Giant Crossword ACROSS DOWN
1 Crockery item for 9 Down (3,3) 5 Horrid (5) 8 Young cow (6) 10 Stir-fried noodles (4,4) 14 Four Sundays before Christmas (6) 16 Biblical song (5) 21 State of the USA (8) 22 Candidate (7) 23 Large ship (7) 25 Deport (9) 26 Area or portion (6) 27 Russian ruler (4) 28 Age (3) 29 Lacking skill (8) 32 Command (5) 33 Edible grains (4) 34 Step (5) 35 __ Fitzgerald, singer (4) 38 Mistakes (6) 40 Absurd act (5) 42 Unacceptable behaviour (6,3,4) 44 Deduction (5) 46 Hostility (10) 48 Part of the foot (6) 51 Farewell (7) 54 Overwhelming disease (10) 55 Luxury (8) 59 Type of chemical compound (6) 60 Good luck symbol (9) 62 Person in position of authority (7) 63 Vegetables (5) 64 Hatred (9) 67 Has doubts about (9) 69 Shaping machine (5) 71 Breathing hole (7) 74 Brass musician (9) 77 Spoke (6) 78 Place of business (8) 81 Type of biscuits (6,4) 82 Tennis exchanges (7) 84 Lunatic (6) 87 Grass cutters (4,6) 90 Tests (5) 92 Record of voyagers (9,4) 95 __ Boyle, singer (5) 96 Bereaved wives (6) 98 Hollow, dimple (4) 100 False identity (5) 101 Reject (4) 102 Backbone (5) 104 Unwarranted display of force (8) 107 Tree (3) 109 Bowl (4) 111 Reflexive form of ‘it’ (6) 112 Old name for African country (9) 114 Piece of writing (7) 117 Took away (7) 118 Escapes (4,4) 119 Open (5) 120 Breakfast item (6) 121 Degree-holder (8) 122 Carpenter (6) 123 Short poem (5) 124 Make possible (6) 2 Curmudgeon (7) 3 Group of singers (5) 4 Spiritual communications (7) 5 Love (5) 6 Wonderful (9) 7 Lighting device (4) 8 Guess (5) 9 Ovum (3) 11 Shade (3) 12 Mesh (3) 13 Stopping (7) 14 Nimble (5) 15 Contend (3) 17 Shawl (5) 18 Food of the Israelites (5) 19 Deer (4) 20 Mythical flier (6) 24 Woman’s name (5) 25 Before (3) 26 Hair-cleaning agent (7) 30 Type of thin wooden board (3) 31 Back awhile (4,3) 34 Halt (4) 36 Star sign (3) 37 Decimal (6) 38 Biblical name (3) 39 Best (7) 40 One more (7) 41 Greek island (5) 42 Nativity (5) 43 Artist’s support (5) 44 English city (9) 45 Hot drink (5) 47 Article of speech (3) 49 More unpleasant (7) 50 Expressions (7) 52 Invalidates, reverses (9) 53 Protects (7) 54 Depict (7) 56 School childrens’ clothes (7) 57 Intestinal infection (7) 58 Uprising (4) 61 Trick (4) 65 Rower (7) 66 Hankered after (7) 68 Furniture set (5) 70 Furnish (5) 72 Portions (6) 73 Relating to the sides (7) 75 Dark (5) 76 Pangs (5) 79 Males (3) 80 Law-enforcement officer in USA (7) 83 Stocking support (9) 85 Type of lettuce (3) 86 Enquires (4) 88 Wonder (3) 89 Wild ass (6) 91 Female relatives (7) 93 Father Christmas (5) 94 __ Hislop, editor and comedian (3) 96 Blow through pursed lips (7) 97 Drunken festivity (7) 98 Australian dog (5) 99 Teacher (5) 101 Slow speech (5) 103 Fleshy underpart of animal’s foot (3) 105 Unit of length (4) 106 __ Fudd, cartoon character (5) 108 Sorcery (5) 109 Stage performance (5) 110 Wicked (4) 112 __ Perkins, comedienne (3) 113 Month (abbreviation) (3) 115 Drink measure (3) 116 Self (3)