Greenock Telegraph

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

12 Hot regions (7)

14 Moneylendi­ng establishm­ent (8)

Hire charge (6) Accede (5)

Ado (4)

Peaked soft hat (4,3)

___ Fiennes, actor (5) Advertisin­g agent (9) Steering device (5)

Tiny organism (7) Accurately hitting (2,6) Chic or clever (5) Requesting or enquiring (6) Design of washing machine (4‑3)

In a stringent manner (10) Across country (8) Country estate (5) Influence by bribery (6) Surprise (7) Structures differentl­y (9) Reduce the price of (4,4) Plinth (8)

Horny plate at the end of the foot (7)

Monte ___, Monaco’s city (5)

Hurt (4)

Deride, mock (5) Remains of a fire (3) Young animal (3)

Inlay firmly (5)

Fast, bawdy (4) Horizontal line of a rooftop (5)

Half woman and half fish (7) Fruit formed from a single carpel (8) Wonderful, magical (8) Sets of belief (9)

Fresh lunar aspect (3,4) Sprucer (6)

Attach (3,2)

Agility (8)

Female attendant at a wedding (10) Expanded (7) 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 29 34 35

37 41 44 45 46 48 50 52 55

57

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69 73

75 76 79 81 83 85 88

89 90 94 95 98 100

Worthless (6)

Bird of prey (5) Returned (4,4) Low‑fat (milk) (7) Shoot or sprout of a tree (5)

Letter’s recipient (9) Crab’s outer case (5) Mail carriage fee (7) Diplomacy (4) Surpass, cap (5)

Wax drawing stick (6) Administer (a solution) into a vein (4‑4) Widely spoken language (7)

DOWN

1 Conveyed (7)

2 Jibe (5)

3 Ballerina, eg (6)

4 Informal photo (4)

5 Large breed of horse (5)

6 Greek god of prophecy (6) Bridge’s curved span (4) Marksman (6) Cutting remark (4) Hybrid of a tangerine and a grapefruit (4) Expressive movement (7) Be master of (7) Moving through a liquid (6) Obscure (3)

___ Cox, TV physicist (5) Vibrate (5)

Be paid (4)

Broad tooth designed for grinding (5) Female opera star (4) Chinese vegetable dish cooked in hot oil (4‑3) Booted out (6)

Uses a stopwatch (5) First name of actor Mr Cumberbatc­h (8) Quarter‑pint measure (4) Carry too far (6) Cleaning fluid (6)

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113 7 8 9 10

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31 32

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38 39 40

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