Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Roll of parchment (6) 5 Nails (5)
8 Long angry denunciation (6) 10 Conclusive (8)
14 Actually (2,4)
16 Seize (5)
21 Small pieces of coloured paper (8)
22 In name only (7)
23 Saying (7)
25 Annoy (9)
26 Whirled (6)
27 Low dam (4)
28 Hearing organ (3) 29 Scowling (8) 32 Sacred book of Islam (5) 33 Small piece of land surrounded by water (4) 34 Looks furtively (5) 35 Oil-extracting platforms (4) 38 Easily remembered (6) 40 Stock-clearance events (5) 42 Nocturnal guard (13) 44 An individual sea anemone or coral (5)
46 Greenhouse (10) 48 Mythological gorgon (6) 51 Best (7)
54 Attractiveness (10) 55 Structure on the tongue (5,3) 59 Collection of crockery (3,3) 60 Romps (9)
62 The __, Shakespeare work (7)
63 Boulders (5)
64 Cartoon filmmakers (9) 67 Now and then (9) 69 Characters of an ancient alphabet (5)
71 Giaochino __, Italian composer (7)
74 Run badly (9)
77 Cultivator (6)
78 Tutor (8)
81 Software creators (10) 82 Innocently (7) 84 Concern (6)
87 Withdrawal (10)
90 Assembly (5)
92 Great courage (6,2,5)
95 Fires (5)
96 Reputation (6)
98 Of the ear (4)
100 Banish (5)
101 Drama (4)
102 Retake a test (5)
104 Joan __, UK TV and radio presenter (8)
107 Label (3)
109 Placed (4)
111 Ranking (6)
112 Personal audio devices (9) 114 The __, Cliff Richard’s band (7)
117 Breastbone (7) 118 Non-believers (8)
119 Gowns (5)
120 Made to look guilty (6) 121 Removing submerged material (8)
122 Medals, e.g. (6)
123 Squeeze between finger and thumb (5)
124 Smelled awful (6)
DOWN
2 Intestinal infection (7) 3 Tender (5)
4 Potentiality (7)
5 Stomach lining (5)
6 Singing voice (9)
7 Identical (4)
8 Relating to the pitch or quality of sound (5)
9 Slight decline (3)
11 Peggy __, US jazz singer (3) 12 Sprite (3)
13 Sun umbrella (7)
14 Picture (5)
15 Enemy (3)
17 Steep (5)
18 Twosomes (5)
19 Max __, German physicist (4) 20 Strains (6)
24 Sweeping tool (5) 25 __ Gershwin, US lyricist (3) 26 Recreate a past event (2-5) 30 Hairpiece (3)
31 Turn back (7)
34 Pins (4)
36 Fossil fuel (3)
37 Rare (6)
38 River in the Fens (3) 39 Routes (7)
40 Topic (7)
41 Exercise for the stomach (3-2)
42 Wanderer (5)
43 Not once (5)
44 Law enforcers (9)
45 Italian foodstuff (5) 47 Single (3)
49 Expelled (7)
50 Try (7)
52 Tell an untruth (9) 53 Comments (7)
54 Framework (7)
56 Scrounger (7)
57 Murky (7)
58 Capital of Peru (4) 61 Hair-styling utensil (4) 65 Eternal (7)
66 Alcoholic drink (4,3)
68 Ledge (5)
70 Gertrude __, US author (5) 72 Eight-legged insect (6) 73 Stalemate (7)
75 Talent (5)
76 Regions (5) 79 Dog (3)
80 Barrier (7)
83 Sailor (9)
85 Lair (3)
86 Stake (4)
88 Consume (3) 89 Commendation (6)
91 Attains (7)
93 Horse controls (5)
94 Vision organ (3)
96 Less smooth (7)
97 Blow through pursed lips (7) 98 Alternative (5)
99 Frasier __, US TV character (5)
101 Peeled (5)
103 Greek goddess of the dawn (3) 105 Soon (4)
106 Yorkshire city (5) 108 Chart (5)
109 French river (5)
110 Card game (4)
112 Type of tree (3)
113 Sign of agreement (3) 115 Girl’s name (3)
116 Hand tool (3)