THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Right-angled technical drawing aid (3,6) 14 Wooing (8) 15 Pork joint (4) 16 Salary (5) 19 Very low temperature (3-4) 20 Mesh (7) 21 No longer in jail (3) 22 Solar or lunar phenomenon (7) 23 Shovel (5) 25 Of symbolic meaning (6) 27 Fix (in the mind) (5) 29 Kitchen utensil (3,6) 34 To the right or left (9) 36 Residue of a fire (5) 37 Dismiss from employment (4) 38 Sad, depressed (6) 41 Cheek or chin hollow (6) 43 Warrior (7) 45 Animals very like humans (4) 46 Trip to visit places (4) 47 Standard, ensign (4) 49 Evade craftily (5) 51 Waste matter (5) 53 Validated retrospectively (9) 55 Rib, taunt (5) 60 Dwindle (6) 62 Cockle or conch, eg (5) 63 Boca ___, city in Florida (5) 65 Covering for the hair (9) 67 Dental soreness (9) 69 Wales, in Welsh (5) 70 Evil spirit (5) 72 Temporarily in charge (6) 73 Milky precious stones (5) 75 Beset by problems (9) 77 Surrounded by (5) 78 Tightly packed (5) 83 Insects in a formicary (4) 85 Courageous man (4) 86 ___ opera, regular drama (4) 88 Quandary (7) 90 Way a page is arranged (6) 92 Petrol ingredient (6) 93 Rouse from sleep (4) 94 Impoverished (5) 95 Happy (9) 98 ATM code (3,6) 100 Hammered bolt used to join sheets of metal (5) 102 Country-style (6) 104 Consignment of goods on a ship (5) 108 Cricketer (7) 110 Colour associated with danger (3) 111 Vessel accompanying a sugar bowl (4,3) 113 Sink (7) 115 Doubt (5) 116 Precipitation (4) 117 Tendency to snoop (8) 118 Far from generous (9)
DOWN
1 Row of houses converted from stables (4) 2 Hushed, noiseless (5) 3 Wanting to have a baby (6) 4 Baptismal vessel (4) 5 Locomotive and carriages (5) 6 Perform vocally (4) 7 Refuse to take notice of (6) 8 Sudden total bombardment (5) 9 Route of family descent (7) 10 Slope joining two levels (4) 11 Become more distant (6) 13 Assist with pre-press work (7) 17 Tangled (6) 18 Round, like a droplet (8) 24 Wan (6) 26 Recite repeatedly (5) 28 Make-up for the lashes (7) 30 Reserved, haughty (5) 31 Correct, factual (4) 32 Opposite of ‘long’ (5) 33 Card which can be high or low in poker (3) 35 Hoist (4) 37 Sleeve for letter of reply (inits)(3) 39 Annual periods (5) 40 Carpentry joint (8) 42 Expert (3) 44 Narrow steep-sided valley (5) 48 Course (4) 50 Full of bravado (4-2) 52 Invite, urge (7) 54 High taxonomic rank in biology (7) 56 Establish by law (5) 57 Threads crossing the warp (4) 58 Cut into shape (4) 59 Housing complex (6) 61 Expression of displeasure (5) 62 Maple tree with winged fruits (8) 64 Stretched tight (4) 66 Swamplands (4) 68 Formal test (4) 71 Poison of snakes (5) 74 Seasonal stage show (5) 76 Outlay of money (7) 79 Retiring (3) 80 Time-waster (5) 81 Tack used for fastening (4) 82 Small canine (3,3) 84 Shiny fabric (5) 85 Produced by an artisan (8) 87 Single entity (3) 89 Coating (5) 90 Company symbol (4) 91 Derogatory term for a horse (3) 95 Blueprint, plan (6) 96 Flatten (7) 97 Rumour (7) 99 Mass arrival, inundation (6) 101 Cut into zigzags (6) 103 Neuter reflexive pronoun (6) 105 Extract (liquid) by twisting (5) 106 Sneak, skulk (5) 107 Partridge-like bird (5) 109 Fruiting spikes of a cereal plant (4) 111 Spongy green plant (4) 112 ___ Hartnett, Pearl
Harbor star (4) 114 Paper quantity (4)