Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Practice of building walls (11) 7 Machine that makes concrete (6, 5) 12 Monetary unit of India (5) 13 Corrode (4) 15 Sleeveless garment (5) 16 Book jacket description (5) 17 Present to view (4) 19 Brilliantly coloured (5)
20 Deal with (6)
21 — Astaire, dancing legend (4)
23 White waterfowl (4)
25 — Waugh, Scoop author (6)
28 Sun umbrella (7) 29 Cry out in surprise (7)
32 — brulee, dessert (5) 33 Video Killed the — Star, The Buggles hit(5)
34 Get better (7) 37 Financial cost (7) 39 Hermit (7) 41 Greedy bird (6) 42 Earth’s natural satellite (4) 44 Resist, oppose (4) 46 Unsusceptible to infection (6) 49 Narrow fissure (7)
50 — Pesci, Goodfellas star (3) 51 Close to the ground (3)
53 Late (7)
55 — Jones, architect (5) 56 Useful (5) 57 Magazine issue (7) 58 Music concert (3) 60 Dove’s call (3)
61 Car engine emission (7) 62 Equilateral rectangle (6) 64 Continuous stream (4)
66 Look for (4)
67 Put money (into) (6) 70 Choose not to vote (7) 71 Social caller (7) 73 Mass struck by the Titanic (7) 75 Scrounge, beg (5) 77 Hang in the air (5) 79 Yellow condiment (7) 81 Prop up (7) 84 Wine jug (6) 85 Diplomacy (4) 87 Slow gait of
81 Down? (4) 89 Half of a diameter (6) 91 Dapper (5)
92 — Jones, presenter on The One Show (4) 93 Shaving implement? (5) 95 West Yorkshire city (5) 97 Successor (4) 98 Academy Award (5) 99 Instrument used to check a surface is flat (6, 5) 100 Framework of platforms used by builders (11)
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1 Silver —,
Old World tree (5) 2 Rubbish left in the street (6) 3 Japanese currency (3) 4 Mother-of-pearl (5) 5 Willingly obedient (7) 6 Take as gospel (7) 8 Arm joint (5)
9 — de toilette, perfume (3)
10 Pill (6)
11 — Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury (5) 14 Unmarried (6) 18 Assisted (6) 21 Talent (5)
22 Make a distinction (7) 23 Meet one’s targets (7) 24 Sound (5) 26 Sugary glaze (5) 27 Parisian river (5) 30 Dairy product (5) 31 Rich Austrian cake (5) 35 Element of afternoon tea (5) 36 Feather pen (5) 38 Highly inventive (9)
40 Any four-legged animal (9)
43 Best, most favourable (7) 45 Industrial oven (7) 47 Mock attack (5) 48 Hall, lobby (5)
49 — Guevara, revolutionary (3) 50 Slow run (3) 52 Doctor —, long-running sci-fi TV series (3)
54 — Pray Love, 2010 Julia Roberts film (3) 59 Lawn plant (5) 60 Sound like a frog (5) 62 Adhere (to) (5) 63 Small metal bolt (5)
65 Police search document (7) 66 Scrap, fragment (7) 68 Bill —, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel actor (5) 69 Cornish city (5) 72 Native of Greenland (5) 74 Soft brimless cap (5) 76 Proclamation, statute (6) 78 Italian port famous for its gondolas (6) 80 Send away (7) 81 Famously stolen racehorse (7) 82 Mammal similar to the weasel (6) 83 Mural put on wet plaster (6) 84 Group, category (5) 86 Hex (5) 88 Ancient remnant (5) 90 Gesture of indifference (5)
94 — Wanamaker, actress (3) 96 Festive Will Ferrell movie (3)