THE BIG ONE

ACROSS

1. Male sheep (3) 3. To applaud (4) 5. A dirk, for example (6) 10. Important, notable (11) 16. Order proclaimed by

authority (5) 18. As a rule (8)

19. To mend one’s ways (6) 20. Noisy (4) 22. Cinder (5)

23. Respiratory disorder (6) 24. Scotland’s largest city (7)

25. Breastbone (7) 26. _ McAllister, ex-Scotland

and Liverpool footballer (4) 29. A married German

woman (4) 30. Great slaughter (8) 32. Weeds a variety of turnip

(anag) (5) 36. Extreme (5) 38. A swift sharp reply (7)

39. The back of the neck (4) 40. Regions (5)

42. Journalist (8) 44. Enraged (5) 45. Circumference (5)

47. Yes votes (4) 48. Mr Kennedy, late

politician (7) 50. Ten-sided figure (7)

51. A whaler’s spear (7) 53. Any mountain over 3000

feet (5) 54. High regard or respect (6) 55. Tramps (8) 57. A bowed stringed

instrument (6) 59. A witch (3) 60. Iron, for example (5)

61. To accumulate (5) 63. Mr Torrance, Ryder Cupwinning golfer (3) 65. A staining or colouring

substance (3) 67. Mineral (3) 68. Frozen water (3) 69. A shade of brown (3)

71. Uncooked (3) 73. Thin crisp sweetened

biscuit (5) 76. To go by bike (5) 77. Torn piece of cloth (3)

81. Offend, affront (6) 83. Borrowing charge (8) 84. To go away, leave (6) 85. Fertile spot in a desert (5)

87. Casks (7) 89. To put at a loss,

confound (7) 90. Not professional (7)

91. Lees otherwise (anag) (4) 92. ----- angle or ----- off (5) 94. The above, the same (5) 95. Protrude or project (5,3)

97. A bird of prey (5) 99. To sound a horn (4) 100. Cinema snack (7) 103. Weird (5) 104. Eyes up (5) 106. Abstaining completely from alcohol (8) 108. Precipitation (4) 112. Unfortunately (4) 115. Having little depth (7) 117. To make ready (7) 118. Vipers (6) 120. ----- change or ----cannon (5) 121. Potter’s oven (4) 122. Beginner, tyro (6) 123. A town in Lanarkshire (8) 124. Slang name for Americans (5) 125. Despite that (11) 126. Enrol for military service (6) 127. A vicious ruffian (4) 128. Slippery fish (3)

DOWN

1. Go back on one’s word (6) 2. Jam made from citrus fruit (9) 3. Alters (7) 4. Permit, let (5) 6. Timeless, eternal (7) 7. Complain or grumble, informally (5) 8. Call to mind (8) 9. Arms or legs (5) 11. A loafer (5) 12. Naming word (4) 13. Hibernian (5) 14. Writer (6) 15. Robert Louis Stevenson novel (8,6) 17. Fixed goals, objectives (7) 21. Slumbering (6) 27. Appetite, craving (6) 28. To remain (4) 29. Lively Spanish dance (8) 31. A dead body (6) 33. --------- exit or state of --------- (9) 34. Stimulus, incentive (4) 35. A toy weapon (10) 37. Walks in formation (7) 41. Silver trays (7) 43. ------ player or on ------ (6) 45. Grind one’s teeth (5) 46. Executioner (7) 49. Tries (8) 50. A play (5) 52. Exhibited to the public gaze (2,4) 53. Physical strength (5) 56. The opposite of fast (4) 58. To set free (8) 62. Female sibling (6) 63. Cult (4) 64. Optical instrument (10) 65. Kitchen sideboard (7) 66. Deserves (5) 70. Occurring or present before birth (9) 72. Donkeys (5) 74. Medium (7) 75. Be persuaded peaceably (6,2,6) 78. A very tall person (5) 79. To caper about (6) 80. Tales (7) 82. Having suffered no defeat (8) 86. A rook in chess (6) 88. One or the other (6) 93. Not bad (4) 94. To mend with stitches (4) 96. Capital of Canada (6) 98. To ensure (9) 101. Industrial town where Gerry Rafferty grew up (7) 102. Flimflam, bunkum (8) 105. Chooses (7) 107. Gap, hole (7) 109. ------ Ocean or -----summer (6) 110. Doghouse (6) 111. Hard part of bread (5) 113. School punishment (5) 114. Pummel the unit of weight? (5) 116. Blacksmith’s block (5) 117. A cheap fruit (anag) (5) 119. Tablet (4)

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