Giant Crossword
ACROSS
5 Composition (5)
7 Italian city (7)
11 The science of light (6)
14 Unit of mass (4)
16 Unbalanced (8)
18 __ Maar, French surrealist
artist (4)
20 Visit briefly (4,2)
22 Narrow elevation of land, or
crest (5)
23 __ Cameron, Scottish
comedian (5)
24 Parasol (8)
26 Small pieces of coloured
paper (8)
29 Apex (3)
30 Gilbert & Sullivan princess (3)
32 Not heavy (5)
34 Russian leader (5)
36 Fake (4) 38 Jockeys (6)
40 __ Hutton, 20th-Century
English cricketer (3)
41 Artist who produces 3D
work (8)
44 Flowering shrubs in the
Rhododendron genus (7)
47 Eggs (3)
48 Retain (4)
51 Biblical priest (3)
52 Interval of eight notes (6)
54 Revealed (7)
58 Girl’s name (3)
60 Kingdom (5)
61 Mediocre (2-2)
64 Flee (6)
65 Affirmative voters (4)
66 Sound of mirth (8)
68 Meadow (3)
70 Italian capital (4) 71 Slow-moving reptile (8)
76 Ancient stringed
instrument (4)
78 Exhalation (6)
80 Holy image (4)
82 Giving (8)
85 Correct (5)
86 Pen point (3)
88 Pierce (4)
90 Commercials (abbr.) (3)
91 Curve (3)
92 Island (4)
93 Knight (3)
94 Group of eight (5)
95 Military branch (3,5)
97 Possesses (4)
98 Elevate (6)
99 Rubber wheel (4)
103 Mergansers (8)
106 Entreaty (4) 107 Fuss (3)
108 Guard (8)
111 Extinct bird (4)
113 To this place (6)
117 Fifth brightest star in night
sky (4)
119 Satan (5)
120 Vegetable (3)
121 Festers (7)
125 Sheepdog (6)
127 Edible seed (3)
130 Blue-green colour (4)
132 Anger (3)
133 Young hare (7)
135 Funny story (8)
138 Female sheep (3)
140 Sermonize (6)
142 Appear (4)
144 Campanologist’s
instruments (5) 147 Lines from centre to edge of
a circle (5)
148 Number (3)
150 Rita __, UK singer (3)
151 Represents (8)
154 Good luck charm (8)
157 Bequeath (5)
158 Mount ___, Biblical
location (5)
159 Lumberjack (6)
160 Mine shaft (4)
161 Daring (8)
162 Poems (4)
163 Move restlessly (6)
164 S. American country (7)
165 Theatre attendant (5)
DOWN
1 Equip (7)
2 Fashionable (4)
3 Soon (4)
4 Newspaper boss (6)
6 Gesture (6)
7 Complains (5)
8 Verbal (4)
9 Naval commanders (8)
10 Greek letter (3)
12 Those using forcible
recruitment techniques (5,4)
13 Unwell (3)
14 Leg joint (4)
15 Biblical patriarch (4)
17 Of a distinct group of
people (6)
19 Competent (4)
21 Recorded (2,4)
25 Beer (3)
27 Petroleum (3)
28 Overweight (3)
31 Painter (6) 33 Writing fluid (3)
34 Lighting device (4)
35 Pesters (4)
37 Beast (6)
39 Couple (3)
40 Sheltered side (3)
42 Dwarf planet (5)
43 Gemstones (5)
45 Metal (4)
46 Hunt (4)
47 Senior (5)
49 Long fish (3)
50 Lazy (4)
51 Finish (3)
53 Series of links (5)
55 Medical photograph (1-3)
56 Mythological monster (4)
57 One who receives wages (6)
59 Expressed forcibly (8)
62 West __, constituent state of
India (6)
63 Articles (5) 67 Mythical hero (8)
69 Deer (4)
72 Flow back (3)
73 Travel permit (4)
74 Unit of time (4)
75 Responsibility (4)
77 French street (3)
79 Erring (6)
81 Stain (4)
82 About to arrive (3)
83 US state (4)
84 Sharp intake of breath (4)
86 Italian city (6)
87 Explode (5)
88 Pigpen (3)
89 Elderly (4)
92 Of the item (3)
96 Middle Eastern native (5)
99 Speak (4)
100 Speed contest (4)
101 Choice of path (5)
102 Element (6) 104 Once more (5)
105 Elementary (5)
106 Knitting stitch (4)
109 50% cheaper (4-5)
110 Altitude (6)
112 Beak (4)
114 Sea eagle (4)
115 Select (3)
116 Feather scarf (3)
118 Estrange (8)
122 Hard part on the end of
fingers and toes (4)
123 Part of the mouth (4)
124 Strong (6)
125 Signal (3)
126 Age (3)
128 Ideal society (6)
129 British Overseas Territory in
the Atlantic (7)
131 Garland in Hawaii (3)
134 Improve (6)
135 Scared (6) 136 Blunder (3)
137 Arid (3)
139 Quick perception (3)
141 Jane Austen novel (4)
143 Item of gardening
equipment (5)
145 Looked at (4)
146 Deprivation (4)
149 S. American country (4)
152 Land measurement (4)
153 Weakens (4)
155 Assist (3)
156 No vote (3)