GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
4 Separate (5)
6 Related by blood or marriage (7)
10 Give official recognition (8)
14 Stretch of water east of England (5,3) 16 Greek letter (4)
17 Lacking pigmentation (6)
18 Adverse (12)
19 Type of wine (7)
20 Associates (8)
23 Took possession by force (6)
24 On the ocean (2,3)
26 Naming word (4)
28 Actually (2,4)
29 Lazy person, informally (8)
32 Wrests money by intimidation (7)
34 Cook in oil (3)
35 Flat circular plate (4)
37 Short literary compositions (6)
39 Conveyance (7)
43 __ Wright, former England footballer (3) 45 Following (5)
46 Nobleman (4)
49 Was on one’s feet (5)
50 Vespers (8)
52 Choose (3)
54 Precipitation (4)
55 Liberated (8)
60 Reflexive form of it (6)
62 Appraisal (10)
66 Relating to the countryside (5)
67 Stitch (3)
69 File (4)
71 Middle Eastern country (4)
72 Sprite (3) 73 Float aimlessly (5)
74 Replacement components (5,5) 77 Branch of the Indian Ocean (3,3) 80 Rotating engine component (8) 83 Existence (4)
84 Greek letter (3)
85 Make less severe (8)
89 Biblical character (5)
90 Deprivation (4)
92 Postpone (5)
93 Evergreen tree (3)
94 Hindrance (7)
98 Marks (6)
101 US state (4)
102 Lubricating fluid (3)
103 Exclamation of annoyance (7) 105 Applauding (8)
107 Stoat fur (6)
108 Foot part (4)
110 Edition (5)
112 Pail (6)
114 Single man (8)
116 Examine (7)
118 Horse race (12)
119 Examining intently (6)
120 Innocent person (4)
121 Implements (8)
122 Bandits (8)
123 Goes to bed (5,2)
124 Ancient Peruvians (5)
DOWN
1 Incursions (7)
2 __ Idle, Monty Python comic (4) 3 Robber (6)
5 Shed (4-2) 6 Sacred book of Islam (5)
7 Smell awful (4)
8 Unfaithful (8)
9 Overcoat, informally (3)
11 Confine forcibly (9)
12 Dried grapes (7)
13 Solitary (4)
15 Hurries (6)
17 Junkie (6)
21 Cereal grass (3)
22 Magician (6)
24 Indian city, site of the Taj Mahal (4)
25 Eats an evening meal (4)
27 Appropriates without authority (6)
30 Iraqi port (5)
31 Similar (5)
33 Sieve (4)
34 Units of electrical capacitance (6)
36 English public school (4)
38 1995 thriller starring Morgan Freeman
and Brad Pitt (5)
40 Decay (3)
41 __ Batty, Last of the Summer Wine
character played by Kathy Staff (4)
42 Rice flavoured with spices (6)
44 Small pieces of coloured paper (8)
47 Made sounds during sleep (6)
48 Furious (5)
51 Astonishment (8)
53 Hairstyle (4)
56 Slight decline (3)
57 Mines (4)
58 Chrysalis (4)
59 Enquires (4)
61 Potion (6) 62 Units of electrical current (4)
63 Knight (3)
64 Dutch cheese (4)
65 Vat (4)
67 Freedom from danger (6)
68 Legal documents (5)
70 Heroic tale (4)
71 Lout (3)
75 Adopt, assume (3,2)
76 Decorative tuft (6)
78 Pavement edge (4)
79 Jockey’s seat (6)
81 Tree (5)
82 Inferior (5)
83 Speech defect (4)
84 Twitch (3)
86 Cemetery (9)
87 Exclamation of affirmation (3,3)
88 Pig fat (4)
91 Steal (8)
95 Playthings (4)
96 The Princess Royal (4)
97 Soldier’s sack (3,3)
98 Carlos __, US-Mexican rock guitarist
(7)
99 Ocean floor (3,3)
100 Hostile to (7)
104 Architectural style (6)
105 Spiny plant (6)
106 Female sheep (3)
109 Flower (5)
111 Weakens (4)
113 Russian ruler (4)
115 Attack (4)
117 Finish (3)