Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
Holder for a wax taper… (11) … and a gas-filled bulb (7, 4) Car engine (5) Wheel shaft (4) Curse (5) Covered entrance (5)
17 Travel cost (4)
19 Burn with steam (5) 20 Plod (6)
21 Look for (4)
23 Prophet (4)
25 Detest (6)
28 City on the
River Severn (7)
29 Quiver, quake (7) 32 Film’s title music (5) 33 Great fear (5)
34 Twaddle (7)
37 Finger joint (7)
39 Investigate (7)
41 Rabbit’s home (6) 42 Slender (4)
44 Speed contest (4) 46 Pass (of time) (6) 49 Save from
wreckage (7)
50 Acorn tree (3) 1 7
12 13 15 16 51 Tip of a pen (3) 53 Receive
from a will (7)
55 Lukewarm (5)
56 Terrible (5)
57 Clear,
apparent (7)
58 Excavate (3)
60 Timid (3)
61 Entirely (7)
62 Tiny (6)
64 Moral burden (4) 66 Facial disguise (4) 67 Quick look (6)
70 Hundred years (7) 71 Dried white
grape (7)
73 Propose (7)
75 Shoreline (5)
77 Bedtime
beverage (5)
79 Difficulty,
quandary (7)
81 Garment arms (7) 84 Deprived area (6) 85 Compass point (4) 87 Three feet (4)
89 Nearly (6)
91 Distress rocket (5) 92 Article (4)
93 Boundary (5) 95 Material
benefit (5)
97 Relinquish (4)
98 Church
instrument (5)
99 Type of
lighting (11)
100 Ornamental
crystal lanterns (11)
DOWN
Weather map (5) Spring festival (6)
3 Bind (3)
4 Slice (meat) (5)
5 Hide (7)
6 Gather (7)
8 Fruit with a core (5) 9 Rowing blade (3) 10 Breathe out (6)
11 Fragment (5)
14 Living room (6)
18 Shrewd (6)
21 Bush (5)
22 Chef’s domain (7) 23 Orator (7)
24 Ancient remainder (5)
26 Drinks tube (5)
27 Wait at table (5)
30 Perfect (5) 1 2 31 Saying (5)
35 Dust particle (5)
36 Punctuation mark (5) 38 Very bright
or clever (9)
40 Glittering (9)
43 Whaling spear (7)
45 Own up (7)
47 — cash, office fund for small expenditures (5)
48 Muck (5)
49 Prosecute (3)
50 Strange (3)
52 Inlet (3)
54 Plaything (3)
59 Student’s
allowance (5)
60 Yell (5)
62 Military tune (5)
63 Flavour (5)
65 Vibrant
red shade (7)
66 Enigma (7)
68 Door lever (5)
69 Worth the same (5) 72 Hurl (5)
74 Avarice (5)
76 Stick (to) (6)
78 Select (6)
80 Common duck (7) 81 Scotsman’s purse? (7) 82 Sheepdog (6)
83 Violent encounter between opposing forces (6)
84 Anguish (5)
86 Shiny fabric (5)
88 Underwater,
flooded (5)
90 Lock of hair (5)
94 Raincoat (3)
96 Wicked deed (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror