Giant Crossword

ACROSS

1 Scrub lands (6) 5 Unattractive (4) 8 Conflict (6) 10 Distinctive (8) 14 Struggle (6)

16 The __ Woman, starring Cameron Diaz (5) 22 Small pieces of coloured paper (8) 23 Watchers (7)

24 Rail (7)

26 Taciturn (9)

27 Started (5)

29 Seeds (4)

30 __ of Steel, film directed by Zack Snyder (3) 31 Monetary unit (5)

33 Will __, UK journalist and author (4)

34 Chief rebel (10)

35 Large amounts of paper (5) 36 Not any (4)

39 Church seat (3) 40 Extinguish (5,3) 42 Caroline Wozniacki’s nationality (6) 43 Without pigment (6) 44 Call on (5)

46 Be popular (2,4,4) 49 Evident (6)

51 Imitate (5) 54 Astronauts’ uniforms (10) 56 Displaced (8) 61 Piece of pork (5,3) 63 Final profit (3,4) 64 Written errors (5) 65 Theme (5) 66 Couple (3) 68 Johnny __, Ring of Fire singer (4) 70 People (4)

71 Yank (3) 72 Constellation (5) 74 Beautiful girl (5) 75 Eternal (7) 78 Inability to sleep (8) 83 Ancient Jewish sect member (8) 85 Preacher (10)

87 North African capital city (5) 89 Metallic element (6) 91 Attractive in snapshots (10) 94 Proportion (5)

96 US business magazine known for its “rich list” (6) 98 Gorgon (6) 100 Mouldings (8) 102 Playing card (3)

104 __ Redding, US soul singer (4) 106 Roadside inn (5) 107 Constancy (10) 109 Positive (4) 111 Requires (5) 114 Biblical priest (3)

115 Large bag (4)

116 John __, explorer (5) 117 Wheel for emergencies (5,4) 118 Repasts (7) 121 Three-pronged spear (7) 122 Musical piece (8) 123 Substantial (5) 124 Lassos (6)

125 Royal murder (8) 126 Executors (6)

127 Ripped (4)

128 Lives (6)

DOWN

2 Arousing strong feelings (7) 3 Petty quarrels (5) 4 Begins (4,3) 6 Emitting (6,3) 7 Relinquish (5) 8 Unsoiled (5)

9 __ G, comedy character (3) 11 Travel over snow (3) 12 Unit of capacity (5) 13 Rantings (7) 14 Persistent person (5) 15 Ship’s cheapest accommodation (8) 17 Flying Scotsman e.g. (5) 18 John Arne __, former Liverpool and Norway leftback 19 Heavens (9) 20 Egg-shaped (4) 21 Playground ride (6) 25 Caribbean republic (5) 26 Italian Mrs (7) 28 Manacles (9)

32 __ Howard, award-winning US filmmaker (3) 33 Meeting (7)

37 Zero (3)

38 __ Estefan, CubanAmerican singer (6) 39 Letter P in the NATO phonetic alphabet (4) 41 More domesticated (5) 42 Object (5)

44 Outlook (9) 45 Symbolic object (5) 47 Court (3) 48 Heaviness (6) 50 Blinding vapour (4,3) 52 Spanish gentleman (9) 53 Diminish (7) 54 Genuine (7)

55 __ and downs (3) 57 Sketched again (7) 58 Premature (5) 59 Needle case (4) 60 Swamp (5)

62 Set of two (4)

67 Work premises (6) 69 Romantic symbols (4,5) 73 Tomorrow __ Dies, Bond film (5) 74 Prohibit (3) 76 Discerns (6) 77 Retailers (7)

79 Ayrton __, Brazilian F1 champion (5)

80 2000 Madonna album (5) 81 Starting (9) 82 Blackthorn fruit (4) 84 Decay (3) 86 Operative (2,5)

88 One who rectifies (9) 90 Eye specialists (8) 92 Headgear (3)

93 Frolic (6)

95 Female big cat (7) 97 Assessed (5)

99 Water boiler (3) 101 Otalgia (7)

103 Palm fruit (7) 104 Former Gallagher brothers band (5)

105 African language (5) 107 Streets (5) 108 Section, level (5)

110 Fibs (4)

112 Checks (5) 113 Bed-linen item (5) 115 Middle Eastern nationality (5)

119 Sign of agreement (3) 120 Droop (3)