Mid Sussex Times

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Letters (8) 5 Neverthele­ss (7) 9 Transitory (9) 14 Oliver __, UK neurologis­t and author (5)

16 Defamation­s (10)

23 Capital of Colombia (6)

24 High-ranking, pre-eminent (9)

25 Unravels (7) 26 __ Jong-un, leader of North Korea (3)

27 Integer not divisible by two (3,6)

28 Fruits (4)

29 Under no circumstan­ces (5,5)

30 In the middle (7)

31 Occupied (4)

32 Pluck (6)

33 Nullify (4)

34 Needing a drink (7)

37 Things (5)

38 Johanna Spyri novel (5)

39 Picture (5)

40 Skiver (10)

42 Flooded (5)

43 Type of parrot (8)

48 Boast (4)

49 Further ahead (7)

50 Dough ball (8)

51 Duty (3)

52 English comic playwright (4,6)

53 Chauffeur (6)

58 Take away (8)

61 Snake-haired gorgon (6)

62 Jumper (7) 63 Flaps (8) 65 Gentle bearing (4,6) 70 Objecting (10) 72 Most cheerful (8) 73 Sleeping area (7) 74 Circus performers (6)

75 Types of dogs (8)

82 Swimwear (6)

83 Tearful (10)

85 Payment (3)

86 Wine poured in honour of a deity (8)

87 One fourth (7)

88 Urban area (4)

94 Relating to the geometry of curved surfaces (8) 95 Jeremy __, English actor (5) 96 Motionless (5-5)

97 Legal defence (5)

98 Embankment (5)

99 Celtic priest (5) 103 __ Lawson, UK TV chef (7)

105 Dutch cheese (4)

106 Votes in (6)

108 Mines (4)

109 Reparation (7)

110 Astonishin­g (3-7)

113 Christian __, French fashion designer (4) 114 Coastal wildfowl (5,4) 115 Stomach (informal) (3) 116 Greek mythical figure (7) 118 TV serial (4,5)

119 Skilled (6) 120 Delayed arrivers (10) 121 Local dignitary (5) 122 Now and then (9) 123 Systematic study (7) 124 Override (8) DOWN

2 Slideshow instrument (9)

3 Battled (6,5)

4 S. American camelids (6) 6 Egg-shaped (4)

7 Arcane (8)

8 Second leg of a sports fixture (6,4) 9 Peers (6)

10 __ Stephens, Welsh DJ and presenter (3)

11 Reclusive (8)

12 Impetuous (4)

13 Tepid (8)

14 French river (5)

15 Narrow escape (5,4)

17 Biblical character (6)

18 Fundamenta­l particle of matter (8) 19 Knowledge (11)

20 The __ Manager, John le Carré novel (5)

21 Ironic (9)

22 Alone (2,4,3)

31 Twice a year (8)

35 Relatives (7)

36 Shining brilliantl­y (5)

41 Perches (6)

44 Own person (7)

45 Roman robe (4)

46 The least fast (7)

47 Religious man (5)

54 Brass instrument (4)

55 Direct, pass on (5)

56 Loser (4-3)

57 Type of bird (4)

59 European country (7)

60 Appealing (4)

64 Ruckus (4)

66 Inserted decoration (5)

67 Wife, informally (6)

68 Items (8)

69 Straighten­s out (7)

71 Exhaustive questionin­g (5,6)

76 Kind (4)

77 Scatter among (11)

78 Shappi __, UK comedian (9) 79 Vegetables (5)

80 Classical musicians (10)

81 Cemetery (9)

84 Instrument opening many locks (6,3) 89 Making the sound of a horse (9) 90 Metal (8)

91 Sets of clothes (8)

92 Loud (8)

93 Apostle (8)

100 Superficia­l appearance (6)

101 Talks (6)

102 Humphrey __, US actor (6)

104 Balearic island (5)

107 Go into (5)

111 Consider (4)

112 Heroic tale (4)

117 __ Peake, UK astronaut (3)

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