Stirling Observer

Giant Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Musical by Rogers and Hammerstei­n (8)

5 Woods, Sörenstam etc. (7)

9 Motorway or A road (5,4)

14 Throws (5)

16 At close quarters (4-2-4)

23 Attractive (6) 24 Type of dog (9)

25 Rachel __, UK gardener and TV presenter (2,5)

26 Biro (3)

27 Sorts (9)

28 Unusual (4)

29 People who dislike or distrust foreign customs or individual­s (10)

30 Wind instrument (7)

31 Party-giver (4)

32 __ Break, US TV show (6)

33 Chess piece (4)

34 Orator (7)

37 Book of maps (5)

38 Excellence (5)

39 Ant (5)

40 Leisure clothes (10)

42 Our planet (5)

43 Wield (8)

48 Parched (4)

49 Gap, hole (7)

50 Open (to), inclined (8)

51 Faint (3)

52 Lists of technical terms (10)

53 Alter (6)

58 Tutor (8)

61 Aviators (6)

62 __ Chastain,

US actress (7)

63 Was plentiful (8)

65 Do something (4,6)

70 Freight vehicle (5,5)

72 Assisting (8)

73 Relating to pigs (7)

74 Division (6)

75 Continenta­l (8)

82 Moving higher (6)

83 Certainly (10)

85 Healthy (3)

86 Extinct creature (8)

87 Knifed (7)

88 Song by The Kinks (4)

94 Mathematic­al operation (8)

95 Precious stone (5)

96 Exact duplicate (6,4)

97 UK teen drama TV show (5)

98 Grown-up (5)

99 Articles (5)

103 Exclamatio­n of annoyance (7)

105 Eyot (4)

106 Take away (6)

108 Discover (4)

109 Lived (7)

110 Teenager (10)

113 German masculine name (4)

114 Spirit of the age, current trend (9)

115 Knight’s title (3)

116 Resident (7)

118 Starting (9)

119 Inhalation (6)

120 Gymnasium item (10)

121 Biblical character (5)

122 Precise location (5,4)

123 Goose species (7)

124 Predicts (8)

DOWN

2 Message for overseas (3,6)

3 For the relief or correction of musculoske­letal complaints (11)

4 Cutting implement (6)

6 Belonging to us (4)

7 Arrow maker (8)

8 Restricted (10)

9 Type of curry (6)

10 Protrude (3)

11 Relieve of anxieties (8)

12 Michael __, former footballer (4)

13 The __, 2006 Martin Scorsese film (8)

14 Types of photorecep­tor cells in the eye (5)

15 Oceans of the world (5,4)

17 Accustom (6)

18 Display cabinets (8)

19 Strict (4,3,4)

20 Scandinavi­an (5)

21 Officiatin­g priest (9)

22 Catastroph­es (9)

31 Lacking skill (8)

35 Design cut-out used for copying (7)

36/45 Jamaican sprinter (5,4)

41 Arrive (4,2)

44 Italian Mrs (7)

45 See 36 Down

46 Inns (7)

47 U.S. state (5)

54 Sarcophagu­s (4)

55 Shovel (5)

56 Desert (7)

57 South American country (4)

59 Fell (7)

60 Giant (4)

64 Reflection of sound (4)

66 Simone __, US gymnast (5)

67 Sloping type (6)

68 Was frugal (8)

69 Place for stubs (3,4)

71 Area for receiving visitors (7,4)

76 Impolite (4)

77 Trial (5,6)

78 Glowing beetles (9)

79 Secondary (5)

80 Going awry, failing (10)

81 Plentiful (9)

84 Puts up with (9)

89 Made of bonded sheets (9)

90 Predict (8)

91 Cross (8)

92 Mishap (8)

93 Roughness (8)

100 Nibbled (6)

101 Rue (6)

102 Part of a group (6)

104 External (5)

107 Disguises (5)

111 Notion (4)

112 Italian city (4)

117 Type of rabbit (3)

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