Giant Crossword
ACROSS
12 Keanu ___, actor (6)
13 Develop into (6)
14 Ritual killing of a person or animal (9)
16 ___ Fools and Horses,
TV sitcom (4)
18 Hired killer (8)
19 Fist fight (5‑2)
20 Wet sticky earth (3)
21 Painkilling tablet (7)
22 Poisonous (5)
23 Shaft of natural light at night (8)
25 Proposed route of a journey (9)
27 Ballerina’s skirt (4)
29 Earthy, near‑the‑knuckle (7)
31 Short‑sleeved tops (1‑6)
33 Egg beater (5)
35 Spicy (7)
39 Enclosure, pen (4)
41 Kiddies’ word for ‘dog’ (3‑3)
44 Picture made from scraps of fabric or paper (7) 45 Banister component (8)
48 Programme of a meeting (6)
49 Egypt’s river (4)
50 Rules the roost (9)
52 Physics, biology etc (7)
56 Round bone in the front of the leg (7) 58 Arrange fabric (5)
59 In football, an illegal position (7)
60 Workplace site of recently arrived mail (2‑4) 62 Weight for holding a ship steady (6) 64 Temporary halt in a motor race (3,4)
67 Groups of wolves (5)
69 Amount of film shot (7)
71 Highest mountain in Wales (7)
73 Owner (9)
74 Group of three people (4)
75 Factually inaccurate (6)
78 Closed (the fist) into a tight ball (8) 80 Removed (text) (7)
82 Pearl‑making shellfish (6)
83 Friend, mate (4)
85 Sure that you are definitely correct (7)
87 Act of stealing (5)
89 To begin with (2,5)
91 Raising the temperature of (7)
96 Circular token (4)
98 Cleverest (9)
100 Lengthened, made larger (8)
101 Take game birds, animals or fish illegally (5) 104 Young of a maned animal (4,3)
106 Self‑importance (3)
107 Accounts examiner (7)
109 Relating to ships and
sailors (8)
110 ___ Hathaway, Interstellar star (4)
111 Lay up in quantities (9)
112 US five‑cent piece (6)
113 Causing extreme sadness or sorrow (6)
DOWN
1 Hey ___, magician’s cry (6)
2 Act of calming by the use of drugs (8)
3 Make fun of (5)
4 Food portions (8)
5 ___ on the cob, yellow vegetable (4) 6 Katie ___, presenter who appeared on Strictly (6)
7 Large prawns, fried in breadcrumbs (6)
8 Small fishes (8) 9 High‑pitched bark (4) 10 Threshold of a house (8) 11 Jupiter or Earth, eg (6)
14 ___ Ellis‑Bextor, Murder on the Dancefloor singer (6)
15 To some extent, but not completely (2,1,3)
17 Join a course (5)
24 Make changes to (a script) (4) 26 Amount produced (5) 28 Unreasonable fear (6)
30 The length of (5) 32 Couple, pair (7)
34 Ugly old woman (3) 36 Object from the past (5) 37 White rabbit with pink eyes (6) 38 Notebook (3)
40 Bottom of the class (5)
42 Air passage from the nose to the lungs (8) 43 Leered at (5)
46 Warn of danger (5)
47 ___ Lovato, actress and singer (4)
51 Make a difference to (6) 53 Egypt’s capital (5) 54 Prickly plant (6)
55 Area of a coastal town (8) 56 Relatives, family (3) 57 Monte ___, city famous for its casino (5) 61 Chimpanzee, eg (3)
63 Ethan ___, US actor (5) 65 Seized (4)
66 Sent by mail (6)
67 Make objections (7)
68 Fine shower or mist thrown up by waves (5) 70 Room in the roof (5) 72 Recess in a wall (5) 75 Imaginary, make‑believe (6) 76 Complete policy change (1‑4) 77 Spider’s flytrap (3)
79 Ascend (a hill) (5) 81 Mischievous fairy (3)
84 Eat less to lose weight (4) 86 Idle, like an engine (4,4) 88 Criticises and bosses about (8) 90 Guards (8)
92 Places where boats are tied up (8) 93 Food eaten by pandas (6) 94 Relaxed (2,4)
95 Human ___, person (5)
97 Far from the sea (6) 99 Foreign‑looking, glamorous (6)
100 Finale or termination (6)
102 Abbey ___, model (6)
103 Ask, express doubt about (5) 105 Travelling bag (4)
108 Carpet nail (4)