Leicester Mercury

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Letters (8)

5 Neverthele­ss (7)

9 Transitory (9)

14 Oliver __, UK neurologis­t

and author (5)

16 Defamation­s (10)

23 Capital of Colombia (6) 24 High-ranking, preeminent (9)

25 Unravels (7)

26 __ Jong-un, leader of

North Korea (3)

27 Integer not divisible by

two (3,6)

28 Fruits (4)

29 Under no

circumstan­ces (5,5)

DOWN

2 Slideshow instrument (9) 3 Battled (6,5)

4 S. American camelids (6) 6 Egg-shaped (4)

7 Arcane (8)

8 Second leg of a sports

fixture (6,4)

9 Peers (6)

10 __ Stephens, Welsh DJ

and presenter (3)

11 Reclusive (8)

12 Impetuous (4)

13 Tepid (8)

14 French river (5) 30 In the middle (7)

31 Occupied (4)

32 Pluck (6)

33 Nullify (4)

34 Needing a drink (7)

37 Things (5)

38 Johanna Spyri novel (5) 39 Picture (5)

40 Skiver (10)

42 Flooded (5)

43 Type of parrot (8)

48 Boast (4)

49 Further ahead (7)

50 Dough ball (8)

51 Duty (3)

52 English comic

playwright (4,6) 15 Narrow escape (5,4)

17 Biblical character (6)

18 Fundamenta­l particle of

matter (8)

19 Knowledge (11)

20 The __ Manager, John le

Carré novel (5)

21 Ironic (9)

22 Alone (2,4,3)

31 Twice a year (8)

35 Relatives (7)

36 Shining brilliantl­y (5)

41 Perches (6)

44 Own person (7) 53 Chauffeur (6)

58 Take away (8)

61 Snake-haired gorgon (6) 62 Jumper (7)

63 Flaps (8)

65 Gentle bearing (4,6)

70 Objecting (10)

72 Most cheerful (8)

73 Sleeping area (7)

74 Circus performers (6)

75 Types of dogs (8)

82 Swimwear (6)

83 Tearful (10)

85 Payment (3)

86 Wine poured in honour of

a deity (8)

87 One fourth (7) 45 Roman robe (4)

46 The least fast (7)

47 Religious man (5)

54 Brass instrument (4) 55 Direct, pass on (5)

56 Loser (4-3)

57 Type of bird (4)

59 European country (7) 60 Appealing (4)

64 Ruckus (4)

66 Inserted decoration (5) 67 Wife, informally (6)

68 Items (8)

69 Straighten­s out (7) 88 Urban area (4)

94 Relating to the geometry

of curved surfaces (8)

95 Jeremy __, English actor (5) 96 Motionless (5-5)

97 Legal defence (5)

98 Embankment (5)

99 Celtic priest (5)

103 __ Lawson, UK TV chef (7) 105 Dutch cheese (4)

106 Votes in (6)

108 Mines (4)

109 Reparation (7)

110 Astonishin­g (3-7)

113 Christian __, French

fashion designer (4)

114 Coastal wildfowl (5,4) 71 Exhaustive

questionin­g (5,6)

76 Kind (4)

77 Scatter among (11)

78 Shappi __, UK

comedian (9)

79 Vegetables (5)

80 Classical musicians (10) 81 Cemetery (9)

84 Instrument opening many

locks (6,3)

89 Making the sound of a

horse (9)

90 Metal (8) 115 Stomach (informal) (3) 116 Greek mythical figure (7) 118 TV serial (4,5)

119 Skilled (6)

120 Delayed arrivers (10) 121 Local dignitary (5)

122 Now and then (9)

123 Systematic study (7) 124 Override (8) 91 Sets of clothes (8)

92 Loud (8)

93 Apostle (8)

100 Superficia­l appearance (6) 101 Talks (6)

102 Humphrey __, US actor (6) 104 Balearic island (5)

107 Go into (5)

111 Consider (4)

112 Heroic tale (4)

117 __ Peake, UK

astronaut (3)

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