Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Naval recruit (6) 5 Inquires (4) 8 Whips (6) 10 Promontory (8) 14 Flower parts (6) 16 Dissertation (5) 22 Part of the body (4,4) 23 Maltreated (3-4) 24 Opposite (7) 26 Act of obtaining dishonestly (9) 27 US state (4) 29 Joan __, Spanish artist (4) 30 Line (3) 31 Conditions (5)
33 Reserve of money (4) 34 Nomads (10) 35 Horse’s sound (5) 36 Signals agreement (4) 39 Type of bowlers in cricket (8) 41 Bottommost (6) 42 Fatal (6) 43 S. American rodent (5) 45 Determines (10) 49 Part of speech (6) 51 Beneath (5) 54 Capital of Denmark (10) 55 Semiaquatic rodents (8) 60 Reverie (8)
62 US city (7) 63 Worth (5) 64 __ Summer, US singer (5) 65 Sprint (3) 68 Greek letter (3) 69 In debt (to the sum of) (5) 71 Kimberly __, Pussycat Dolls singer and Celebrity MasterChef winner (5) 72 Ogre (7) 75 Challenge (8) 80 Protected (8) 82 Obsolete (10) 84 Plant fibre (5) 86 Roll of parchment (6)
88 At close quarters (4-2-4) 91 Delete (5) 93 Fix firmly (6) 95 Indian river (6) 97 Took a lazy walk (8) 100 Facial features (4) 102 Extreme anxiety (5) 103 Not well, averse (10) 104 Horse’s pace (4) 106 Tine (5) 109 Garland (3) 110 Wan (4) 111 Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (4) 112 Vexingly (9)
114 Believable (7) 117 Perfect example (7) 118 Imperil (8) 119 Scuba enthusiast (5) 120 Keenly (6) 121 Unspecified person (8) 122 Financial supporter (6) 123 1977 Commodores song (4) 124 Responds (6)
DOWN
2 Continent (7) 3 Opening part (abbr.) (5) 4 Adult (5-2) 6 Sunken boat (9) 7 City in Croatia (5) 8 Defeated contestant (5) 9 Biblical priest (3) 11 Blunder (3) 12 __ Cotton, EastEnders character (3) 13 Counterfeit item (7) 14 Intrudes (5) 15 Cutting tool (5,3) 17 Country (5) 18 Periods of time (5) 19 Inflexibility (9) 20 English river (4)
21 Writer (6) 25 Planet (5) 26 Enclose (7) 28 Bit by bit (9) 32 Stitch (3) 33 Secures (7) 37 __ Snow, UK historian and TV presenter (3) 38 Member of the Catholic Society of Jesus (6) 40 Noise (5) 41 Shelf (5) 43 Shrinks (9) 44 Invert (5) 46 Scottish town (3) 47 Greek wilderness god (3) 48 Befall (6)
50 Pub worker (7) 52 Gauge again (9) 53 Without weapons (7) 54 Swindled (7) 56 Barriers (7) 57 Total (5) 58 Soon (4) 59 __ Springsteen, US singer (5) 61 Amongst (4) 66 Character, disposition (6) 67 Metallic decoration (4,5) 70 Spirit (5) 73 __ boat, barge (6) 74 Withdraw (7) 76 Bird homes (5) 77 Parts (5)
78 Collier (4,5) 79 Everything (3) 81 Finish (3) 83 Pot warmer (3,4) 85 Christmas singers (9) 87 Learned, cultured (8) 89 __ Poehler, US comedian (3) 90 Disagree with (6) 92 Region of central Manchester (7) 94 Separated (5) 96 Opening (3) 98 South American country (7) 99 Conspicuous (7) 100 Type of antelope (5)
101 Mould (5) 103 Country (5) 105 Teases (4) 107 Willow (5) 108 Gauntlet (5) 110 Chinese mammal (5) 113 Fossil fuel (3) 115 __ Flanders, The Simpsons character (3) 116 Age (3)