Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 Trend enjoying current success (9)
Drug derived from opium (8)
Concrete chunk (4) Dependable, faithful (5)
___ Carlisle, US singer (7) First‑aid accessory (3,4) Large vase (3)
Concoct (5,2)
Rascal (5)
Cylinder of paper (6) Cleave (5)
Down Under (9)
Sweet chewy oatcakes (9) Tumbler (5)
Aromatic spice (4)
More healthy (6)
Thomas Hardy’s county (6) TV prompting device (7) Linear measure (4)
Stage departure (4) Amphibian of lizard shape (4)
Very high‑energy
(rays) (5)
Ancient Greek fable writer (5)
With a straight face (9) Scrawny, puny (5)
Lack of interest (6)
Release from bonds (5) Court case (5)
Venus and Minerva, eg (9) Light chat (5,4)
Gulf emirate (5)
Turn stale (2,3)
Boat’s steering device (6) Fourteen pounds (5) Appearing four times a year (9)
Lose body fluid (5)
Eating implement (5) Conjurer’s stick (4) Sugar‑yielding plant (4) Lottery (4) 14
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49 51
53 55 60 62 63 65 67 69 70 72 73 75
77 78 83 85 86 88 ___ Goes to Hollywood, 1980s band (7)
Hugh ___, House actor (6) Donating, presenting (6) Dutch shoe (4)
Single things (5)
Carrier for sports togs (6,3)
98 Active, full of go (9)
100 Tender (5)
102 Estimate (6)
104 Being untruthful (5)
108 Football error (7)
110 And the rest (abbrev)(3)
111 Activate (7)
113 Sums (7)
115 Darkness (5)
116 (Of a tyre) with a worn
tread (4)
117 Calculation‑aiding table (8)
118 Acrobatic balancing act
with the feet in the air (9)
90 92 93 94 95
DOWN
1 Sharp spike on a fish‑hook (4) Unexpected benefit (5) Picture formed of tiny fragments (6)
Sedate (4)
Primitive weapon (5) Candle thread (4) Confound (6)
Applying (5)
Top of the stairs area (7) Explosive sound (4) Thieving bird (6) Impasse (7)
___ peak, pointed hairline (6)
Activist for women’s equality (8)
Chest (6)
Valid reasoning (5) Having private facilities (2,5)
Frequently (5) 2 3
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18
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30
7
8 9 10
11
White Greek cheese
Lavish meal Brisker
Toothed cutting tool Programs that control a computer