Loughborough Echo

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Flying machine (8) 5 High-ranking military officer (7) 9 Meaningful quality (9) 14 Adolescent­s (5) 16 Remembers (10) 23 Picturesqu­e (6) 24 Awful (9)

25 Citrus fruits (7) 26 Sever (3)

27 Soon (9) 28 Perceived (4) 29 Etchings (10) 30 Word made of initials (7) 31 Destiny (4) 32 Underwear, informally (6)

33 Young goats (4)

34 Type of stone (7) 37 David __, Spanish footballer (5)

38 Bill __, UK comedian and presenter (5) 39 Vacant (5) 40 Attractive­ness (10) 42 Capital of Morocco (5) 43 Lacking grace (8) 48 Opening word of correspond­ence (4) 49 Provided with certain qualities (7) 50 Leftovers (8)

51 Spout (3)

52 Dentures (5,5)

53 At sea (6) 58 Befitting a genteel woman (8) 61 Christmas songs (6) 62 Shakespear­e play (7) 63 Flowery shrub (4,4) 65 Academic period (6,4) 70 Restless (2,1,7) 72 Opium extract (8) 73 Surprise (7) 74 Comment (6) 75 Credited (8)

82 Bird of prey (6) 83 Serve (4,6) 85 Faucet (3)

86 Inattentiv­e (8)

87 __ Ferrera, US actress (7) 88 Aromatic edible plant (4) 94 Incidental­ly (2,3,3) 95 Exposes (5) 96 Account summaries (10) 97 __ Berry, US actress (5) 98 Unpleasant (5) 99 Display (5) 103 Companions (7) 105 Upon (4)

106 Casual trousers (6) 108 Hectic (4)

109 Tasks (7) 110 Adornment (10) 113 Against (4)

114 Current conductor (9) 115 Swindle (3) 116 Foreboding evil (7) 118 Effects, outcome (9) 119 Naturally illuminate­d (6) 120 One-way ticket (6,4) 121 Valuable commodity (5) 122 Joyful (9)

123 Lived (7) 124 Prehistori­c period (5,3)

DOWN

2 Stimulus (9) 3 Dispute (11) 4 Cubbyhole (6) 6 Succulent plant (4) 7 Swaps (8)

8 Act promptly (4,2,4) 9 Violent weather conditions (6) 10 Aisling __, Irish comedian (3) 11 In unison (8) 12 Facial feature (4) 13 Settled temporaril­y (8) 14 Sum (5)

15 Developed photograph­s (9) 17 Man’s name (6) 18 Agreeable (8) 19 Basically (11)

20 Tidbit (5)

21 Actors’ entrance (5,4) 22 Guesses (9) 31 Boundary (8) 35 Country whose capital is Dakar (7) 36 Warning sound (5) 41 Winter sportspers­on (6) 44 Loss, outflow (7) 45 __ Oluwole, UK political activist (4)

46 Louis __, French microbiolo­gist (7) 47 Glue (5)

54 __ Ephron, US screenwrit­er (4) 55 Fabric (5)

56 Rolled sponge cake (7) 57 Beer ingredient (4) 59 General pardon (7) 60 Bird of prey (4) 64 Identical (4)

66 __ Fox, US actress (5)

67 Children (Scottish) (6) 68 Befitting the clergy (8) 69 Chemical element (7) 71 Expected, imminent (11) 76 Fossil fuel (4) 77 Legacy (11)

78 Exit (9)

79 Articles for sale (5) 80 Send someone back to their country of origin (10) 81 Chances (9) 84 Calamities (9)

89 Logic (9)

90 Musical symbol (4,4)

91 Made dimmer (8) 92 Bewilderin­g (8) 93 Unnecessar­y (8) 100 Agree (6)

101 Halted (6)

102 Very fast (6) 104 Mount __, Biblical location (5) 107 Horse race meeting (5) 111 Fencing sword (4) 112 Mr __, Captain Hook’s boatswain (4) 117 Frequently (3)

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