GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Disorganised, raucous (6)
5 Light purple (5)
8 Most recent (6)
10 Emmanuel __, Togolese footballer (8) 14 Proviso (6)
16 Bill __, UK ornithologist and TV presenter (5)
21 Selects (5,3)
22 Instructed (7)
23 New York baseball team (7) 25 Constellation (9)
26 Small church (6)
27 __ Redding, US singer-songwriter (4) 28 __ Jordan, UK-Polish former Strictly dancer (3)
29 Temporary solutions (8)
32 __ Hannah, US actress (5)
33 Shed tears (4)
34 Biblical character (5)
35 Vanessa __, UK artist and sister of Virginia Woolf (4)
38 Fears (6)
40 Noble gas (5)
42 One who is fluent (6,7) 44 Congratulations! (5)
46 Train (10)
48 Class (6)
51 Verify (7)
54 Large-format newspaper (10)
55 Fretting (8)
59 C.S. Lewis’s fantasy land (6)
60 Large northern constellation (5,4) 62 Type of underwear (1-6)
63 Pollute (5)
64 The __, former Anglo-Irish pop group (9) 67 Crest on a rooster (9) 69 Professional stand-in (5)
71 Have a strong effect on (7) 74 Tinder (9)
77 Inclined (6)
78 Sheltered and private (8)
81 Alan __, UK TV gardener (10) 82 Interconnected system (7) 84 Crockery (6)
87 Revulsion (10)
90 Senseless (5)
92 Characters in a R.L. Stevenson novella of 1886 (6,3,4)
95 Move furtively (5)
96 Rural (6)
98 Woodwind instrument (4)
100 Long, fried pieces of potato (5) 101 Unable to hear (4) 102 Husksofcorn(5)
104 Lawyer (8)
107 Play a part (3)
109 Tenders (4)
111 Having a meal (6)
112 Latin name for 60 Across (4,5) 114 Arch of colours (7)
117 Remains awake (5,2)
118 Sudden occurrence (8)
119 Cook in the oven (5)
120 Lack of seriousness (6) 121 Shopping carts (8)
122 Types of birds (6)
123 Rock fragments (5)
124 Affirm (6)
DOWN
2 Pilot (7) 3 Steals (5) 4 Coffee dregs (7)
5 Bingo (5)
6 Sluggish (9)
7 Quote (4)
8 Songbirds (5)
9 2015 comedy film with Melissa McCarthy (3)
11 Female deer (3)
12 Colour (3)
13 Intestinal infection (7)
14 Young bird’s cry (5)
15 Through (3)
17 Nerd (slang) (5)
18 Praise enthusiastically (5)
19 Break suddenly (4)
20 Himalayan __, invasive plant in the UK (6)
24 Stem (5)
25 __ Schumer, US comedian (3) 26 Provider of steady income (4,3) 30 Frequently (3)
31 Yield (4,3)
34 Opaque white fluid (4)
36 __ Tyler, US actress (3)
37 Paul __, UK comedian (6)
38 __ Shannon, US rock and roll musician (3)
39 Toxic chemical element (7)
40 Allots (7)
41 Composition for nine (5)
42 Innocent (5)
43 (Of birds) settle down for the night (5) 44 Racket sport (9)
45 Complies (5)
47 Attempt (3)
49 Scrutinize (7)
50 With subtle shades of meaning (7) 52 Town in Lancashire (9)
53 Celtic language (7)
54 Surround (7)
56 Street guide (4,3)
57 Somewhere else (3,4)
58 __ Wagner, Austrian architect (4) 61 Small island, normally in a river (4) 65 Emit (7)
66 Desserts (7)
68 Small Russian pancakes (5)
70 __ Blige, US singer-songwriter (4,1) 72 Parts of a flower’s corolla (6)
73 Difficult or unpleasant person (2-3-2) 75 Unfasten (5)
76 Rings (5)
79 Star sign (3)
80 Moving to music (7)
83 Abductor (9)
85 Thus (3)
86 __ Glynne, UK singer-songwriter (4) 88 Hairstyle (3)
89 Flinch (6)
91 Lacking iron in the blood (7)
93 Sour yoghurt-type drink (5)
94 Japanese monetary unit (3)
96 Sailing competition (7)
97 Asian nationals (7)
98 Willow (5)
99 Leaves (5)
101 __ Springfield, English singer (5) 103 Female pronoun (3)
105 The London Underground (4)
106 W.B. __, Irish poet (5)
108 The ones there (5)
109 Cap (5)
110 Questions (4)
112 Type of gun (3)
113 Fast stream (3)
115 Climbing plant (3)
116 Hairpiece (3)