GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Incendiary liquid (6) 5 Jane Austen novel (4) 8 Capital of Iraq (6) 10 One unsure about belief in God (8) 14 __ Palmer, US golfing legend who won 62 PGA Tour titles (6) 16 More frosty (5) 22 Playhouses (8) 23 Male felines (7) 24 Irked (7) 26 Financial organiser (9) 27 Capital of Morocco (5) 29 Discharge (4) 30 Biblical priest (3) 31 Scout group (5) 33 Lend (4) 34 Unordained cleric (3,7) 35 __ Park, home of Blackburn Rovers (5) 36 __ Mitchell, long-standing EastEnders character (4) 39 Poem (3) 40 Rescuing vessel (8) 42 Fish hawk (6) 43 Girl’s name (6) 44 Shade of brown (5) 46 Determines (10) 49 Lizard (6) 51 Dairy product (5) 54 Quadrupedal (4-6) 56 Conclusive (8) 61 Football position (4,4) 63 Some (7) 64 Steering device (5) 65 European city known for art and fashion (5) 66 ZZ __, Texan rock band (3) 68 British singer who sung White Flag and Life for Rent (4)
70 U.S. drama series set on a mysterious island (4) 71 Triumphed (3) 72 Canal boat (5) 74 Meat sauce (5) 75 January the 1st (3,4) 78 In a certain aspect (2,3,3) 83 Water feature (8) 85 Retailer (10) 87 Clothing (3-2) 89 Caress (6) 91 Type of footwear (5,5) 94 Plant fibre (5) 96 Relieving (6) 98 Moisten (6) 100 Once more (3,5) 102 Employ (3) 104 M. Eastern country (4) 106 Christopher __, late Superman actor (5)
107 Discouraging weapons (10) 109 Percussion instrument (4) 111 City in Oklahoma (5) 114 __ Seydoux, French actress due to return in Bond film No Time To Die (3) 115 Table game (4) 116 False gods (5) 117 Financial protection (9) 118 Ferret (7) 121 Italian brand of vermouth (7) 122 Camping equipment (4,4) 123 Rotate (5) 124 Followed closely (6) 125 Swap (8) 126 From Gujarat, e.g. (6) 127 __ Daly, English TV presenter and model (4) 128 Making mistakes (6)
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2 Embarrassed (7) 3 Modify (5) 4 Italian physicist (7) 6 Marriage (9) 7 Concede (5) 8 Congratulations! (5) 9 __ Ivanovic, Serbian tennis star (3) 11 Merry (3) 12 Statement of belief (5) 13 Small fruit used in herbal teas and jam (4,3) 14 Ventilator (5) 15 Scandinavian (8) 17 Confine (5) 18 Composer of Bolero (5) 19 Cinema worker (9) 20 Irish singer who sang Orinoco Flow and Only Time (4) 21 Tomb __, computer game featuring Lara Croft (6)
25 Demise (5) 26 Dramatic scene (7) 28 Star of Mission: Impossible (3,6) 32 Burst (3) 33 Father of Odysseus (7) 37 Sir __ Botham, English cricket legend (3) 38 Mick __, Rolling Stones star (6) 39 Of the ear (4) 41 Understood (5) 42 Greek letter (5) 44 Making more malleable (9) 45 Consumed (3,2) 47 Goal (3) 48 Lacking breadth (6) 50 Balkan country whose capital is Tirana (7) 52 Strike a bargain (4,1,4) 53 One who searches for water (7) 54 Hazelnut (7)
55 Petroleum (3) 57 Tasty pieces of food (7) 58 Bind (5) 59 Region (4) 60 Instrument (5) 62 Member of the nobility (4) 67 Gripping tool (6) 69 Deserted (9) 73 Spirit (5) 74 Opening (3) 76 Old vehicles (6) 77 Take back (7) 79 Denise van __, English actress and presenter (5) 80 Vacant (5) 81 Military officers (9) 82 Wooded valley (4) 84 And not (3) 86 Go before (7) 88 Complete waste (5,4)
90 Better or greater than usual (8) 92 Paddle (3) 93 Walk leisurely (6) 95 Release (3,4) 97 Exercise for the stomach (3-2) 99 Deep hole (3) 101 Extreme (7) 103 Alcoholic drink (4,3) 104 Useless (5) 105 Swellings (5) 107 Administered medicine (5) 108 Clean (5) 110 __ Grimes, The Walking Dead’s star character (4) 112 Fabric (5) 113 Divided (5) 115 Billie __, former Doctor Who actress (5) 119 Journal (3) 120 Weight unit (3)