THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
12 Coloured arc in the sky (7) 14 Tall flower with pinkish purple
bell like flowers (8) 15 Frankfurter in a bun (3,3) 16 Person in competition
with another (5) 19 Movie (4) 20 Quick fasteners (7)
21 Habitual sceptic (5) 22 Yarns, witty stories (9)
23 Back end of a boat (5) 24 Man who practises black magic
(7) 26 Good state of order (8) 29 Ladies (5) 34 Farmer’s field digger (6) 35 Phoning, ringing (7) 37 Retreat or fall behind (4,6)
41 Publishes again (8) 44 Irritate (5)
45 Sea journey (6) 46 Trick out of money (7) 48 Quarrels (9) 50 Meek gentle nature (8)
52 Prehistoric beast (8) 55 Declare unfit for human
habitation (7) 57 Penniless (5) 59 Open, spacious (4) 60 Sheer headland (5)
62 Chafe (3) 65 Depressed (3) 66 Brutal, heartless (5)
67 Carried off (4) 68 Thin strand (5) 69 Write (tunes) (7) 73 Long hair tied at the
back (8) 75 Freeze for keeping (8) 76 Easily approached (9) 79 Glossy silk like material (7) 81 Indian pastry filled with
vegetables or meat (6) 83 Draw water from
(a radiator) (5) 85 Commanding (8) 88 Advantageous, beneficial (10)
89 Raw material of cigarettes (7) 90 Make an appearance (4,2) 94 Cooked in a pan, using fat (5)
95 Inhabit (a country) (8) 98 Stretchable fabric (7) 100 (Had) started (5) 104 Meaty pizza topping (9)
107 Trap, ensnare (5) 108 Device to protect the wearer
from excessive noise (7) 109 Morse ___, signalling
system (4) 110 Young female horse (5) 111 Choose, pick (6) 112 Bullying (8) 113 Carrying no weapons (7) DOWN 1 Assortment (7) 2 Alcoholic drink (5) 3 Succeed, get on (2,4) 4 White and yellow food items (4) 5 V shaped nick (5) 6 Salted snack (6) 7 Stylishly fashionable (4) 8 Get, achieve (6) 9 Solitary, single (4) 10 Fingerless glove (4) 11 Male rowers (7) 13 Symbol denoting a quantity (7) 17 Sound of an object hitting water (6) 18 Tot up (3) 25 Double dot punctuation mark (5) 27 Hold up, hinder (5) 28 ___ and onion, stuffing flavour (4) 30 Holder, possessor (5) 31 Hindu spiritual teacher (4) 32 Two wheeled vehicle (7) 33 Hurry up! (4,2) 35 Group of schoolchildren (5) 36 Surrendering (6,2) 38 Write your name (4) 39 Foot propelled pleasure boat (6) 40 Outskirts area of a town (6) 42 Bend in the middle (3) 43 Warble, croon (4) 47 Speak off the cuff (2 3) 49 Copy, imitate (5) 50 Computer screen (7) 51 Jump with a parachute (7) 53 Thick sweet liquid (5) 54 Trace of an old wound (4) 56 Property given with a bride (5) 58 Slaughter (4) 61 Foamy mass of air bubbles (5) 63 Military brass instrument (5) 64 Unchanging or faithful (8) 65 Back scrubber (6) 70 Observing, watching (6) 71 Person who weeps childishly (3 4) 72 Milk based pudding (4) 74 Novelist (6) 76 Contest for cowboys (5) 77 Block (of chocolate) (3) 78 Young sheep (4) 80 Part of a fire (5) 82 Final Greek letter (5) 84 Be very good (at) (5) 86 Hunky ___, all OK (4) 87 In music, a group of three players (4) 90 Multiply by three (6) 91 Second hand motor (4,3) 92 Vividly descriptive (7) 93 Fifty times two (7) 96 Wearable by both males and females (6) 97 Housing complex (6) 99 Accent, emphasis (6) 101 Powerful aircraft (3) 102 Shoulder movement (5) 103 Great pain (5) 105 Centre of the hand (4) 106 Opposite of ‘under’ (4) 107 Dinky, adorable (4) 108 Highly strung, twitchy (4)