THE BIG ONE
ACROSS 12 Excessively fatigued (9) 14 Practice of being married to one person at a time (8) 15 Work for (wages) (4) 16 Permitted by law (5) 19 Make again into something different (7) 20 Collection of books (7) 21 Cloth scrap (3) 22 Tremble (7) 23 Expend (3,2) 25 Exhaustion following long-distance air travel (3,3) 27 Steer clear of (5) 29 Make clear (9) 34 Competition slip (5,4) 36 Wild, untamed (5) 37 Impertinent (4) 38 Gifted person (6) 41 Anger (6) 43 Indefinitely large number (7) 45 Fighting force (4) 46 Person or country on your side (4) 47 Disembark (4) 49 Spanish open square (5) 51 Tumbler (5) 53 Ridicule (4,3,2) 55 Inception (5) 60 Picture painted on a wall (6) 62 Fruit with a smooth yellowish skin when ripe (5) 63 Welsh word for Wales (5) 65 Immodest (9) 67 Cracked Christmas item (6,3) 69 Mix, combine (5) 70 Special surprise (5) 72 Take away illegally (6) 73 Sharply pointed (5) 75 Halfway across a river (9) 77 Ruthless, brutal (5) 78 Casino tokens (5) 83 Heroic tale (4) 85 Additionally (4) 86 Satiate (4) 88 Soft white unsalted cheese made from sheep’s milk (7) 90 Get ___, 1971 Michael Caine film (6) 92 Unplanned, in any order (6) 93 Chess piece or bird (4) 94 Wear away gradually (5) 95 Coloured floor-covering for a VIP (3,6) 98 Reciprocity (9) 100 Prescribed number (5) 102 ___ powder, body dust (6) 104 ___ salted, plain (crisps) (5) 108 One who makes or repairs shoes (7) 110 Come to a close (3) 111 Keep going (5,2) 113 Childish, immature (7) 115 Greenish gemstone (5) 116 Flat, thin, circular object (4) 117 Disappointing occasion (3-5) 118 Making of decorative objects (9)
DOWN 1 At any time (4) 2 Very easy task (5) 3 Go back on a promise (6) 4 Explosive device (4) 5 Desert traveller (5) 6 Similar to candle material (4) 7 Plant or animal of mixed origin (6) 8 Combine (5) 9 Portable table (7) 10 Require (4) 11 Brightly coloured talking bird (6) 13 Enlist (7) 17 Skiing race (6) 18 Meat-selling (8) 24 Perceiving (6) 26 Social error (5) 28 Mountain that erupts lava (7) 30 Dentist’s tool (5) 31 Harp-like instrument (4) 32 Salt water (5) 33 Bother, hassle (3) 35 Classical piece (4) 37 Crash into (3) 39 Burn the surface of (5) 40 Congenial (8) 42 Sum total (3) 44 Cable support structure (5) 48 Starched ballet skirt (4) 50 Focus (on) (4,2) 52 Salivate (7) 54 Imaginary line that circles the Earth (7) 56 A Streetcar ___ Desire, Marlon Brando film (5) 57 Of a dull colour (4) 58 Highest point (4) 59 Vanquish (6) 61 Commence, begin (5) 62 French for ‘Mr’ (8) 64 Manner (4) 66 Six-sided spotted cubes (4) 68 Long protruding tooth, like that of an elephant (4) 71 Forcibly remove (5) 74 Pickled flower bud used to flavour food (5) 76 Physical disorder (7) 79 Equal footing (3) 80 Criminal (5) 81 Produced eggs (4) 82 Provided with chairs (6) 84 Kayak, eg (5) 85 On time (8) 87 Rile, needle (3) 89 Deceive, play unfairly (5) 90 Eagle’s talon (4) 91 ___ Radley, To Kill a Mockingbird character (3) 95 Authoritative judgement (6) 96 Advance showing of a film or exhibition (7) 97 Sharp (bend) (7) 99 Silvery-white metal (6) 101 Not fastened (6) 103 Sports judge (6) 105 Shore of a sea (5) 106 Bisto product (5) 107 In foliage (5) 109 Young male children (4) 111 Disadvantages (4) 112 Pull suddenly (4) 114 Malta’s currency unit (4)