Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Property (6) 5 Title (4) 8 Not immediately obvious (6) 10 Impartiality (8) 15 Taken illegally (6) 17 Photograph (5) 23 Keep (8) 24 Emerging from sleep (7) 25 Gemstones (5) 26 Needless profligacy (5,5) 27 Reiterates (7) 29 Carla __, screenwriter of Bread and The Liver Birds (4) 30 Calamities (9) 32 Large shrub (4) 33 English name for the large estuary between Argentina and Uruguay (5,5) 34 Mould (5) 35 Rescue (4) 37 Ocean (3) 38 Guess (8) 40 Performed (6) 41 Artist’s supports (6) 42 __ in Their Eyes, UK talent show (5) 44 Convince (8) 47 Ernie __, South African golfer (3) 49 Type of bean (4) 51 Ground (7) 54 Juice used in piña colada (9) 56 Evaluates (8) 58 Streets (5) 60 1991 Martin Scorsese thriller (4,4) 62 Abandons (7) 63 Lock (5) 64 Flood (5) 66 Most unusual (6) 68 __ Seagal, US actor and producer (6) 69 Car parts (5) 71 Wide open (5) 72 Examine (7) 75 Supervisor (8) 77 Vegetable (5) 79 Take note (4,4) 81 People of the US (9) 83 Say again (7) 85 Settee (4) 86 Age (3) 87 Not concealed (2,6) 89 Avoid (5) 91 Reptiles (6) 93 Hidden (6) 95 Unimportant people, informally (5,3) 97 Used to be (3) 102 Stare at (4) 103 Frighten (5) 104 Completely unclothed (5,5) 105 Let it stand (4) 107 Deport (9) 110 Greyish-yellow (4) 111 Cooked (7) 113 Planned (10) 115 Streetcars (5) 117 US state (7) 118 Widespread occurrence of disease (8) 119 Horse (5) 120 Infuriates (6) 121 Turquoise (3-5) 122 Short musical pieces (6) 123 Mr __, Captain Hook’s bo’sun in Peter Pan (4) 124 One of the four card suits (6)
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2 Having a notched edge (of leaves) (7) 3 Simpler (6) 4 Channels (7) 6 Aide (9) 7 School tests (5) 8 Servant (5) 9 Giddy (5-6) 11 __ Gardner, US actress and singer (3) 12 Pause (7) 13 __-Devil, 1989 comedy starring Meryl Streep (3) 14 1980s-90s band fronted by Kurt Cobain (7) 15 Range (5) 16 Dull (6) 18 Regret (3) 19 Decorative tuft (6) 20 News captions (9) 21 Not any (4) 22 Revolutionaries (6) 26 Child by marriage (7) 28 Race speed setter (9) 31 Mineral spring (3) 35 Persian rulers (5) 36 Julius __, Shakespeare tragedy (6) 37 Mediocre (2-2) 39 Creepy (5) 40 Deadlock (9) 42 Actors’ entrance (5 4) 43 Appears (5) 45 Voted in (7) 46 Excluded (6) 48 Serene (6) 50 Framework (7) 52 Story (9) 53 Pastry items (7) 54 Private entrance (7) 55 Owned (9) 57 Cut (7) 59 Inflatable decoration (7) 61 On fire, aflame (6) 65 Earnest request (6) 67 Lead or zinc, e.g. (4,5) 70 __ Richie, played EastEnder’s Alfie Moon (5) 73 Ocean floor (6) 74 The majority, informally (3,4,4) 76 Chairs (5) 77 Covered (9) 78 Bowlers, e.g. (4) 80 Passageway (5) 82 Soothe (7) 84 Obliterate (9) 88 Type of nut (6) 90 Non-professional (7) 92 Accomplice in crime (7) 94 The Good __, 2014 drama starring Reese Witherspoon (3) 96 Responds (7) 98 Flight operator (7) 99 Equine mammals (6) 100 Go back (6) 101 Former Spanish currency unit (6) 104 Slides (5) 106 Projecting tooth (4) 108 Rips (5) 109 Collect (5) 112 Ice __, animated film series (3) 114 Commercials (abbr.) (3) 116 __ Ventura: Pet Detective, 1994 Jim Carrey film (3)