Giant Crossword ACROSS
1 Ruling (8)
5 Italian inventor and physicist (7)
9 Steel __, 1989 film starring Julia Roberts and Dolly Parton (9)
14 Type of rice (5)
16 Leader articles (10)
23 Settings (6)
24 Half-moons (9)
25 Salad plant (7)
26 Greek letter (3)
27 Soldiers’ shout (6-3)
28 Delicate (4)
29 Timepiece (5,5)
30 Directed (7)
31 Prophet (4)
32 Destiny (6)
33 Neat (4)
34 Pilot (7)
37 Declare (5)
38 Kingdom (5)
39 Unit of weight (5)
40 Decisive serve in a tennis
match (5,5)
42 Constellation (5)
43 Someone illegally married
to more than one person (8)
48 Threesome (4)
49 Mexican salamander (7)
50 Facial features (8)
51 Playing card (3)
52 Infuriate (10)
53 Revolutionaries (6)
58 Nightwear (8)
61 Study of plants (6)
62 First course (7)
63 Root fabled to scream when dug up (8)
65 Disincentives (10)
70 Revealing (10)
72 Assess wrongly (8)
73 Striped (7)
74 Something unlikely to happen again (3-3)
75 Gemstone (8)
82 Noiseless (6)
83 Dead end (5,5)
85 Metal (3)
86 Individual
characteristics (8)
87 Jane __, NZ writer-director of The Piano and Top of the Lake (7)
88 Biblical character (4)
94 Supporter or follower (8)
95 Poison (5)
96 Deadlocks (10)
97 Devil (5)
98 Big cats (5)
99 Strainer (5)
103 Aimless person (7)
105 Attic (4)
106 Gambler (6)
108 Lead pellets (4)
109 Vegetable broth (3,4)
110 Serving of an alcoholic spirit (5,5)
113 Notion (4)
114 Outdoor garments (9)
115 __ Boy, Only Fools and Horses character (3)
116 Direct telephone link (7)
118 Position of control (5,4)
119 Fight (6) 120 Brawl (4-3-3)
121 Having a pleasant flavour (5)
122 Beach seat (9)
123 Incident (7)
124 Accented (8)
DOWN
2 Moving staircase (9)
3 Stages in human
descent (11)
4 Invertebrate (6)
6 As well as (4)
7 Product (8)
8 Ordered (10)
9 Illness (6)
10 Obtain (3)
11 Luxury (8)
12 ”Beware the __ of March” (4)
13 Particular (8)
14 Biblical song (5)
15 Offerings of wine (9)
17 Faraway; attractive (informally) (6)
18 Semiaquatic reptile (8)
19 Liable to catch fire (11)
20 Jargon (5)
21 Yielding (9)
22 Right side of a boat (9)
31 Dependable (8)
35 Feeling (7)
36 Era (5)
41 Dinner jacket (6)
44 Military gestures (7)
45 Mineral (4)
46 One who is aided by a patron (7)
47 Express quietly (5)
54 Indonesian island (4)
55 Chairs (5)
56 Area of east London (7)
57 Join between fabric sheets (4)
59 Improved by instruction (7)
60 Alicia __, US singersongwriter (4)
64 Was aware (4)
66 Male relative (5)
67 Monarchs (6)
68 Chair part (8)
69 Kindly (7)
71 Easy task (5,2,4)
76 Ages (4)
77 Artisan productions (11)
78 On the ground (9)
79 Skins (5)
80 Written material (10)
81 Beginning to grow (9)
84 Street lighting (9) 89 Benefit (9)
90 Etcher (8) 91 Tagged (8)
92 Deplorable (8)
93 Guarantors (8)
100 Of flowers (6) 101 Seem (6)
102 Matter (6)
104 Horseman (5)
107 Enid Blyton character (5)
111 Fashionable (4)
112 Garden building (4)
117 Titular Gilbert and Sullivan princess (3)