Colossal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Establishment at which to wash one’s wardrobe… (11) 7 … and one for the items that can’t go in water (3-8) 12 Jeans material (5) 13 Provoke (4) 15 Office worker (5) 16 In a spoken voice (5) 17 Body of water (4) 19 Gaze (5) 20 Zodiac Bull (6) 21 Warble a melody (4) 23 — night, bachelor party (4) 25 Outcome (6) 28 Animated programme (7) 29 Brass instrument (7) 32 Narrow open boat (5) 33 Surpass, best (5) 34 Trainee soldier (7) 37 Aircraft’s departure (7) 39 Case, instance (7) 41 Shampoo foam (6) 42 Raced (4) 44 Teething biscuit (4) 46 Slice of bacon (6) 49 Army grouping (7) 50 Modest (3)
51 — Joly, comedian (3) 53 Foretell (7) 55 Porcelain (5) 56 — Cooper, rock star (5) 57 Sunshade (7) 58 Nervous twitch (3) 60 Method (3) 61 Laugh (7) 62 Laze, slump (6) 64 Strikebreaker (4) 66 Besides, moreover (4) 67 Recoil, wince (6) 70 Respected (7) 71 Pudding (7) 73 Nonbeliever (7) 75 Soup server (5) 77 Sea inlet (5) 79 Stern (7) 81 Temporary, provisional (7) 84 Children’s dice game (6) 85 Preoccupied (4) 87 Underground plant part (4) 89 Archive (6) 91 Agree, match up (5) 92 Badger’s burrow (4) 93 — Mia!, ABBA musical (5) 95 Criminal (5) 97 Fervent devotion (4) 98 Furze, whin (5)
99 Fabric —, product that keeps garments soft… (11) 100 … and hinged pins used to hang them on the line (7, 4)
DOWN
1 Source of illumination (5) 2 Pretext (6) 3 — of the Tiger, 1982 hit for Survivor (3) 4 Coupon (5) 5 Talk of in passing (7) 6 Vivid, bright (7) 8 Sunday lunch? (5) 9 Dove’s call (3) 10 Last, survive (6) 11 Perspire (5) 14 Business intellect (6) 18 Lucky charm (6) 21 Ringo —, drummer (5) 22 Relished, revelled in (7) 23 Wooden window cover (7) 24 Diving waterbird (5) 26 Threatening expression (5) 27 Grassy road edge (5) 30 — Coppola, film-maker (5)
31 Entrance hall (5) 35 Delicious (5) 36 Use cash (5) 38 Sauna (5, 4) 40 — violet, shy person (9) 43 Largest ocean (7) 45 Grave, sober (7) 47 — Tom’s Cabin, anti-slavery novel (5) 48 Particle of dust (5) 49 Seed (3) 50 Feline (3) 52 Spring month (3) 54 Dead heat (3) 59 Painful muscle contraction (5) 60 Tired (5) 62 Foolish (5) 63 Fermented apple juice (5) 65 Power unit (7) 66 Compatibility plug for travellers (7) 68 Gate fastener (5) 69 Japanese verse form (5) 72 Young pigeon (5) 74 George —, pen name of Mary Ann Evans (5) 76 Guide, conduct (6) 78 Continent (6)
80 South American republic (7) 81 Revere (7) 82 Protective hat (6) 83 Purple Rain singer (6) 84 — Instinct, 1992 thriller (5) 86 Smooth, urbane (5) 88 Butcher’s waste (5) 90 Valley of the —, book by Jacqueline Susann (5) 94 Cow’s low (3) 96 Abraham’s nephew in the Bible (3)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record