Gloucestershire Echo

Giant Crossword

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1 Leisurely walker (6) 5 Fastens cloth with long stitches (5) 8 Use (6) 10 Corncrake (8) 14 In great numbers (6) 16 Timepiece (5) 21 ___ Survey, national mapping agency (8) 22 Sensitivit­y to a substance (7) 23 Equip (7) 25 Fruit (9) 26 Terrifies (6) 27 Sharpen (4) 28 Biblical vessel (3) 29 Variable resistor (8) 32 Male relative (5) 33 Green fruit (4) 34 Expanse (5) 35 Blue-green colour (4) 38 Dorothy’s metal friend (3,3) 40 Supported (5) 42 Ambiguous (6-7) 44 Bet (5) 46 Criticised in derogatory manner (10) 48 Sounds (6) 51 Vegetable broth (3,4) 54 Current (7-3) 55 Rodent’s appendage (4,4) 59 Star sign (6) 60 Female successors (9) 62 Is in harmony (7) 63 Intolerabl­e (3,2) 64 Incomparab­le (9) 67 Self-employed (9) 69 Grey (5) 71 Exclude (4,3) 74 Transitory (9) 77 One who runs away to get married (6) 78 Partial, unbalanced (3-5) 81 Strong attacks (10) 82 Stem (7) 84 Spiritual beings (6) 87 On the whole (2,3,5) 90 Declare (5) 92 Starboard (5-4,4) 95 Become arid (3,2) 96 European river (6) 98 Propel oneself through water (4) 100 Similar (5) 101 Parasite (4) 102 Unfasten (5) 104 Sub-tropical fruit tree (4,4) 107 Fix, manipulate (3) 109 Pip (4) 111 Hit (6) 112 Stamp collecting (9) 114 Avoiding the issue (7) 117 Unused pieces (7) 118 Remedy (8) 119 Sailing boat (5) 120 Go extremely hungry (6) 121 Settle abroad (8) 122 Interferen­ce (6) 123 Small farm (5) 124 Sibling (6)

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2 Italian inventor (7) 3 Rope used to train a horse (5) 4 Former name of Yangon (7) 5 Greek letter (5) 6 Started laughing (7,2) 7 Fine fabric (4) 8 Mistake (5) 9 Mouldy, overripe (3) 11 __ G, comedy character (3) 12 Resin (3) 13 Running after (7) 14 Leads people through unknown territory (5) 15 Falsehood (3) 17 Turn aside (5) 18 Tree or shrub (5) 19 Major or minor constellat­ion (4) 20 Rabble (6) 24 Indian language (5) 25 Zero (3) 26 Hand tool (7) 30 Flightless bird (3) 31 Wife of a sultan (7) 34 Flow of water (4) 36 Dined (3) 37 Finance executive (6) 38 Metal container (3) 39 Type of dog (7) 40 School bag (7) 41 Adorn (5) 42 Lets go of (5) 43 Mix of blue and yellow (5) 44 Fighters (9) 45 Kingdom (5) 47 Fitting (3) 49 Attack and defeat (7) 50 Clergyman’s allowance (7) 52 As fast as possible (4-5) 53 Accounts (7) 54 Guns (7) 56 ___ May, UK prime minister (7) 57 Quill pot (7) 58 Celebrity (4) 61 Charged atoms or molecules (4) 65 Delays (5,2) 66 Alcoholic drink (4,3) 68 Gains (5) 70 Lowest point (5) 72 Extent (6) 73 Play with absentmind­edly (7) 75 Lift with effort (5) 76 Extracted from the earth (5) 79 The Earth’s energy source (3) 80 Crane (7) 83 Phrase announcing the successful completion of a magic trick (3,6) 85 Perceive (3) 86 Something trending on the internet (4) 88 Deviate (3) 89 Type of rugby (6) 91 Draw by appealing qualities (7) 93 Semblance (5) 94 Awarded 2015 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (3) 96 Indicates (7) 97 Respire (7) 98 Impertinen­t (5) 99 Item for starting a fire (5) 101 Indian corn (5) 103 No vote (3) 105 Opposite of alkali (4) 106 Imitate (5) 108 Transplant­ed tissue (5) 109 Flanks (5) 110 Compact __, music storage format (4) 112 Equality (3) 113 Stretch (3) 115 At the rear (3) 116 Eastern Standard Time (1,1,1)

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