THE BIG ONE
ACROSS 1. So or thus (Latin) (3)
3. Singer born Marie
Lawrie (4)
5. Lumberjack’s shouted
warning (6)
10. Angry, irritable, etc. (3-8)
16. Lubricated (5)
18. High and mighty (8)
19. Makes amends (6)
20. Egg-shaped (4)
22. Scottish market town (5)
23. Burns supper food (6)
24. Plant used in
cigarettes (7)
25. Advantage (7)
26. Acquires (4)
29. Scorch (4)
30. Emery board (8)
32. Shoot from cover (5)
36. Tolerate (5)
38. Peculiar (7)
39. Curved structure (4)
40. Sponge, beg (5)
42. Troops (8)
44. Long narrow hilltop (5)
45. Give money for (5)
47. 2nd Greek letter (4)
48. Perform surgery (7)
50. A long dry spell (7)
51. Medium (7)
53. Nobleman (5)
54. One or the other (6)
55. Dealer in gems (8)
57. Membrane at the back of
the eyeball (6)
59. Japanese monetary
unit (3)
60. Parlance (5)
61. Break violently (5)
63. Little devil (3)
65. Rat skill (anag) (3)
67. Mimic (3)
68. Tavern (3)
69. Lower limb (3)
71. Tree (3)
73. Hairdresser’s shop (5)
76. Alcoholic drink (5)
77. Not thin (3)
81. Required (6)
83. Dietary fibre (8)
84. Slumbering (6)
85. Cults (5)
87. Cheese on toast, Welsh
––– (7)
89. Edinburgh is the ------- of
Scotland (7)
90. Corsairs (7)
91. Pig’s grunt (4)
92. Dense (5)
94. Spicy Indian dish (5)
95. Set off, explode (8)
97. Stink (5) 99. Resound (4)
100. Spartan (7)
103. Academy Award (5)
104. Liquid measure (5)
106. Scalp problem (8)
108. Close noisily (4)
112. Clenched hand (4)
115. A film (7)
117. Observes, perceives (7)
118. Happens (6)
120. Flashlight (5)
121. Golf’s Mr Lawrie (4)
122. Seem (6)
123. Caribou (8)
124. Bird (5)
125. Polygraph (3,8)
126. Throws, flings (6)
127. This place (4)
128. Scottish river (3)
DOWN 1. Begins (6)
2. --------- box or --------city (9)
3. According to reason (7)
4. Language, informally (5)
6. Means (7)
7. Town in NE Scotland (5)
8. Flower-shaped badges (8)
9. Wooden shoes (5)
11. Concerning (5)
12. Amphibian (4)
13. Heathen (5)
14. Bob Marley’s style of music (6)
15. Full-scale practice (5,9)
17. Underground cell (7)
21. Descend by rope (6)
27. Wax stick (6)
28. Eight furlongs (4)
29. Strap worn in a car (4,4)
31. Editions (6)
33. Erratic (9)
34. Strong impulse (4)
35. Commercial (10)
37. Month (7)
41. Pencil rubbers (7)
43. Pressed (6)
45. Tale (5)
46. Sweetheart (7)
49. Approximate calculation (8)
50. Go like a ----- or ----ticket (5)
52. Concurs (6)
53. Trite (5) 56. Mosque prayer leader (4)
58. Blameless (8)
62. To hamper (6)
63. Chin length (anag) (4)
64. Person travelling on foot (10)
65. Fruit (7)
66. Petty quarrels (5)
70. Gear (9)
72. Lawful (5) 74. Soaks up (7)
75. Amateur (14)
78. Lorry (5)
79. Slum area (6)
80. Disciple (7)
82. Develop photos here (4,4)
86. Organ near the stomach (6)
88. Spanish dance (6) 93. Time article (anag) (4)
94. To support (4)
96. Our patron saint (6)
98. Competent (9)
101. Disperse (7)
102. Type of pachyderm (8)
105. Teach (7)
107. Team of retainers (7)
109. Point the finger at (6) 110. Out of the correct path or direction (6)
111. Group of lions (5)
113. Ice house (5)
114. Valiant (5)
116. Manages (5)
117. Female relative (5)
119. Body powder (4)