Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Widespread occurrence of disease (8) 5 Fishing bait (7) 9 Practised (9) 14 Sign of the zodiac (5) 16 Generous (10) 23 German city (6) 24 Monkeys (9) 25 Areas of property (7) 26 Frantic (3) 27 Complete waste (5,4) 28 Heroic tale (4) 29 Temporariness (10) 30 Beach pebbles (7) 31 Parasite (4) 32 African fly (6) 33 Upon (4) 34 Round up livestock (7) 37 __ Piaf, French singer (5) 38 Drive an aeroplane (5) 39 Type of words (5) 40 Determines (10) 42 The Phantom of the __, Lloyd Webber musical (5) 43 Memento (8) 48 British detective show starring Brenda Blethyn (4) 49 Embarrassed (7) 50 Celebration (8) 51 Ex-boyband who found fame on The X Factor (1,1,1) 52 Dull (10) 53 Minister (6) 58 Escorting (8) 61 US state (6) 62 Ambles (7) 63 Prediction (8) 65 Digit divisible by two (4,6) 70 Timepiece (10) 72 Maintains (8) 73 Indicated (7) 74 Freezer (6) 75 Inhale (8) 82 Release (6) 83 Ominous (10) 85 __ Girl, US sitcom (3) 86 Black treacle (8) 87 Russian region (7) 88 Kind (4) 94 Mathematical operation (8) 95 Brown colour (5) 96 Composer (10) 97 Commerce (5) 98 Horse controls (5) 99 Initial (5) 103 Rub (7) 105 Accessible (4) 106 Away from home (6) 108 Potato (4) 109 Exalt (7) 110 Abduction (10) 113 British singer (4) 114 Votes (9) 115 Swine (3) 116 Irked (7) 118 Imperious (9) 119 Quays (6) 120 Yielding to a superior force (10) 121 Praise (5) 122 Retailers (9) 123 Attacking (7) 124 Towards the Orient (8)
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2 Game bird (9) 3 Show (11) 4 Praying __, insect (6) 6 Overturn (4) 7 Squirming (8) 8 Woman-hater (10) 9 Vic __, comedian (6) 10 Headgear (3) 11 Items (8) 12 Mediocre (2-2) 13 Home-related (8) 14 Financial examination (5) 15 Standing accused (2,3,4) 17 Empty (6) 18 Cabinet-making material (8) 19 Truancy (11) 20 Above board (5) 21 Incomparable (9) 22 Habitual gesture or way of speaking (9) 31 One who makes a will (8) 35 Shakespeare play (7) 36 European country (5) 41 Large rays (6) 44 Examine (7) 45 Cab (4) 46 Perching (7) 47 Meat sauce (5) 54 Biblical character (4) 55 Distribute (5) 56 Ferret (7) 57 Responsibility (4) 59 Neatened (7) 60 Close (4) 64 Sleigh (4) 66 Shovel (5) 67 Household cleaning appliance (6) 68 Open or spread out (8) 69 Duplicators (7) 71 Investigates a horse’s record (7,4) 76 Fruit (4) 77 Epitaph inscription (4,2,5) 78 Stutterer (9) 79 Surrendered (5) 80 Star scientist (10) 81 Pious (9) 84 Ripped to pieces (4,5) 89 Bitter (9) 90 Tenderness (8) 91 Airborne (2,6) 92 Reply (8) 93 Collapsed (8) 100 Short jacket (6) 101 Exactly right (4,2) 102 Islamic rulings (6) 104 Farewell (5) 107 Force (5) 111 __ Tindall, granddaughter of the Queen (4) 112 Algerian port (4) 117 Expresses pleasure at flavour of food (3)