Giant Crossword
Across: 1 Muriel, 5 Paste, 8 Serial, 10 Furnaces, 14 Falcon, 16 Issue, 21 Flagrant, 22 Riotous, 23 In tears, 25 Recurring, 26 Hurtle, 27 Last, 28 Hit, 29 Cockerel, 32 Tried, 33 Vast, 34 Sabre, 35 Emir, 38 Shut up, 40 Lagos, 42 Getting on a bit, 44 Aimed, 46 On the shelf, 48 Superb, 51 Mammoth, 54 Reductions, 55 Trousers, 59 Cinema, 60 Artlessly, 62 Entraps, 63 Rhine, 64 Red-handed, 67 Apple tree, 69 Shrew, 71 Eritrea, 74 Engineers, 77 Ernest, 78 Embattle, 81 Fall asleep, 82 Theorem, 84 Sample, 87 Ill-natured, 90 Ditto, 92 Entertainment, 95 Enrol, 96 Jacket, 98 Lock, 100 Union, 101 Tore, 102 Trawl, 104 Dreadful, 107 Ent, 109 Toil, 111 Ragtag, 112 Went ahead, 114 Reapers, 117 Man-made, 118 Spectres, 119 Chain, 120 Magyar, 121 Talk over, 122 Barber, 123 Pasty, 124 Sanity.
Down: 2 Unleash, 3 Ingot, 4 Leaps up, 5 Pitch, 6 Stratagem, 7 Eton, 8 Stoic, 9 Ali, 11 Una, 12 Sic, 13 Yardarm, 14 Faint, 15 Leg, 17 Solve, 18 Eider, 19 Stye, 20 Breeze, 24 Scrub, 25 Roe, 26 Habitat, 30 Cut, 31 Episode, 34 Sloe, 36 Ill, 37 Enigma, 38 SOS, 39 Theresa, 40 Lineage, 41 Somme, 42 Gross, 43 Tudor, 44 Architect, 45 Dinar, 47 His, 49 Uniform, 50 Bear pit, 52 Hey presto, 53 Antwerp, 54 Rostrum, 56 Oddness, 57 Refusal, 58 Idle, 61 Term, 65 Arsenal, 66 Dynamic, 68 Eland,
70 Where, 72 Insert, 73 Armenia, 75 Great, 76 Nerve, 79 Ann, 80 Earring, 83 Murderess, 85 Eat, 86 Odin, 88 Loo, 89 Taunts, 91 Tartare, 93 Tower, 94 Elf, 96 Jesters, 97 Evident, 98 Lyric, 99 Khaki, 101 Tenor, 103 Rod,
105 Reef, 106 Liner, 108 Tasty, 109 Titan, 110 Carp, 112 Way, 113 Eft,
115 Ace, 116 Sea.
ACROSS
1 __ Spark, UK novelist (6) 5 Glue (5)
8 Published in instalments (6)
10 Very hot ovens (8)
14 Bird of prey (6)
16 Edition (5)
21 Glaring (8)
22 Unrestrained, boisterous (7)
23 Weeping (2,5) 25 Happening again (9) 26 Dash (6)
27 Final (4)
28 Strike (3) 29 Male fowl (8)
32 Attempted (5)
33 Enormous (4)
34 Sword (5)
35 Islamic prince (4)
38 Be quiet (4,2)
40 Nigerian city (5)
42 Elderly, informally (7,2,1,3) 44 Directed (5)
46 Left out, unwanted (2,3,5) 48 Excellent (6)
51 Extinct woolly elephant (7) 54 Price cuts (10)
55 The Wrong __, Wallace and Gromit film (8) 59 Movie theatre (6) 60 Innocently (9)
62 Catches (7)
63 European river (5) 64 In the act (3-6)
67 Fruit shrub (5,4) 69 Mouselike mammal (5) 71 African country (7) 74 Mechanics (9)
77 Man’s name (6) 78 Prepare for a military encounter (8)
81 Doze off (4,6)
82 Formula (7)
84 Specimen (6) 87 Unpleasant (3-7) 90 Another the same (5) 92 Amusement (13) 95 Register (5)
96 Short coat (6)
98 Tress (4)
100 Confederation (5) 101 Ripped (4)
102 Fish (5)
104 Terrible (8)
107 Tree-like beast in The Lord of the Rings (3) 109 Labour (4)
111 __ and bobtail, all sorts, riff-raff (6) 112 Took place regardless (4,5) 114 Harvesters (7)
117 Artificial (3-4)
118 Ghosts (8)
119 Fetter (5)
120 Hungarian (6)
121 Discuss (4,4)
122 Men’s hairdresser (6) 123 Cornish delicacy (5) 124 Soundness of mind (6)
DOWN
2 Free (7)
3 Metal bar (5)
4 Jumps (5,2)
5 Playing field (5)
6 Scheme (9)
7 English public school (4) 8 Impassive person (5) 9 Mahershala __, US actor in Green Book (3) 11 __ Stubbs, British actress (3)
12 Thus (3)
13 Part of a ship (7)
14 Lacking brightness (5) 15 Limb (3)
17 Work out answer to (5) 18 Type of duck (5)
19 Eyelid inflammation (4) 20 Light wind (6)
24 Stunted vegetation (5) 25 Fish eggs (3)
26 Natural surroundings (7) 30 Sever (3)
31 Incident (7)
34 Blackthorn berry (4) 36 Unwell (3)
37 Mystery (6)
38 Call for help (init.) (3) 39 __ May, former UK Prime Minister (7)
40 Descent (7)
41 Location of famous WW1 battle (5)
42 Vulgar, disgusting (5) 43 Royal house (5)
44 Building designer (9) 45 Monetary unit (5) 47 Belonging to him (3) 49 Identical and consistent (7)
50 Aggressive and competitive environment (4,3)
52 At once (3,6)
53 Belgian port (7)
54 Platform (7)
56 Eccentricity (7)
57 Rejection (7)
58 Lazy (4)
61 Division of school year (4) 65 London football club (7) 66 Energetic (7)
68 Antelope (5)
70 In which place (5) 72 Put in (6)
73 Caucasian country (7) 75 Fantastic (5)
76 Bravery (5)
79 __ Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho author (3)
80 Jewellery item (7)
83 Female assassin (9) 85 Consume (3)
86 Norse god (4)
88 Toilet (3)
89 Derides (6)
91 Sauce served with fish (7) 93 Turret (5)
94 Sprite (3)
96 Knaves (7)
97 Apparent (7) 98 Line of a song (5) 99 Brown-green colour (5) 101 Male singer (5)
103 Staff (3)
105 Atoll (4)
106 Passenger ship (5) 108 Having a pleasant flavour (5)
109 Largest moon of Saturn (5)
110 Fish (4)
112 Path (3)
113 Young newt (3)
115 Playing card (3)
116 Ocean (3)