Giant Crossword ACROSS
1 Esteems (8)
5 Intimation (7)
9 Safety assessment for a
vehicle (5,4)
14 Topic (5)
16 Competence (10)
23 Tent-dweller (6)
24 Merchants (9)
25 Afternoon performance (7)
26 Insect resin (3)
27 Arranged in twos (6,3)
28 Playthings (4)
29 Astronomy (10)
30 Army unit (7)
31 __ Redding, US singer (4)
32 Equine mammals (6)
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2 Precise location (5,4)
3 Heavy desk ornament (11)
4 Horse enclosure (6)
6 Naked (4)
7 Without vigour (8)
8 Venetian boatmen (10)
9 Make stronger (6)
10 Fitting (3)
11 Hindrance (8)
12 __ Project, Cornish
botanical centre (4)
13 Discuss (4,4)
14 Nails (5)
15 Developed
photographs (9)
17 __ Lincoln, UK actor (6) 33 Inactive (4)
34 Dusk (7)
37 Velocity (5)
38 Egyptian capital (5)
39 Shiny fabric (5)
40 Parts left over (10)
42 Floating platforms (5)
43 Rapturous (8)
48 Male deer (4)
49 Invades (7)
50 Housebreaking (8)
51 Alcoholic drink (3)
52 State of dejection (3,7)
53 Make loose (6)
58 From northern Britain (8)
61 Extinguish (3,3) 18 Outdoors (8)
19 Classics teacher (5,6)
20 Don clothes to assess the
style or fit (3,2)
21 Chief (9)
22 Preying on others (9)
31 Pull rank (8)
35 Person keeping watch (7)
36 Forging block (5)
41 Adventure group for
young people (6)
44 Provokes (7)
45 Cab (4)
46 Relating to a quadrennial
sporting contest (7)
47 Make amends (5) 62 Symbols (7)
63 Remoteness (8)
65 Explains (10)
70 Inwardly (10)
72 Having attractive
properties (8)
73 Thankless person (7)
74 Seaman (6)
75 Shangri-la (8)
82 Writing instrument (6)
83 Dentures (5,5)
85 Sound of a cow (3)
86 Person who used a
machine (8)
87 Courageously (7)
88 Fly (4) 54 Scottish island (4)
55 Signs (5)
56 Wading bird (7)
57 __ Headey, UK actress (4)
59 Accede (7)
60 Crusted-over wound (4)
64 Cot (4)
66 Greek epic (5)
67 Bunks (6)
68 Nominator (8)
69 Victorian-era conflict in
South Africa (4,3)
71 Means of getting away (6,5)
76 Jean __, Uk-dominican author of Wide Sargasso Sea (4) 94 Fixed allowances (8)
95 Quarrel (5)
96 1996 Demi Moore film (10)
97 Greek letter (5)
98 Month (5)
99 Enormous (5)
103 Impose (7)
105 Lightweight fabric (4)
106 Belief in god (6)
108 Russian ruler (4)
109 Blinding vapour used to
control riots (4,3)
110 Astronauts’ uniforms (10)
113 Greyish-yellow (4)
114 English city (9)
115 Bath (3) 77 Utter poverty (11)
78 Exclude (9)
79 Circles (5)
80 Philatelist’s book (5,5)
81 Exceed budget (9)
84 Of voters (9)
89 Textual scholar or critic (9)
90 Supporter (8)
91 Medieval weapon (8)
92 Relieve of anxieties (8)
93 Offhand (8)
100 Bring out (6)
101 Engraver (6)
102 Repair the top of a
building (6)
104 Pig meat in rashers (5) 116 Feed (7)
118 Inhabitants of La Paz,
e.g. (9)
119 Sleep-inducing drug (6)
120 Downplay (10)
121 Wat __, leader of the
Peasants’ Revolt (5)
122 Native of the Occident (9)
123 Looking glasses (7)
124 Foot soldiers (8) 107 Go into (5)
111 Insects (4)
112 Coffin platform (4)
117 __ Mckellen, UK actor (3)