Loughborough Echo

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Native American dwelling (6) 5 Pond (4)

8 Drink (6)

10 Parasol (8) 14 Stitching (6) 16 Exposes (5)

22 US political party member (8)

23 Sailing back and forth (7) 24 Escape (7)

26 Chief executive (9) 27 Spheres (4)

29 Lou __, US musician (4) 30 Toilet (informal) (3) 31 Depart (5) 33 __ Brontë, Agnes Grey author (4) 34 Aloofness (10) 35 Uneven (5)

36 __ Blyton, UK author (4) 39 Flight providers (8) 41 Bet (6) 42 Merchant (6) 43 Offspring (5) 45 Exercising one’s authority (10) 49 Opposite of an acid (6) 51 US state (5) 54 Lover (10)

55 All right (4,4)

60 Small pieces of coloured paper (8)

62 Distant military position (7) 63 Swindle (5)

64 Pulls (5)

65 Hat (3)

68 Midge __, UK musician (3) 69 Extreme (5)

71 __ Ledger, late Australian actor (5) 72 Windpipe (7)

75 Fuel extraction sites (3,5) 80 Drawings or messages painted on walls (8) 82 Actually, effectivel­y (2,8)

84 Tangles (5) 86 Flowering plant (6) 88 Be brought before court (5,5)

91 Foyer (5)

93 Stretch out (6) 95 Painful spasms (6) 97 Appearing (8) 100 Responsibi­lity (4) 102 Gold measure (5) 103 Keyboard instrument (10) 104 1980s British band (4) 106 Type of dog (5) 109 Distress call (init.) (3) 110 __ Murs, UK singer (4)

111 The __, UK TV show about the Metropolit­an Police (4) 112 Good luck symbol (9) 114 Threads (7) 117 Mediterran­ean coastal region (7)

118 Letters (8) 119 Heavenly being (5) 120 Rubbish or remains (6) 121 BBC current affairs documentar­y series (8) 122 Disregard (6) 123 Sidekick to Jafar in Disney’s Aladdin (4) 124 Collect (6)

DOWN

2 Type of lettuce (7) 3 Courted (5) 4 Alcoholic drink (7) 6 Expenditur­e (9) 7 Regional (5) 8 Balearic island (5) 9 Quagmire (3)

11 Cut grass (3)

12 Ice __, 2002 animated film (3)

13 Lingers (7) 14 Sugary (5) 15 Famous battle (8) 17 Saunter (5)

18 Cold dish (5)

19 Type of painting (5,4) 20 English public school (4)

21 Parent (6) 25 Relinquish (5) 26 Grassy plain (7) 28 Oversee (9)

32 Type of tree (3)

33 In a lively manner (7) 37 __ Hislop, UK journalist (3) 38 James __, US actor (6) 40 Rigid (5)

41 Hugh __, UK actor (5) 43 Where someone who is to 88 Ac. can be found (2,3,4) 44 Went wrong (5)

46 Jude __, UK actor (3) 47 Distant (3)

48 Cake (6)

50 From Tel Aviv, e.g. (7)

52 Rule by a small coterie (9) 53 Give the right to (7) 54 School bag (7) 56 Withdrew (7)

57 Lots and lots (5) 58 Telephone someone (4) 59 Bread-making ingredient (5) 61 Chooses (4) 66 Irregular in quality (6) 67 Soldiers (9)

70 Make void (5) 73 Weapons (6) 74 Kindly, willfully, naughtily, e.g. (7)

76 Big cats (5)

77 Follow (5)

78 Appalled (9) 79 Bread roll (3) 81 Enthusiast (3) 83 Imminent (2,5) 85 Forcefully enrol someone (5-4) 87 Maker of 73 Dn. (8) 89 Number (3) 90 Undertake (6) 92 Courageous­ly (7) 94 Rosters (5) 96 Overcoat, informally (3) 98 Dozing (7) 99 Alleviate (7)

100 City in Nebraska, USA (5) 101 Malice (5) 103 French capital (5)

105 Part of a ladder (4) 107 Show (5) 108 Ancient British tribe (5) 110 Group of eight (5) 113 One-footed jump (3) 115 Alcoholic spirit (3) 116 Droop (3)

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