GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Choux pastry cake (6)
5 Punctuation mark (5)
8 American wild cat (6)
10 Deserts (8)
14 Simon __, UK TV talent show judge (6) 16 Barack __, 44th US President (5)
21 Extensive view (8)
22 Pariah (7)
23 Rants, outbursts (7)
25 Regulator (9)
26 Short musical pieces (6)
27 What a person generally eats (4)
28 Fossil fuel (3)
29 Atypical (8)
32 Declare (5)
33 Carve (4)
34 Statement of belief (5)
35 Angry mood (4)
38 Genuflects (6)
40 Hold on (5)
42 Thing assisting progress (8,5)
44 Bereaved wife (5)
46 Route accessible to shipping (3,7)
48 Neater (6)
51 Ban (7)
54 Poisonous plant (10)
55 Don’t touch! (5,3)
59 Machines for removing moisture (6)
60 Expert, skilled (9)
62 Situation, matter in question,
informally (7)
63 Register (5)
64 Seriously (9)
67 Panel returning a verdict on a
court case (5,4)
69 Halts (5) 71 Woman’s name (7)
74 Auxiliary part (9)
77 Mistakes (6)
78 Writer (8)
81 Those who cross streets recklessly (10) 82 One who works with wool (7)
84 Spiritual meeting (6)
87 Unlikely (10)
90 Was upright (5)
92 Palmist, e.g. (7-6)
95 French river (5)
96 Patterned fabric (6)
98 Heroic tale (4)
100 In front (5)
101 Prosecuted (4)
102 Cut the wool from a sheep (5)
104 Tape (8)
107 Insect (3)
109 Musical symbol (4)
111 Artist’s supports (6)
112 Annoying (9)
114 Architectural style found in Spain
and N. Africa (7)
117 Spite (7)
118 Supporter (8)
119 Individual sea anemone or coral (5)
120 Monster (6)
121 Remnant (8)
122 Grasslike plants (6)
123 Verdant (5)
124 Scanty (6)
DOWN
2 Medieval trumpet (7)
3 Assume, take on (5)
4 Attains (7)
5 Metallic noise (5)
6 Illicit alcohol, informally (9) 7 Insects (4)
8 US city (5)
9 Choose (3)
11 Naughty (3)
12 Miserable (3)
13 Erased (7)
14 Ensnare (5)
15 Conflict (3)
17 Tree (5)
18 Standoffish (5)
19 South Pacific boat (4)
20 Light patterns in the sky in the polar
regions (6)
24 Altercation (3-2)
25 Joined (3)
26 Facial hair (7)
30 Born (3)
31 Revokes (7)
34 Throw (4)
36 Mist (3)
37 Breathing disorder (6)
38 Equipment (3)
39 Distinguished (7)
40 Sticky, chewy sweet (7)
41 Clark __, US actor (5)
42 In printing, a small line at the end
of a stroke (5)
43 Bird of prey (5)
44 Symbol impressed in paper (9)
45 V-shaped insert (5)
47 Female sibling (informal) (3)
49 Encroachments (7)
50 Giaochino __, Italian composer (7) 52 (Of an engine) using lubricant for
thermal regulation (3-6)
53 Zoo employees (7)
54 Ignore (7)
56 Chats, gossips (7)
57 Devotee (7)
58 Major or minor constellation (4)
61 Cosy (4)
65 Carry out (7)
66 Part of a ship (7)
68 Periods of time (5)
70 Bundle of corn (5)
72 Remain awake (4,2)
73 Item of tack (7)
75 Previous (5)
76 Relating to birth (5)
79 Manner (3)
80 Pills (7)
83 Make stronger (9)
85 Type of large deer (3)
86 Direct (one’s course) (4)
88 Cleaning implement (3)
89 Grass leaves (6)
91 Have too much food (7)
93 Kingdom (5)
94 Fortune (3)
96 Originates (7)
97 Investigators (7)
98 Furnish (5)
99 Julian __, UK comedian (5)
101 __ Hill, UK author (5)
103 Embrace (3)
105 __ Khan, UK boxer (4)
106 Jessica __-Hill, UK Olympian (5) 108 Long (5)
109 Hot drink (5)
110 Stuart __, Scottish rugby player (4) 112 Type of dog (3)
113 Unwell (3)
115 Mineral (3)
116 Horticultural tool (3)