X-WORD
ACROSS 12 Spike of frozen water (6) 13 School fund-raising sale (6) 14 Never moved (6,3) 16 On a single occasion (4) 18 Useful gadget for winding-in rubber or plastic pipes (4,4) 19 All-in-one pyjamas for infants (7) 20 Mesh for catching fish (3) 21 Starchy milk pudding (7) 22 Double-dot punctuation mark (5) 23 Common gas (8) 25 Ball of frozen rain (9) 27 Type, kind (4) 29 Short chin hair (7) 31 Small motorbike (7) 33 Faith or confidence (in someone) (5) 35 Posh hairdresser (7) 39 Throw up in the air (4) 41 Thick dairy product with a sour taste (6) 44 Series of three books (7) 45 Lacking decency (8) 48 Come into view (6) 49 ___ Azalea, Aussie rap star (4) 50 Narrowly confining (7,2) 52 Car light used when there is poor visibility (3,4) 56 Dip under the surface (7) 58 Sign outside property available for rent (2,3) 59 Showing tiredness (7) 60 Narrow band of colour on a garment (6) 62 ___ Depp, US actor (6) 64 Eight-sided shape (7) 67 Fragrance, smell (5) 69 ___ band, extreme slimming device (7) 71 Full of people (7) 73 Malicious speaker (9) 74 Musical threesome (4) 75 Occur (6) 78 Downing tools (8) 80 Sweet and innocent (7) 82 Make it ___, be quick! (6) 83 Game like snooker (4) 85 Savage, cruel (7) 87 Animal’s snarl (5) 89 Roughly, inexactly (7) 91 Grew tired (7) 96 Tip, suggestion (4) 98 Material used to prevent heat loss (9) 100 Very cruelly (8) 101 Opposite of ‘sad’ (5) 104 Marvellous inexplicable event (7) 106 Tabloid newspaper (3) 107 By-product, side effect (4-3) 109 Demanded forcefully (8) 110 Release (a knot) (4) 111 Insincerity (9) 112 Make less tight (6) 113 Bored and fed up (2,1,3) DOWN 1 Japanese gown (6) 2 Ticking explosive (4,4) 3 Back street (5) 4 Very cruel, brutal (8) 5 Paint messily (4) 6 Mythical fire-breathing reptile (6) 7 Kylie Minogue’s younger sister (6) 8 Tooth doctors (8) 9 Pack it in! (4) 10 Huge, gigantic (8) 11 Finger-shaped cream cake (6) 14 Lessen the pain of (6) 15 Walk around (an area) in order to protect it (6) 17 Liquid (5) 24 Burn without a flame (4) 26 Go in for (a competition) (5) 28 Person involved in a game (6) 30 Scout company (5) 32 Intensely serious (7) 34 Offshore oil or gas platform (3) 36 Get lost! (5) 37 Awkward, ungainly (6) 38 Electrical unit (3) 40 Kettle vapour (5) 42 Blind person’s canine (5,3) 43 Opposite of ‘left’ (5) 46 Lighter in colour (5) 47 Green hairy fruit (4) 51 Thandie ___, Crash star (6) 53 Fertile area in a desert (5) 54 Advertising catchphrase (6) 55 People of the same generation (3,5) 56 Phrase uttered by a bride (1,2) 57 Nursery ___, poem for young children (5) 61 Letters after a firm’s name (inits)(3) 63 Less old (5) 65 White after-bath powder (4) 66 Required (6) 67 Chicago’s country (7) 68 Article of kitchen clothing (5) 70 Tear into shreds (3,2) 72 (Had) increased (5) 75 ___ Mills, Pollyanna star (6) 76 Wear away by action of weather or water (5) 77 Bring to a close (3) 79 Colour of uniforms (5) 81 This instant (3) 84 Hindu spiritual teacher (4) 86 ___ motive, hidden reason (8) 88 Sauces, pickles (8) 90 Petrol from the green pump? (4-4) 92 Give comfort to (8) 93 Additionally (2,4) 94 Emergency situation (6) 95 Ready salted (crisps) (5) 97 Having natural protection from a disease (6) 99 Bike for two people (6) 100 Part of a horse’s harness (6) 102 Hey ___, magician’s cry (6) 103 Employing (5) 105 Shirt wristband (4) 108 Double-reed woodwind instrument (4)