THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Wallpaper remover (7) 14 Boat for passengers and
vehicles (3,5) 15 Type of deodorant (4-2) 16 ___ leaf, emblem of
Canada (5) 19 Rubik’s ___, toy (4) 20 Nuclear power plant (7) 21 ___ Towers, theme park (5) 22 Paints with lacquer (9) 23 Wilt, sag (5) 24 Very near (5,2) 26 Melissa ___, Bridesmaids
actress (8) 29 Quite a lot (5) 34 Required (6) 35 Anxious, fearful (7) 37 Part of a film involving lots of actors (5,5) 41 Write incorrectly (8) 44 Piano adjuster (5) 45 Not level or smooth (6) 46 Chain of flowers (7) 48 Scrubber for the hands and feet (4,5) 50 Gradually weaken (4,4) 52 Large ring swung round the waist (4,4) 55 Sneered (at) (7) 57 Tobacco fumes (5) 59 Very short skirt (4) 60 Feeling of anxiety or fear (5) 62 Mother (3) 65 TV and radio company (inits)(3) 66 Shop-window model (5) 67 Punish by whipping (4) 68 Thick piece, slab (5) 69 Occasion of public visiting (4,3) 73 Casing that a bird hatches from (8) 75 Butchers’ tools (8) 76 Extend over a wide area (6,3) 79 Setback in illness (7) 81 Buckled (6) 83 Scales sign of the zodiac (5) 85 Greater number of a group (8) 88 Old-fashioned canopied bed (4-6) 89 Jerking (7) 90 Upper part of a dress (6) 94 Religious belief (5) 95 Bridges from ship to shore (8) 98 Get rid of (7) 100 ___ story, imaginary tale (5) 104 Make a rough attempt (4,1,4) 107 Frogs’ eggs (5)
108 Male chicken (7) 109 Identical (4) 110 ___ piano, large musical instrument (5) 111 Blanket-like cloak (6) 112 Wheels clumsily (8) 113 Put through school (7)
DOWN
1 Get, gain (7) 2 Odd, strange (5) 3 Spiny desert plant (6) 4 At a great distance (4) 5 Step (on) (5) 6 Organised method (6) 7 High-fibre part of grain (4) 8 Jamie ___, TV chef (6) 9 On ___ marks, pre-race instruction (4) 10 Per person (4) 11 Ripped (7) 13 Amazing, wondrous (7) 17 Song that tells a story (6) 18 Sudden drop (3) 25 Aristocratic title (5) 27 Go by bike (5) 28 Animal pelt (4) 30 Last match in a competition (5) 31 Rim, brink (4) 32 Diary (7) 33 Write quickly and untidily (6) 35 V-shaped nick (5) 36 Army private (8) 38 Beasts of burden, cattle (4) 39 Meal outdoors (6) 40 Notify, tell (6) 42 Runner for sliding on snow (3) 43 Noisy (4) 47 Give or reflect light (5) 49 Dog or cat variety (5) 50 Sleepless (7) 51 Squirms (7) 53 Adult or child, person (5) 54 Distance from wing tip to wing tip (4) 56 Centre of attention (5) 58 Salad cream, familiarly (4) 61 Small mug of tea, familiarly (5) 63 Suggest, hint at (5)
64 Lacking courage (8) 65 Famous London clock bell (3,3) 70 Shrewd, sharp-witted (6) 71 Make a ___ for, go directly to (7) 72 Walkway along the seafront (4) 74 Make certain of (6) 76 Informal language (5)
77 Belonging to us (3) 78 Wish for (4) 80 Take on as a family member (5) 82 Furry anorak with a hood (5) 84 Concise (5) 86 ___ Dench, actress (4) 87 Settee, couch (4)
90 Extreme attractiveness (6) 91 Of an elegant understated style (7) 92 Rubber rings to keep joints or nuts secure (7) 93 Publicise, plug (7) 96 Return or retreat (2,4) 97 Absent-minded (6)
99 Watched (6) 101 Passing craze (3) 102 Beast’s nose (5) 103 Priggish person (5) 105 Grape-plant (4) 106 Seized (4) 107 Kiss and caress (4) 108 Went by bike (4)
Just send your completed grid, with a note of your name and address, to: Funday Puzzler Big Xword, PO Box 901, Glasgow G9 2BD. The winner for The Big One crossword will be chosen at random from all correct entries received by Friday, January 22, 2021. Usual Daily Record rules apply. Editor’s decision is final.