Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Shareholder’s portion of
profits (8)
5 Satirize (7)
9 Ambiguity (9)
14 Mistake (5)
16 Mazes (10)
23 Confront (6)
24 Complaint (9)
25 Military gestures (7)
26 Young newt (3)
27 Loquaciousness (9)
28 __ of the d’urbervilles,
Thomas Hardy novel (4)
29 1996 film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney (3,4,3)
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2 Motivation (9)
3 Innocuous (11)
4 Consuming (6)
6 Beers (4)
7 Army units (8)
8 Etui (6,4)
9 Face (6)
10 __ Gadot, Israeli
actress (3)
11 Respected (8)
12 Compass point (4)
13 Particular (8)
14 Additional (5)
15 Waterside (9)
17 Reply (6) 30 Front limb of an animal (7)
31 19th-century Dutch settler
in S. Africa (4)
32 In flight (3-3)
33 Gag (4)
34 Italian astronomer (7)
37 Demon (5)
38 Duke, for example (5)
39 Nick (5)
40 Act without delay (4,2,4)
42 Divided (5)
43 Assuage (8)
48 Fairy (4)
49 Israeli city (3,4)
50 Investigation (8)
51 Lair (3) 18 Once more (3,5)
19 Completely empty (7,4)
20 Hurry (5)
21 The constellation Ursa
Major (5,4)
22 Loathsome (9)
31 Furniture item (8)
35 Enchant (7)
36 Argued (5)
41 Expels (6)
44 Skills (7)
45 Immediately, Latin
abbreviation (4)
46 Taxes (7)
47 Devil (5) 52 Of feeble character (4-6)
53 Insect (6)
58 Intimidate (8)
61 Reverberated (6)
62 Zeppelin (7)
63 Varsity sporting
contest (4,4)
65 Musical instrument (10)
70 Teenager (10)
72 Pocket blade (8)
73 Oblivious (7)
74 Voucher (6)
75 Furthest back (8)
82 Impelled (6)
83 English poet (4,6)
85 Underwear item (3) 54 Gown (4)
55 Large monster (5)
56 Water bird (7)
57 Skin condition (4)
59 Secret place (7)
60 Carve (4)
64 Society (4)
66 __ du Beke, dancer (5)
67 Bury (6)
68 Deceitful (3-5)
69 Bouncer (7)
71 Temporary stand-in (5-6)
76 Snakes (4)
77 Pretend (4-7)
78 Not sure (9) 86 When everything is
considered (5,3)
87 End a relationship (5,2)
88 Pavement edge (4)
94 Impetus (8)
95 Hard-wearing fabric (5)
96 Condiment with roast
chicken (5,5)
97 Insufficient (5)
98 Farewell (5)
99 Fat (5)
103 Allspice (7)
105 Deeds (4)
106 Part of the blood (6)
108 007 (4)
109 Weeping (2,5) 79 Unrefined (5)
80 Sentry post (10)
81 Type of biscuit (9)
84 Street lighting (9)
89 Self-control (9)
90 Dictator (8)
91 Infiltrate (8)
92 Type of shrub (8)
93 Nicola __, Scottish First
Minister (8)
100 Small crocodile
species (6)
101 Common bird (6)
102 Big __, nickname for a
German WWI howitzer (6) 110 Deceptive warning (5,5)
113 Rant (4)
114 Ruts followed by
streetcars (9)
115 Constrictor (3)
116 Cretan princess and lover
of Theseus (7)
118 Liquid-filled sleeping
surfaces (5,4)
119 Dissertation (6)
120 Unrelenting (10)
121 Distressed (5)
122 Effusion (9)
123 Curved (7)
124 Farce (8) 104 Furious (5)
107 Monks’ superior (5)
111 Programming language (4)
112 Woodwind instrument (4)
117 Senior investigating
officer (init.) (3)