THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Vessels made of baked
clay (7) 14 Frisky (horse) (8) 15 Scary experience (6) 16 Large African water
mammal (5) 19 Thick plank of wood (4) 20 Flat kitchen surface (7) 21 Be suspended in the air (5) 22 ___ heater, domestic appliance (9) 23 Flower stem (5) 24 Head part that can become perforated (7) 26 ___ district, sleazy area (3-5) 29 I do beg your pardon! (5) 34 Fit for eating (6) 35 Fail to keep a date with (5,2) 37 Jump head over heels (10) 41 Felt bitter about (8) 44 ___ Chung, TV presenter and model (5) 45 Condemned, fated (6) 46 Deliberately expressionless (7) 48 Teaching (9) 50 Touching to cause laughter (feet, eg) (8) 52 Textured wallpaper (8) 55 Arouse (7) 57 Utter sound (5) 59 Animal with antlers (4) 60 Person skilled in building with stone (5) 62 Large tea dispenser (3) 65 Part of a gearwheel (3) 66 Child’s word for ‘father’ (5) 67 Record on video (4) 68 Sudden surge (5) 69 Sales slip for the customer (7) 73 Runway for planes (8) 75 ___ bodily harm, criminal offence (8) 36 76 Hair fastener (5,4) 38 79 Wave riding on a board (7) 39 81 Four-legged scaly reptile (6) 40 83 Opposite of ‘innocence’ (5) 42 85 Without suffering any 43 punishment (4-4) 47 88 Not expected or 49 predicted (10) 89 Go in different directions (7) 90 List of charges (6) 94 Jeans material (5) 95 Upset, downhearted (8) 98 Wide tidal part of a river (7) 100 Less risky (5) 104 Sugar substitute (9) 107 Model Ms Campbell (5) 108 Unable or not needing to sleep (7) 109 Adorable (4) 110 Performed on stage (5) 111 From one side to the other (6) 112 Overflowing (8) 113 In the normal way (2,5)
DOWN
1 New or unusual thing (7) 2 ___ cocktail, crisp flavouring (5) 3 Danced on ice (6) 4 Come to a halt (4) 5 Number of legs a spider has (5) 6 Tremble with cold (6) 7 At a great distance (4) 8 Skimpy two-piece swimsuit (6) 9 Those people (4) 10 Short skirt (4) 11 Rotate in a washing machine (4-3) 13 Tripped up (7) 17 Highly decorated (6) 18 Non-amateur (3) 25 Habitual practice (5) 27 Club for dancing (5) 28 Large plucked instrument (4) 30 Leered at (5) 31 Assist (in a crime) (4) 32 Go forward (7) 33 Survive on the inadequate means available (4,2) 35 Informal language, jargon (5) Operated a bike (8) Humble and mild (4) Space rock (6) Allotted amount (6) Bird similar to an ostrich (3) Slowly leak water (4) ___ roll, jam-filled cake (5) Enquired (5) 50 Device for grilling bread (7) 51 Edgy (7) 53 Unrefined (oil) (5) 54 Festive season (4) 56 Las ___, gambling city (5) 58 Settles a bill (4) 61 Penniless, poor (5) 63 Take as your own child (5) 64 Excellent, superb (8) 65 Exclusive set (6) 70 String or glove doll (6) 71 Pardoned, excused (7) 72 Coat of ___, family insignia (4) 74 In any order (6) 76 ___ Derham, TV newsreader (5) 77 Match official (3) 78 Husband’s partner (4) 80 Mushrooms, toadstools etc (5) 82 Pester (5) 84 ___ Elba, actor (5) 86 Belonging to you and me (4) 87 One of the Spice Girls (4) 90 Caution with money (6) 91 ___ McDormand, US actress (7) 92 ___ Chastain, The Martian actress (7) 93 Groom’s attendant at a wedding (4,3) 96 Marilyn ___, US film star (6) 97 Half asleep (6) 99 Selfish and nasty (6) 101 Nurses’ employer (inits)(3) 102 Point on which things turn (5) 103 Bottle to keep drinks hot or cold (5) 105 Munch (4) 106 Place for luggage on a train (4) 107 Part of the face (4) 108 Sobbed, cried (4)