Gloucestershire Echo

Giant Crossword

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1 Stripe (6) 5 Travel permit (4) 8 Split, hew (6) 10 Rebuke (8) 14 Meagre (6) 16 Northern African country (5) 22 Mimic (8) 23 Motives (7) 24 Try (7) 26 Most important (9) 27 __ Rivas, Spanish model (4) 29 Mumble words (4) 30 Distress call (1,1,1) 31 Female character in West Side Story (5) 33 Centre (4) 34 Generous (4-6) 35 Slow musical speed (5) 36 Body of water (4) 39 Bony piece of pork (5,3) 41 Volunteers (6) 42 Fine plaster (6) 43 Doesn’t have (5) 45 Behave carelessly (4,6) 49 Spicy sausage (6) 51 Small island (5) 54 Starring actor (7,3) 55 Garden plant (5,3) 60 Tempestuou­s water (5,3) 62 Vie (7) 63 Statement of belief (5) 64 Devil (5) 65 Type of tree (3) 68 Horticultu­ral tool (3) 69 Sicilian criminal organisati­on (5) 71 Suggest (5) 72 More flavourful (7) 75 Participat­e (4,4) 80 Candied stems (8) 82 Classical musicians (10) 84 Christophe­r __, Superman actor (5) 86 Strip (6) 88 One by one (6,4) 91 Marine mammals (5) 93 Curt (6) 95 Destructiv­e criminal (6) 97 Become stale (8) 100 Accessible (4) 102 Order of architectu­re (5) 103 School principal (10) 104 Church recess (4) 106 Parrot (5) 109 Affirmativ­e (3) 110 Wished (farewell) (4) 111 Percussion instrument (4) 112 Cockney (4,5) 114 Retailers (7) 117 Mediterran­ean coastal region (7) 118 Obvious (8) 119 US state (5) 120 Unsullied (6) 121 Visor to aid sleep (8) 122 Zoo worker (6) 123 Looked at (4) 124 Performer (6)

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2 Glass (7) 3 Go into (5) 4 Tomato sauce (7) 6 Set aside (2,7) 7 Wake-up call (5) 8 Group of singers (5) 9 Through (3) 11 Type of tree (3) 12 Female pronoun (3) 13 Migratory (7) 14 Heap (5) 15 Gazelle, e.g. (8) 17 Perfect (5) 18 Gemstone (5) 19 Prohibit (9) 20 The Sun, e.g. (4) 21 Spanish woman (6) 25 Subject (5) 26 First woman in Greek mythology (7) 28 By the way (2,7) 32 Man’s name, shortened (3) 33 Habitual (7) 37 Relatives (3) 38 Conflict (6) 40 Existing (5) 41 Leers (5) 43 English city (9) 44 Stitching lines (5) 46 Select (3) 47 Enquire (3) 48 Disappear (6) 50 From Tel Aviv, e.g. (7) 52 Adornments (9) 53 Notes from a meeting (7) 54 Opponent of new technologi­es (7) 56 Developed (7) 57 Tests (5) 58 Awaken (4) 59 Projection on the end of timber (5) 61 Fools (4) 66 Japanese garment (6) 67 Unwilling to wait (9) 70 Wrong (5) 73 Scratch (6) 74 Set free (7) 76 Bell tolling (5) 77 Skins (5) 78 Weekday (9) 79 Insect (3) 81 Ovum (3) 83 More thin on the ground (7) 85 Whatever happens (2,3,4) 87 Saviours (8) 89 Mischievou­s sprite (3) 90 Mystery (6) 92 Showy flowers (7) 94 Whirls (5) 96 Water barrier (3) 98 Punched (7) 99 Rhythm (7) 100 African mammal (5) 101 Compass point (5) 103 Hurry (5) 105 Victim of a hunt (4) 107 Lid (5) 108 In which place (5) 110 Nobleman (5) 113 Owed (3) 115 Boy (3) 116 Referring to a woman (3)

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