THE BIG ONE
ACROSS
1 Help or assist (3) 3 Recently born child (4) 5 Keen discernment, insight
(6) 10 American state (11)
16 Type of antelope (5) 18 Milk pudding (8)
19 To interfere (6) 20 A baby carriage (4) 22 Frogman (5)
23 Whole, complete (6) 24 To reprimand, informally
(4,3) 25 Keep from discovery (7) 26 A quiet spell (4) 29 Hairstyle (4) 30 Man-eating human (8)
32 Picture puzzle (5) 36 Ointment (5) 38 Sly laugh (7)
39 Price (4) 40 Stratum (5) 42 The main body of an
aircraft (8) 44 To put up (5) 45 A bet (5) 47 ---- apple or ---- handles
(4) 48 Book division (7) 50 Real, authentic (7)
51 A Japanese warrior (7) 53 To brag (5) 54 This is a Scottish town (6) 55 Fearless, daring (8)
57 Burrowing rodent (6) 59 To prosecute (3) 60 Molar, for example (5)
61 Threaded fastener (5) 63 A jewel (3) 65 Attempt a rugby score? (3)
67 Mar upper limb (anag) (3) 68 Imitator, mimic (3) 69 A young goat (3)
71 To make a mistake (3) 73 Era (5) 76 Shaving instrument (5) 77 Mesh (3) 81 Feeling of intense dislike
(6) 83 Barrier, obstruction (8) 84 To grumble or to complain
(6) 85 Star sign (5)
87 A meataxe (7) 89 Unfeeling, insensitive (7) 90 Athletes (7)
91 A long journey (4) 92 A rabbit’s cage (5) 94 Christmas hymn (5) 95 Month (8)
97 Electricity supply (5) 99 The opposite of poor (4) 100 Terse (7) 103 ----- Lennox, singer (5) 104 Any group of eight (5) 106 Wolfram (8) 108 To state or to affirm (4) 112 Stylish or elegant (4) 115 Tympanic membrane (7) 117 Dummy pill (7) 118 Embrace, hug (6) 120 Lubricated (5) 121 Effervescence (4) 122 Line on a weather map (6) 123 Musical wind instrument (8) 124 Stage play (5) 125 Slang word for coward (6-5) 126 Aromatic spice (6) 127 Mr Brazil, former footballer (4) 128 Pinch (3)
DOWN
1 Valuable things (6) 2 Form of government (9) 3 An inflatable rubber bag (7) 4 Town in NE Scotland (5) 6 Mrs Mop (7) 7 ----- Ure, pop star (5) 8 Not required or desired (8) 9 To slice meat (5) 11 Urge or force (5) 12 A wound mark (4) 13 This is a steam bath (5) 14 Courteous (6) 15 On and off (14) 17 Sweetheart (7) 21 Climbs (6) 27 High regard or respect (6) 28 Horizontal, level (4) 29 Strange, unusual (8) 31 Earlier than the time when (6) 33 Roller coaster (3,6) 34 To encircle (4) 35 Sternum (10) 37 Lacking firmness (7) 41 Entourage (7) 43 Passenger ships (6) 45 These are unwelcome plants (5) 46 Responded (7) 49 Dutch liqueur (8) 50 Messy or sticky substance (5) 52 Social system or order (6) 53 ----- down or ----- out (5) 56 Scorch (4) 58 Pamphlet, booklet (8) 62 To walk like a duck (6) 63 Microbe (4) 64 A type of Italian cheese (10) 65 To discolour (7) 66 Slang name for Americans (5) 70 Bankrupt (9) 72 Governs (5) 74 A root vegetable (7) 75 Rome (3,7,4) 78 Flashlight (5) 79 To toil (6) 80 Tape ------- or ------- up (7) 82 Asian vehicle (8) 86 This is a colouring stick (6) 88 The highest point (6) 93 Very small, minute (4) 94 A traffic marker (4) 96 A season (6) 98 At which (9) 101 Agreement, amity (7) 102 Billy Connolly, say (8) 105 Street of houses (7) 107 To whet (7) 109 Trying experience (6) 110 Hearsay, clishmaclaver (6) 111 Dwarf planet (5) 113 Eye colour (5) 114 Communion table (5) 116 Perch (5) 117 ----- Harbor or ----barley (5) 119 Married woman (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 7, 2022 Usual Daily Record rules apply. Editor’s decision is final.