Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Eye specialists (8) 5 Deadlock (7) 9 Abductor (9) 14 Ingenuous (5) 16 Obesity (10) 23 Absent pupil (6) 24 Chess manoeuvre (2,7) 25 Young birds (7) 26 Obtain (3) 27 Elaborate on (9) 28 Implement (4) 29 Planned (10) 30 Imbalanced (7) 31 Sean __, actor who played Ned Stark in Game of Thrones (4) 32 Reflexive form of ‘it’ (6) 33 Editing mark (4) 34 Obsolete (7) 37 Dramatic platform (5) 38 City in Nebraska, US (5) 39 Custom (5) 40 Cushioned vehicle (10) 42 Explosion (5) 43 Reignites (8) 48 Therefore (4) 49 Surgical knives (7) 50 Discourage (4,4) 51 Exclude (3) 52 Overseer (10) 53 Radio presenter (6) 58 Garden plant (5,3) 61 Platitude (6) 62 Hankered after (7) 63 Fish of the genus Hippocampus (3,5) 65 Blood relationships (6,4) 70 Most senior male offspring (6,4) 72 Becomes aware (8) 73 Endeavour (7) 74 Oh dear! (6) 75 Building material (8) 82 Prises (6) 83 Adversity (10) 85 Scrap (3) 86 Border region (8) 87 Release (7) 88 Bombard (4) 94 Killer (8) 95 Images (5) 96 Of feeble character (4-6) 97 Denoting English (5) 98 Ghost __, 2007 film starring Nicolas Cage (5) 99 Instil (5) 103 Century (7) 105 Needle case (4) 106 Expects (6) 108 Locate (4) 109 Entertainer (7) 110 Greet (5,5) 113 __ Redding, US soul singer (4) 114 Lawyer (9) 115 Impair (3) 116 Large feline (7) 118 Impudence (9) 119 Evaded (6) 120 Stationery fasteners (5,5) 121 Levied (5) 122 Loitering (9) 123 Garden plant (7) 124 Anxiety (8)
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2 Woodworker (9) 3 Main part in a film or play (7,4) 4 Gundog (6) 6 Dinner, for example (4) 7 Potent drink (8) 8 Fanatic (10) 9 Genuflects (6) 10 Excavate (3) 11 Means (8) 12 Mail (4) 13 Yacht racing contests (8) 14 Chemical (5) 15 Unutterable (9) 17 Drug (6) 18 Tied (8) 19 Zero remaining (7,4) 20 Impassive person (5) 21 Under hypnosis (2,1,6) 22 Wonderful (9) 31 Devotee of literature (8) 35 Beams (7) 36 Ostentation (5) 41 Easily upset (6) 44 Use as part payment (5,2) 45 Smack (4) 46 Sticks (7) 47 Incursion (5) 54 Assistant (4) 55 Encounters (5) 56 Aiding (7) 57 __ Ora, UK singer (4) 59 Writhes (7) 60 Relax (4) 64 Aperture (4) 66 Country in Asia (5) 67 Diffuse (6) 68 Form a relationship with (8) 69 First batsmen of an innings (7) 71 Nickname for Ireland (7,4) 76 Expanded (4) 77 Tailor’s device (4,7) 78 Away from the right path (3,6) 79 Italian city (5) 80 Item of jewellery (6,4) 81 Groundhog (9) 84 Woman with a will (9) 89 Washerwoman (9) 90 Piece of unexpected good fortune (8) 91 Rural (8) 92 Remedy (8) 93 Additional comment (8) 100 Endure cheerfully (4,2) 101 Docile pet (6) 102 Wallows (6) 104 Extreme (5) 107 Equipped (5) 111 Map (4) 112 Abominable snowman (4) 117 __ G, satirical character created by Sacha Baron Cohen (3)