Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Knee-length women’s garment with a straight narrow cut… (6, 5)
7 … and an informal top worn by a man? (6, 5)
12 Myth, legend (5)
13 Pleasant (4)
15 Religious community (5)
16 Sneering sceptic (5)
17 Left side of a ship (4)
19 Pursue (5)
20 Film centre (6)
21 Sport played with clubs (4)
23 Remain (4)
25 Mariner (6)
28 Skipper (7)
29 Soft toffee (7)
32 Spring bulb (5)
33 Correct (5)
34 Receive from a will (7)
37 Afters (7)
39 Put through school (7)
41 Lorry fuel (6)
42 Practise boxing (4)
44 Mallard, eg (4)
46 Tankard alloy (6)
49 Cook’s workroom (7)
50 Make notes (3)
51 Spinning toy (3)
53 Act of God (7)
55 Additional (5)
56 Greek letter (5)
57 Atomic (7)
58 Clever humour (3)
60 Baby’s bed (3)
61 Breathe (7)
62 Battery’s power (6)
64 Yogi or Paddington? (4)
66 Ode or sonnet, eg (4)
67 Air journey (6)
70 Burst (7)
71 Circus tumbler (7)
73 Nation with the
capital Bucharest (7)
75 Synthetic fibre (5)
77 Grassy road edge (5)
79 Piece of plumage (7)
81 Large rock (7)
84 One who enjoys
causing pain (6)
85 Warty amphibian (4)
87 Revise text (4)
89 Acquire (6)
91 Wept (5)
92 Circle, hoop (4)
93 Delete (5)
95 Bellybutton (5)
97 Authentic, real (4)
98 Squander (5)
99 Baggy men’s underpants… (5, 6)
100 …and footwear you might bless? (6, 5)
DOWN
1 Lose one’s head (5)
2 Natural bath sponge (6)
3 Young goat (3)
4 Countrified (5) 5 Style (7)
6 Stretchy (7)
8 Royal racecourse (5)
9 Ceremonial vase (3)
10 Destructive grasshopper (6)
11 Private teacher (5)
14 Call off (6)
18 Rectangular (6)
21 Elegance (5)
22 Praise falsely (7)
23 Grazed (7)
24 Submit (5)
26 Rise from sitting (5)
27 Backbone (5)
30 Squabble (5)
31 Guide (5)
35 Two pints (5)
36 Swoon (5)
38 Old-fashioned undergarment for ladies (9)
40 Alternative to tights (9)
43 Image (7)
45 Write music (7)
47 Prone, inactive (5)
48 Dapper (5)
49 Family (3)
50 Part of the skull (3)
52 Small butter portion (3)
54 Ram’s mate (3)
59 Entice, coax (5)
60 Criminal, rogue (5)
62 Porcelain (5)
63 Student’s
allowance (5)
65 Vomited (7)
66 Scent (7)
68 Holiday from the military (5)
69 Root (5)
72 Plain, evident (5)
74 Business handler (5)
76 Heavy, slow (6)
78 Mend (6)
80 Withdraw (7)
81 Below (7)
82 Emphasise (6)
83 Mischievous sprite (6)
84 Bushy plant (5)
86 On the ball (5)
88 Australian
wild dog (5)
90 Requires (5)
94 Silly fuss (3)
96 Fermentation tank (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror