Colossal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Flat fried cakes of minced meat served in buns... (11) 7 ... and the skinny chips often served with them (6, 5) 12 Collision (5) 13 Fizzy beverage (4) 15 Half note

(in music) (5) 16 Sudden frenzy (5) 17 Manufacture (4) 19 Book of maps (5) 20 Spiky desert plant (6) 21 Toy on a string (2-2) 23 Legend (4) 25 Anticipate (6) 28 Stitched with a thick lining (7) 29 Talk about (7)

32 Set, group (5) 33 Scout leader (5) 34 Form of mathematics (7) 37 Nonbeliever (7) 39 Old Spanish treasure ship (7) 41 Ideas, concepts (6) 42 Surrender, or transfer (4) 44 Aquatic bird (4) 46 Pure, innocent (6) 49 Spanish pork sausage (7) 50 Donkey (3) 51 Dim —, Asian appetiser (3) 53 Lacking imagination (7) 55 Unit of currency in Iraq (5) 56 Express a view (5)

57 Row of joined houses (7) 58 Handy advice (3) 60 Overweight (3) 61 Noisy blunder? (7) 62 The Day of the —, book (6)

64 — down, resign (4) 66 Remove skin from (a fruit) (4) 67 Bloodsucking African fly (6) 70 Small Hawaiian guitar (7) 71 Previously (7) 73 Gesturing assent (7) 75 Defame (5) 77 Greta —, star of classic Hollywood (5) 79 Ebenezer —, Dickensian miser (7) 81 Swooned (7) 84 Dairy spread (6) 85 Support for sails (4) 87 — Diamond, singer (4)

89 Help to recall (6) 91 Cream tea accompaniment? (5) 92 Distinctive air (4) 93 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 95 As above, the same (5) 97 Successor (4) 98 Group of sheep (5) 99 Soup with vegetables and pearl barley (6, 5) 100 East End fish dish (7, 4)

DOWN

1 Simple (5) 2 Greatest possible, paramount (6)

3 and 4 Card game (3, 5)

4 See 3 Down

5 Feign (7) 6 Overcome with remorse (7) 8 Compensate, or reciprocate (5) 9 Holy woman (3) 10 Sport played with sticks (6) 11 Perspire (5) 14 Pour (wine) from one container to another (6) 18 Disinclined, opposed (to) (6) 21 — Got Mail, 1999 romantic comedy (5) 22 Indignation (7) 23 Wild horse (7) 24 Speed (5) 26 Approximately (5) 27 Use a razor (5) 30 Small plot of land (5) 31 Canal craft (5) 35 Sanctify (5)

36 Dr —, author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (5) 38 Social equality (9) 40 Edible gourmet snails (9) 43 Leading, prestigious (7) 45 Clear enough to be read (7) 47 Alpine song (5) 48 Particle of dust (5) 49 Feline pet (3) 50 — Garfunkel, former singing partner of

Paul Simon (3) 52 Vehicle test (1, 1, 1) 54 Mongrel (3) 59 Devout (5) 60 Entrance hall (5) 62 Full of good humour (5) 63 Skyfall singer (5) 65 Allege (7) 66 Retirement income (7) 68 Moist, damp (5) 69 Surrey town famous for its springs and horse racing (5) 72 Stand-in doctor (5) 74 Reside (5) 76 Haggle (6) 78 Purify, perfect (6) 80 Precisely (7) 81 Industrial oven (7) 82 Garland (6) 83 Indentation (6) 84 Metal alloy (5) 86 Upper body garment (5) 88 — Redmayne, Oscar-winner for The Theory of Everything (5) 90 Phil Taylor’s sport (5) 94 Rowing blade (3) 96 — Aviv, Israeli city (3)