THE BIG ONE
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ACROSS
1 Immediate (13) 8 Great disaster, calamity
(11) 14 A broad street (6) 16 Medical centre (6) 17 Glib plausible style of
talk (5) 18 A plant (4) 19 Snatches (5)
21 Not joyful (7) 22 Diesel oil (4) 23 Slender tower of a
mosque (7) 24 Frozen water (3)
25 Recedes (4) 26 Scottish landowner (5) 27 Native American shoe
(8) 28 Pigpen (3)
30 Walking poles (6) 38 Nobleman (4) 41 This is a type of bomb
(5,6) 42 Lacking in flavour (9) 44 To reveal or discover (7) 46 Card game (6)
47 To squander (5) 48 Flat case containing a student’s recent work (9) 49 Pledged to be married
(7) 51 Get the better of (8) 53 Smells or stinks (5) 54 Simmers (5) 56 The capital of Vietnam
(5) 57 A legendary bird (3) 60 Very slow or sluggish
speed (6,4) 62 Branch of mathematics
(10) 64 Diocese (3)
65 Sightless (5) 66 Asserts (5) 68 September, for
example (5) 71 Favouritism towards
relatives (8) 73 Robot resembling a
human (7) 74 Provide amusement for
(9) 76 Cookers (5) 77 Operated by hand (6) 78 A chisel-edged tooth
(7) 80 Of inestimable worth
(9) 81 Lights up (11) 82 Scorch or burn the surface of (4) 87 A small river (6) 89 Sphere (3) 91 Parasol (8) 92 Little (5) 93 Hairstyle from Faro (anag) (4) 95 Epoch (3) 97 Opposed to (7) 98 To destroy (4) 99 Takes no notice of (7) 100 Throng, mass (5) 102 As well, too (4) 103 Imprecise, indistinct (5) 104 Lunch (6) 105 Is vaguely aware of (6) 106 Show by reasoning (11) 107 Meeting where you toss the caber? (8,5)
DOWN
2 Person living next door (9) 3 Satisfactory, adequate (10) 4 Headache tablet (7) 5 Foes (7) 6 Silver tray (6) 7 To produce something promised? (7,3,5) 9 Estrange (8) 10 To think false, questionable, etc. (7) 11 Ladder section (4) 12 Dee ------- starred in Gregory’s Girl (7) 13 Outrider (5) 15 School tests (5) 20 ---- ale or ---- estate (4) 29 Confidential hint based on inside information (3-3) 31 Rental contract (5) 32 In another place (9) 33 Sticks or holds fast (7) 34 The Prince of Wales (7) 35 Quarrelsome or belligerent (10) 36 Pious, devout (9) 37 Portuguese former monetary unit (6) 39 Cleaning cloth (6) 40 Underground vaults (6) 43 Batons (10) 45 Notion (4) 50 Type of butterfly (3,7) 52 Ready to eat (4) 55 At the very end (10) 58 The Roman name for Scotland (9) 59 Eyelid inflammation (4) 61 An initial advantage (4,5) 63 Have unfavourable repercussions (4,4,2,5) 66 Bewilder (7) 67 European language (7) 68 Threaten (6) 69 Hangs in the air (6) 70 From ace nap to savoury snack (anag) (6) 72 Breed of small horse (4) 75 Rota (6) 77 Skinflint (5) 79 Dachshund, informally (7,3) 83 Staying power (9) 84 Waterproof garment (8) 85 Make better (7) 86 Scapa ----, former naval base (4) 88 Scottish cop series (7) 90 Below (7) 91 Type of fruit (7) 93 A book of maps (5) 94 End (6) 96 Operators (5) 101 To mend with stitches (4)
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