THE BIG ONE
ACROSS 1 3
Public transport vehicle (3) Rothesay is its chief town (4) 5 A short sleep (6) 10 Sham, forged (11)
16 A vast crowd (5) 18 Slaughterhouse (8) 19 Mr Souness, former
football manager (6) 20 A short cloak (4) 22 Overhead (5)
23 A type of hat (6) 24 Puts up with (7)
25 Gripping tool (7) 26 Make or be different (4) 29 Dandy (4) 30 Able to be done or put
into effect (8) 32 A worker in stone (5) 36 Road, chosen way (5) 38 Underwater missile (7)
39 An assistant (4) 40 Church gangway (5)
42 A town on Orkney (8) 44 Horse controls (5) 45 To long for (5)
47 Lather (4) 48 Inflatable rubber bag (7) 50 Civilian fighting force (7)
51 Face veil (7) 53 Lampoon (5) 54 Casual and idle chat (6) 55 Fence preservative (8)
57 Sinew (6) 59 Manage (3) 60 Great vitality, enthusiasm,
etc (5) 61 Stout length of sawn
timber (5) 63 A wager (3) 65 Inquire (3)
67 This is a hand tool (3) 68 Water when frozen (3) 69 Variety of lettuce (3)
71 A small house (3) 73 Lees (5) 76 Slack (5) 77 Writing fluid (3)
81 To descend by rope (6) 83 Tosh, flimflam (8) 84 Not active or moving stationary (6) 85 To elicit (5)
87 Excuses or forgives (7) 89 Type of fruit (7) 90 Province of central
Canada (7) 91 ---- fashion, ---- hat, ---hurdles (4) 92 Type of antelope (5) 94 Slight tint or colouring (5) 95 Grateful and appreciative
(8) 97 Chair carried on poles (5) 99 Common sense? (4) 100 Obstinate or stupid (7) 103 Visual representation (5) 104 Light motorcycle (5) 106 Easily noticed or perceived (8) 108 Betting chances (4) 112 From a tram to a trading centre (anag) (4) 115 Porridge ingredient (7) 117 Mass slaughter (7) 118 To lower in rank or position (6) 120 Showery month? (5) 121 Festive occasion (4) 122 Of Denmark (6) 123 Tube (8) 124 To rub out (5) 125 Jim Kerr’s group (6,5) 126 Essential character (6) 127 Perceive sound (4) 128 Nevertheless, still (3)
DOWN
1 Straw hat (6) 2 The home of golf (2,7) 3 One after another (2,5) 4 Small branches (5) 6 Word formed from initials (7) 7 Relative (5) 8 A game bird (8) 9 Evidence (5) 11 To happen, take place (5) 12 The back of the neck (4) 13 Indian monetary unit (5) 14 Repeat performance (6) 15 Robert Louis Stevenson novel (8,6) 17 To raise (7) 21 Seem or look (6) 27 Coaches (6) 28 Ado (4) 29 This is a tall fur helmet (8) 31 Swimming costume (6) 33 Answers (9) 34 Region (4) 35 Inlet of the North Sea (5,5) 37 Rubbish (7) 41 Strong feeling (7) 43 Beat soundly, informally (6) 45 To provide food (5) 46 Develops gradually (7) 49 Lacking energy or enthusiasm (8) 50 Blend or cause to blend (5) 52 Tangled into a thick mass (6) 53 Relating to sound (5) 56 Hotness (4) 58 Female offspring (8) 62 Murderer (6) 63 Cincture (4) 64 A cut of beef (1-4,5) 65 Breathtaking (7) 66 Cutlery item (5) 70 Legal right of possession (9) 72 To tip over (5) 74 Spins (7) 75 A soldier’s notice of dismissal? (8,6) 78 Work dough (5) 79 Signal fire (6) 80 Report, description (7) 82 Special importance or significance (8) 86 A supernatural creature (6) 88 Snow leopards (6) 93 Corrosive substance (4) 94 What - to melt? (anag) (4) 96 Handle awkwardly (6) 116 Belief (5) 98 Mean and cowardly (9) 117 Scottish river (5) 101 To mimic (7) 119 Indian dress (4) 102 Encourage (8) 105 A kitchen sideboard (7) 107 One who shoes horses (7) 109 Expanding bullet (6) 110 Confidential (6) 111 This you can sit on (5) 113 Prize (5) 114 Wide (5)