fashioned (5)

Debtor’s note (1, 1, 1)

Claim without proof (6) The Count of — Cristo, Alexandre Dumas text (5) Restrained, understated (3-3)

Stefan —, tennis icon (6) Calm, motionless (5)

22 Pudding (7)

23 Order (7)

24 Hackneyed, stale (5)

26 Swiftly descend (5)

27 European river (5)

30 — or reason, sense (5) 1 2 3

4 5 6 8

9 10 11

14

18 21

Thighbone (5)

Cravat with square ends (5)

36 Huge, vast (5)

38 Handheld

filming device (9)

40 Small computer

image (9)

43 Overlook or excuse

(bad behaviour) (7)

45 Cautious (7)

47 Deceptive

boxing move (5)

48 Neckwear (5)

49 Dreary undeviating

routine (3)

50 Raven’s cry (3)

52 Amusing quip (3)

54 — Guevara, Cuban

revolutionary leader (3)

59 — House Party,

1990s TV series (5)

60 Create by interlacing (5)

62 Upright (5)

63 Fix securely, lodge (5)

65 Fan, follower (7)

66 Noughts and —, game (7)

68 Musical by ABBA’S

Benny and Bjorn (5)

69 Whack, punch (5)

72 Quickness (5)

74 Coronate (5) 31 35 76 Disinterest (6)

78 — borealis,

northern lights (6)

80 Cry out in surprise (7)

81 Tooth care specialist (7)

82 Famed dog show (6)

83 Draped

skirtlike garment (6)

84 Rationale (5)

86 Surpass (5)

88 Pretty —, 1990 romcom (5)

90 Send payment via post (5)

94 Not at home (3)

96 — break, rest from work (3) Solutions in Monday’s

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