Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Cultivation (11) 7 Source of natural fertiliser (7, 4) 12 Shack (5) 13 Become weary (4) 15 Spanish man’s title (5) 16 Child’s governess (5) 17 Car luggage area (4) 19 Ringo —, musician (5) 20 Hearsay (6) 21 Thick typeface (4) 23 Property document (4) 25 Scarcely (6) 28 Sun umbrella (7) 29 Give evidence (7) 32 Stoke’s river (5) 33 Narrow passage (5) 34 Income (7) 37 — of, without precedent (7) 39 Pull back (7) 41 Culpable for a crime (6) 42 Court summons (4) 44 — Pound, US poet (4) 46 Prepare for exams (6) 49 Announce (7) 50 Opposite of night (3) 51 Jump on one leg (3) 53 Having no ambition (7) 55 Herd of 40 Down (5) 56 On the ball (5) 57 Polishing to a shine (7) 58 Lively humour (3) 60 Star (3) 61 Book division (7) 62 Wine container (6) 64 Pond amphibian (4) 66 Nell —, mistress of King Charles II (4) 67 Package (6) 70 General pardon (7) 71 Underground prison cell (7) 73 Tableland (7) 75 Playground apparatus (5) 77 Collar wing (5) 79 Baggy Trousers band (7) 81 Gravestone inscription (7) 84 Onlooker (6) 85 Song for two (4) 87 Agile (4) 89 Condition in a contract (6) 91 Childhood (5) 92 Power of prohibition (4) 93 Pick-me-up (5) 95 Convulsion (5) 97 Pavement edge (4) 98 Lord —, poet (5) 99 Milk-giving animals… (5, 6) 100 … and a black-and-white example of this (8, 3)
DOWN
1 Thespian (5) 2 Hesitant (6) 3 Food can (3) 4 Countrified (5) 5 Keep charge of (7) 6 Military trainee (7) 8 Sixteenth of a pound weight (5) 9 Join cloth temporarily (3) 10 Grass-cutting tool (6) 11 Glazier’s paste (5) 14 Take away (6) 18 Grim experience (6) 21 Sharp edge (5) 22 Pudding (7) 23 Disagreement (7) 24 Daniel —, author of Robinson Crusoe (5) 26 The —, 1973 caper film (5) 27 Swagger (5) 30 Emblem (5) 31 Go by bike (5) 35 Lost pet (5) 36 Shore, seaside (5) 38 Implement used to move hay (9) 40 Farm animals generally (9) 43 Celebrate (7) 45 Merrymaking (7) 47 Sill (5) 48 Door fastening (5) 49 Sponge lightly (3) 50 Morning moisture (3) 52 Peter —, J M Barrie character (3) 54 Knight’s title (3) 59 Use one’s brain (5) 60 Shatter (5) 62 Reason (5) 63 Confection from Devon? (5) 65 Line touching a circle (7) 66 —, Tramps and Thieves, Cher song (7) 68 Grown-up (5) 69 Soup server (5) 72 Sentry (5) 74 Slightly drunk (5) 76 Create (6) 78 Read (6) 80 Word that means the same as another (7) 81 High spirits (7) 82 Reviewer (6) 83 Breaded prawns (6) 84 Bright, colourful (5) 86 Surpass (5) 88 Tricky question (5) 90 Arm joint (5) 94 Bolt fastener (3) 96 Wonder (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record