THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
1 Young white-collar
workers? (6,7) 8 Type of fruit (11) 14 Each (6) 16 Exclamation of discovery
(6) 17 To confess or to let in (5) 18 Couch (4) 19 Mr Cook, foreign
secretary from 1997 (5) 21 The Windy City (7) 22 Den (4)
23 Funeral procession (7) 24 A snow runner (3)
25 Curved structure (4) 26 Reduced by the
subtraction of (5) 27 Angry disagreements,
arguments (8) 28 Young fox (3)
30 Scribble (6) 38 Sediment in wine
barrel (4) 41 Fail to work properly (11) 42 A mouth organ (9) 44 Ancestry, pedigree (7) 46 Counting frame (6) 47 Much-used wise saying,
a proverb (5) 48 Practical joker (9) 49 The white of an egg (7) 51 Being an essential part,
intrinsic (8) 53 Brutal and violent
people (5) 54 To object (5) 56 Molar, for example (5)
57 Pixie (3) 60 Poker hand (5,5)
62 Naive (10) 64 Flightless bird (3)
65 The noise a pig makes (5) 66 ----- Alaska or ----beans (5) 68 Neckwear item (5)
71 Spike heel (8) 73 Ushers the corsets (anag)
(7) 74 Jewish place of worship
(9) 76 Dog’s lead (5) 77 A mixture of beer and
lemonade (6) 78 Coming (7) 80 Stammered (9)
81 Unguarded (11) 82 British nobleman (4) 87 A request for relief, aid,
etc. (6) 89 Spider’s trap (3)
91 World-beater (8) 92 ----- Law scored 30 goals for Scotland (5) 93 Stumble on the outing (4) 95 Belonging to us (3) 97 Outlive, continue to live or exist (7) 98 Forearm bone (4) 99 Obtain (7) 100 Money wagered (5) 102 Be priced at (4) 103 Explosive devices (5) 104 Injury or wound (6) 105 Dozen (6) 106 Magic word? (11) 107 The Orkneys and Shetland (8,5)
DOWN 2 Strength and firmness of mind (9) 3 Scotland’s longest serving football manager (5,5) 4 Disrobe (7) 5 Foolish, senseless (7) 6 Light shoe (6) 7 This is a type of warship (8,7) 9 To block up (8) 10 Scotland’s largest city (7) 11 Slightly open (4) 12 Monotonous (7) 13 For this reason, therefore (5) 15 Era (5) 20 Norse god (4) 29 Provide the key to (6) 31 To accumulate or collect (5) 32 Sandy Lyle’s real first name (9) 33 Precious stone (7) 34 Outer planet (7) 35 This is gibberish twice I say! (6,4) 36 Unit of distance (9) 37 Severe shortage of food (6) 39 Slim and delicate (6) 40 University grounds (6) 43 Scott wrote The Heart of ___ (10) 45 Wound mark (4) 50 Surrogate, deputy (10) 52 Is Mr McCoist a confederate? (4) 55 Deceptive (10) 58 Savagely fierce or cruel (9) 59 See the pimple (4) 61 Boxer’s mouthpiece (9) 63 What you’re attempting here - in full! (9,6) 66 Feast (7) 67 To disgrace, dishonour (7) 68 Large scissors (6) 69 Frail, weak (6) 70 Savour or enjoy to the full (6) 72 Mosque prayer leader (4) 75 Mild, moderate (6) 77 Woolly animal (5) 79 Pasta used in soups (10) 83 Native Australian (9) 84 Heater mounted on a wall (8) 85 Disturb the composure of, trouble (7) 86 Select a tool (4) 88 Swooped (7) 90 Ban - stop dealing with (7) 91 Fall apart or away (7) 93 Entice (5) 94 Not level or flat (6) 96 Denims (5) 101 Heroic (4)