Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Fabrics (6)
5 English public school (4) 8 Feral animals (6)
10 Nick __, UK DJ and presenter (8)
14 Extend fully (6) 16 Neckwear item (5)
22 Small pieces of coloured paper (8)
23 See (7)
24 Allowance (7)
26 Soldiers (9)
27 Solution with a pH less than 7 (4)
29 Fewer (4)
30 Honey-making insect (3) 31 Curse (5)
33 Rank (4)
34 One who feigns illness to avoid work (10) 35 Warehouse (5)
36 Implores (4)
39 High-heeled shoe (8) 41 Celestial bodies (6) 42 Muslim teacher (6) 43 Stream (5)
45 RAF operational HQ in High Wycombe (3,7) 49 Larder (6)
51 Fact (5)
54 Child’s figurine (3,7) 55 Injustice (8) 60 Line on a weather map connecting points of same temperature (8)
62 Reindeer (7)
63 Symbol (5)
64 __ Dern, US actress (5) 65 Chop (3)
68 Large body of water (3) 69 Farewell (5)
71 Biblical character (5) 72 Crucial game (7) 75 Tombstone inscriptions (8) 80 Scorekeepers (8)
82 Type of dessert (10) 84 Sediments of liquids (5) 86 Company of actors (6) 88 Lacking guidance (10) 91 Fast (5)
93 Brief mild pain (6) 95 Swaggers (6)
97 Tidiness (8)
100 The Princess Royal (4) 102 Run away to marry (5) 103 Forge worker (10) 104 __ Ince, former England footballer (4)
106 __ Hubble, US astonomer (5)
109 Food fish (3)
110 Horse’s pace (4)
111 Petty quarrel (4) 112 Intolerant (9) 114 Become aware (7)
117 Pasta pockets (7)
118 Attained (8)
119 Channel (5)
120 Certainly (6)
121 Reorganises (8)
122 Alcove (6)
123 Emblem (4)
124 Capital of the Bahamas (6)
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2 Female big cat (7) 3 Bunches, clumps (5) 4 Begins a journey (4,3) 6 Type of vehicle (3-6) 7 Facial features (5) 8 Rush (5)
9 Affirmative (3)
11 Regret (3)
12 Used to be (3)
13 Italian port (7) 14 Exceedingly steep (5) 15 Remaining (8)
17 Ascend (5)
18 Galas (5)
19 Financial obligation (9) 20 Rent (4)
21 Permanent skin decoration (6) 25 Slow speech (5) 26 Irresponsible (7) 28 Assessment of worth (9) 32 Alcoholic spirit (3)
33 Ship famously wrecked in 1912 (7)
37 Machine for separating cotton seeds (3)
38 Excellent (6)
40 Group of eight (5) 41 Unrefined (5)
43 Stupid person (9)
44 The sound of a single bell (5)
46 Egyptian cat breed (3) 47 Select (3)
48 Semiaquatic mammals (6) 50 Part of a ship (7) 52 Estate, small farm (9) 53 Condense (7)
54 Loud booming sound (7) 56 Use up (7)
57 Excursions (5)
58 George __, 41st US president (4)
59 River-mouth area (5) 61 Awaken (4)
66 Roll about in for pleasure (6) 67 Flower (9)
70 Escort (5)
73 Cost (6)
74 Musical performance (7) 76 Thoughts (5)
77 Fire-setting (5)
78 Completely unhearing (5,4) 79 Number (3) 81 Garland (3)
83 Try (7)
85 Seeking (9)
87 Glue (8)
89 Convent member (3) 90 Gatherings (6) 92 Synthetic material (7) 94 Bury (5)
96 Employ (3) 98 __ Hawking, late UK physicist (7)
99 Intestinal infection (7) 100 In the midst of (5) 101 Eject (5)
103 Two-footed animal (5) 105 Opera song (4) 107 Disturbances on the surface of water (5) 108 Recesses (5)
110 Elms, for example (5) 113 Hearing organ (3) 115 Snake (3)
116 Female sheep (3)