Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Region of Italy (6) 5 Used a stopwatch (5) 8 Perspires (6) 10 American lifeguard drama series (8) 14 Naked dash at a public event (6) 16 Gemstone (5) 21 Practice (5,3) 22 Perform again (2-5) 23 __ of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones film (7) 25 Communication of understanding (3,2,4) 26 Crevices (6) 27 Jodie __, model (4) 28 __ Wednesday, first day of lent (3) 29 Redressing (8) 32 Indian dish (5) 33 Sleigh (4) 34 Blood vessel (5) 35 Signals agreement (4) 38 Worldwide (6) 40 Vital organ (5) 42 Test group (8,5) 44 Paul __, British tenor (5) 46 Alcohol taken to calm nerves (5,5) 48 Titans (6) 51 Unit of sound intensity (7) 54 Unofficially (10) 55 Battle horses (8) 59 Type of French cake (6) 60 English city (9) 62 Remains awake (5,2) 63 Evelyn Waugh novel (5) 64 Exaggerate (9) 67 Affected (9) 69 John __, English philosopher (5) 71 Wind instrument (7) 74 Lunar rays (9) 77 Glacial mass (3-3) 78 Camping equipment (4,4) 81 Educational period (10) 82 Come in again (2-5) 84 Bury (6) 87 Astronauts’ uniforms (5,5) 90 Stopping place (3-2) 92 Political murder (13) 95 Japanese wrestlers (5) 96 Container (6) 98 Heroic tale (4) 100 Amend (5) 101 Traditional wisdom (4) 102 Divided (5) 104 Reached (8) 107 Cleaning implement (3) 109 Pet doctors (abbreviation) (4) 111 Protect (6) 112 Battle ceremonies (3,6) 114 Scholarly (7) 117 Freight weight (7) 118 Huge (8) 119 Wooden spike (5) 120 Be imminent (6) 121 __ __ Minister, sitcom (3,5) 122 National song (6) 123 Nuisances (5) 124 Looked (6)
DOWN
2 Warlike (7) 3 __ Dahl, author (5) 4 Spray can (7) 5 Pacific kingdom (5) 6 Bog (9) 7 Weight-loss regime (4) 8 Step (5) 9 Hill (3) 11 Primate (3) 12 Informal greeting (3) 13 Base part of a plant (7) 14 __ in the Stone, Arthurian legend (5) 15 Grass (3) 17 Board (3,2) 18 Discharges (5) 19 Northern European (4) 20 Part (6) 24 John Philip __, US composer (5) 25 Knight’s title (3) 26 Heart-related (7) 30 Wildebeast (3) 31 Monotonous (7) 34 As well as (4) 36 Horse colour (3) 37 Despises (6) 38 Pop concert (3) 39 Asian (7) 40 Writing system for the blind (7) 41 Mother-of-pearl (5) 42 Clog (5) 43 Takes off (hat) (5) 44 Actor (9) 45 Outburst (5) 47 Oil platform (3) 49 Substance that is aromatic when burned (7) 50 Moral doubt (7) 52 Having a musical quality (9) 53 Fashionable (1,2,4) 54 Suggested (7) 56 Extreme greed for wealth (7) 57 Take back (7) 58 __ Farmiga, US actress (4) 61 This month (4) 65 Siblings (7) 66 Safety feature on an aeroplane seat (7) 68 Of a duchy (5) 70 Heather (5) 72 Finally (2,4) 73 US state (7) 75 Water mass (5) 76 John __, Downton Abbey character with a limp (5) 79 Twitch (3) 80 Moved (7) 83 Recalls (9) 85 Bap (3) 86 Russian ruler (4) 88 Seed (3) 89 Reptiles (6) 91 Part of a ship (7) 93 Stunted vegetation (5) 94 __ Hislop, journalist and comedian (3) 96 Cowers (7) 97 Exist beyond (7) 98 Spirit, character (5) 99 Scrutinise (5) 101 Tempted (5) 103 Ballet step (3) 105 The __, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan comedy (4) 106 Hard-wearing fabric (5) 108 Leaves (5) 109 Meeting place (5) 110 Seductive woman (4) 112 Little (3) 113 Weep (3) 115 Unit of resistance (3) 116 Endearing term (3)