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 __, late 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, late 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)