GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Explosive charge (8)
5 Of the stomach (7)
9 Vitally important (9)
14 Presents (5)
16 In a roundabout way (10)
23 Sleazy, dishonest (6)
24 Small sausage (9)
25 Six-sided figure (7)
26 Animal doctor (3)
27 Tiny, informally (4-5)
28 Curved structure (4)
29 Sloppily (10)
30 Welsh town (7)
31 Wagers (4)
32 Grab (6)
33 Eyelid inflammation (4)
34 Venetian boat (7)
37 City in Florida (5)
38 Tropical freshwater fish (5)
39 Abounds (5)
40 Providential (6-4)
42 Swoon (5)
43 Asian three-wheeled vehicle (8)
48 __ The Woods, Sondheim and Lapine
musical (4)
49 Vocation (7)
50 Egg-based dish (8)
51 Employ (3)
52 One-sided (10)
53 Given to evasions, artful (6)
58 Household (8)
61 Of the stars (6)
62 Fundamental nature (7)
63 Tries (8) 65 Colour-changing lizards (10)
70 Discharges, emissions (10)
72 Tectonic plate of the northern
hemisphere (8)
73 Result (7)
74 Riches (6)
75 Dutch liqueur (8)
82 African republic (6)
83 Military aircraft (4,6)
85 Frozen water (3)
86 Formal meal (8)
87 Visual (7)
88 __ Wilson, Luther and Jane Eyre
actress (4)
94 Gents’ clothing (8)
95 Greenfly (5)
96 Minor misdeed (10)
97 Soup server (5)
98 Phase (5)
99 Valentino __, Italian multiple MotoGP
World Champion (5)
103 Type of fruit (7)
105 Young salmon (4)
106 Protective cover (6)
108 Remain (4)
109 Order (7)
110 Level (10)
113 __ Bopara, former England cricketer (4)
114 Instruction (9)
115 Total (3)
116 Predict, anticipate (7)
118 Turncoats (9)
119 Largest country in the world (6)
120 Asian country whose capital is
Dhaka (10) 121 Spicy Indian dish (5)
122 Cultivated flower (9)
123 Erudite (7)
124 Murderer (8)
DOWN
2 Deep love (9)
3 UK comedian who played the title role
in 1981’s Arthur (6,5)
4 Certainly (6)
6 European mountain range (4)
7 Abide (8)
8 Hand tool (10)
9 Dig up (6)
10 The protagonist’s number in The
Prisoner (3)
11 Pessimistic (8)
12 Taverns (4)
13 Light purple (8)
14 Gain access to (3,2)
15 Very alarming or distressing (9)
17 Sounds (6)
18 Badges of office (8)
19 Secretive (11)
20 Provincial (5)
21 Stamp collecting (9)
22 Onlooker (9)
31 Short rest (8)
35 Serious in mind or intention (7)
36 Acute anxiety (5)
41 Leather worker (6)
44 Feeler (7)
45 Type of jazz singing (4)
46 Coarse fabric (7)
47 Andrew __, actor who played Manuel
in Fawlty Towers (5) 54 Married German woman’s title (4)
55 Happen (5)
56 Internal organ (7)
57 Among (4)
59 Function (7)
60 __ Banks, Scottish author (4)
64 Former Russian emperor (4)
66 Out of condition (5)
67 Slumbering (6)
68 Really (8)
69 With difficulty (2,1,4)
71 Reconsidering, re-evaluating (11)
76 Unit of electric potential (4)
77 Animators (11)
78 Frantic (9)
79 Atlantic, e.g. (5)
80 Butterfly (3,7)
81 Aprons (9)
84 Having therapeutic properties (9)
89 Arturo __, Italian conductor (9)
90 Fragrant fruit (8)
91 Profitable (8)
92 __ Pendleton, retired UK cyclist (8)
93 Animal with antlers (8)
100 Distresses (6)
101 Conceal, cover (6)
102 The __, autonomous region of
Portugal (6)
104 UK rapper and activist, brother of Ms
Dynamite (5)
107 Japanese dish (5)
111 Way off (4)
112 Satisfy fully (4)
117 __ generis, Latin phrase meaning
unique (3)