Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Large store selling groceries and household goods… (11)
7 … and a container for your purchases! (8, 3) 12 Railway vehicle (5) 13 Curved structure (4) 15 Fashion, vogue (5) 16 Choose by vote (5) 17 Therefore (4)
19 Map proportion (5) 20 Mild (6)
21 Arrange into groups (4) 23 Drizzle (4) 25 Stinging weed (6) 28 Personal (7)
29 Fail to care for (7)
32 Use a razor (5) 33 Frequently (5) 34 Esteem, admire (7) 37 Was narrower at one end (7) 39 Social reject (7) 41 Newspaper’s main editorial (6) 42 Leave a permanent mark (4) 44 Military force (4) 46 Come out (6)
49 Grapple (7)
50 For what reason? (3) 51 Female bird (3) 53 Made of porcelain (7) 55 Unit of liquid volume (5) 56 — Sam, personification of America (5) 57 Brochure (7)
58 Label (3)
60 Very warm (3) 61 Altered, modified (7) 62 Steal cattle (6) 64 Entreaty (4) 66 Nutritious bean (4) 67 Strain of trying (6) 70 Design template (7) 71 Root vegetable (7) 73 Deadlock (7)
75 Rural fireplace (5) 77 Yorkshire city (5) 79 Regret (7)
81 Clarify (7) 84 Business offer (6) 85 Revolve (4)
87 Bridle strap (4) 89 Sanctuary (6) 91 Answer (5) 92 Absent (4) 93 Waterlogged (5) 95 Coast (5) 97 Prohibit (4)
98 Greenfly (5)
99 Checkout area (5, 2, 4) 100 Retail experience with no assistance? (4-7)
DOWN
1 Jargon (5) 2 Mumble (6) 3 Species of deer (3) 4 Northern duck (5) 5 Exact (7) 6 Passenger seat on a motorcycle (7) 8 Doglike African mammal (5) 9 Pastry dish (3) 10 Have in mind (6) 11 Small orchard (5) 14 Country with the capital Ottawa (6) 18 Sharp response (6) 21 Treacle (5) 22 Agricultural vehicle (7) 23 Sailing event (7) 24 Cosy recess (5) 26 Customary (5) 27 Border (on) (5) 30 Computer telephone link (5)
31 Serpent (5) 35 Wander off the path (5) 36 Boggy area (5) 38 Depot for storing surplus stock (9) 40 Special offer (9) 43 Cut short (7) 45 Quicksilver (7) 47 River mouth (5) 48 Atlantic or Pacific, eg (5) 49 Spider’s snare (3) 50 Weak, spineless (3) 52 Edible kernel (3) 54 Chip shop fish (3) 59 European language (5) 60 Intuitive guess (5) 62 Redbreast (5) 63 Collar wing (5) 65 Headache pill (7) 66 Bedroom footwear (7) 68 Meadow (5) 69 Grilled bread (5) 72 Sugary (5) 74 Utterly foreign (5) 76 Obsolete coin (6)
78 Pretext (6) 80 Extract, snippet (7) 81 Cry aloud (7) 82 Painting applied to damp plaster (6) 83 Light wind (6) 84 Walk heavily (5) 86 Regal (5) 88 Occur next (5) 90 Run off to Gretna Green? (5) 94 Domestic fuel (3) 96 Stupid lout (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror